CHANGE OF PLANS!
Joy-Anna Duggar defies family rules by planning to give birth in hospital without her family members instead of at home
JOY-ANNA Duggar has revealed she will be going against the Duggar family rules and giving birth in a hospital rather than planning a home birth.
The mom-of-one shared a new vlog update, which focused on her packing her "practical and functional" hospital bag as she nears the 36th week mark.
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She shared with her fans: "I have been meaning to do this for a while, I'm 35 and a half weeks, so figured it would be good to have the bag ready just in case, if anything happens, we can grab the bag and go.
"I don't know what to pack as I have never packed a hospital bag before.
"For Gideon it was a home birth so we didn't have to pack anything."
The reality star revealed that she had "printed off a list" from Pinterest for guidance, and she began the process of packing for herself and husband Austin.
Joy-Anna also opened up on her fears of giving birth during the coronavirus pandemic, and admitted that she was devastated her mom could not be with her in the hospital.
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She added: "With all this Covid stuff, my mom won't be able to be there, my sisters won't be at the birth, it will just be and I.
"But hopefully we can get a room with a window, and they can come to the window and see her the day she is born."
Joy-Anna Duggar, 22, is the daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar from TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting; she is also featured in the series spin-off Counting On alongside some of her siblings.
She sadly with what would have been her second child with husband Austin, 26.
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Who is Joy Anna Duggar?
Joy-Anna Duggar is the daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar from TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, and also stars in the series spin-off Counting On alongside some of her siblings.
She has 18 siblings and she is the fifth eldest of the clan.
The 22-year-old is married to Austin Forsyth, whom she met at a homeschooling conference as a child.
They married in May of 2017 and three months later announced that they were expecting their first child together.
His family was featured in a reality TV show called World’s Strictest Parents as he grew up in a very strict household.
The pair are parents to two-year-old Gideon but sadly lost their second baby, a girl, at 20 weeks when the doctor did not sense a heartbeat in the child.
They are now expecting another baby girl, due in August.
The couple went in for a routine ultrasound checkup at 20 weeks when the doctor did not sense a heartbeat in the child.
Joy-Anna and Austin were also set to find out the gender of the baby the same day during the ultrasound.
They had named their
In March 2020, Joy-Anna and Austin announced that they are expecting their second child, a girl due in August 2020.
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