Jessa Duggar is pregnant and expecting her fourth child with husband Ben Seewald after ‘heartbreaking’ miscarriage

COUNTING On’s Jessa Duggar is pregnant with her and her husband Ben Seewald’s fourth child.

Fans have been for a few months now that Jessa’s pregnant with her fourth child, and the 28-year-old confirmed the news on Thursday.

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and husband Ben told in a statement: ”After the heartbreaking loss of a baby last year, we’re overjoyed to share that another little Seewald is on the way!

"The pregnancy is going smoothly, and both baby and Jessa are doing well. We are so grateful to God for the precious gift of a new life! 

“The kids are delighted, and we can hardly wait to welcome this little one into our arms this summer."

The duo are already parents to sons Spurgeon, five, and Henry, four, and daughter Ivy, one.

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Jessa shared a sonogram of her baby and revealed the child’s due this summer.

She captioned the sweet photo: ’We’re looking forward to summertime, and here’s our #1 reason! 

“Thank you, God, for this precious gift! #RainbowBaby 🌈”

The Duggar daughter and Ben got married in November 2014 and welcomed their first child, Spurgeon, in 2015.

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In a video announcement, Jessa shared: “I’m feeling great, glad to be out of the first trimester. I was pretty sick but feeling good now, have more energy.“

The TLC couple are planning to continue their tradition of finding out the baby’s gender but keeping it a secret from their family, in order to surprise them once the child is born.

Jessa added that that could change because her sons are very excited and are itching to find out if they’ll have a new baby brother or sister.

She added: “Spurgeon and Henry are very excited. They understand. We have little pregnancy apps on my phone that we look at and they get to see updates of the baby’s progress and growth.”

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Counting On fans first started to speculate on Jessa’s pregnant after she was spotted wearing sweatpants at Ben’s Thanksgiving gathering, despite her family’s strict dress code.

Sharing a photo of the family to Reddit, one user wrote: "Blessa wearing her only 2 pairs of sweat pants to Thanksgiving at the Seewalds? Colour me shocked."

Another user speculated: "I bet she’s pregnant"

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Duggar Family Tree

How many children and grandchildren do Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have?

• Jim Bob and Michelle are
• The couple have nine girls and 10 boys and all of their children have names which begin with the letter J
• Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace and Josie, were all raised in the family home in Tontitown, Arkansas

Replying to the guess, one user wrote: "She’s gotta be. Being pregnant is the only way she would be able to get away with wearing pants! When you’re pregnant modesty rules go out the window"

The rumors only continued when Jessa appeared to in a family holiday photo.

The 28-year-old wore a baggy red shirt, flowy brown sweater, and cream sweatpants.

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Many commented on the photo placement, one writing: "That plant placed suspiciously in front of her stomach makes me think pregnancy."

Another joined in, adding: "Also a strategically placed wreath...."