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Jessa Duggar and a husband Seewald mountain shares more details about her pregnancy with baby No. 7.
Jessa, 33, and Ben, 31, broke the news on the Wednesday, Oct. 28, episode of the “Unplanned Podcast,” in which the 19 Children and Number alum told cohosts Matthew and Abby Howard“We have six children and are expecting again. Six weeks pregnant with No. 7.”
Jessa shared that she felt a little “queasy” in her first trimester before explaining that “with each baby, we take it one at a time.”
The reality star said the couple’s seventh child together was planned after becoming pregnant with child No. 6, son Eddie, who was born in July 2025.
“It’s always me,” Jessa replied when asked what the baby was thinking. “I’m getting baby fever too soon. I’m like, ‘How can I have a newborn and have baby fever?’ When I said, ‘We should have No. 7,’ he was like, “Okay.”
“She is the one who is carrying this child. … If she wants to have another one, she wants to be a mother again, who am I to stand in the way?” Ben added.
Jessa revealed she broke the news to her husband in a text message while he was out golfing with Jessa’s brother Jed.
She said, “I texted him a picture of the pregnancy test and then spoke to him six hours later.”
When it comes to the Duggars, the more members, the merrier – which is why some fans have a hard time keeping up with the famous family. Thank you! You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters Enter your email Enter a valid email. Subscribe By registering, I agree to the Terms and Privacy […]
“I was golfing with her brother Jed, and I just happened to be looking down at my phone, and Jessa texted me while I was sitting on the golf cart, and I was just like, ‘Wait, what?’ ” Ben remembered. “I said [her] father and brothers … we were going to have brunch together after golf. I was like, ‘I’ll bless the food, people.’ [I said]’Lord, thank you for this new baby on the way. They’re like, ‘What?!'”
In addition to Eddie, 15 months, Jessa and Ben are parents to sons Spurgeon, 10, Henry, 9, and George, 2, and daughters Ivy, 7, and Fern, 5.
In Wednesday’s podcast episode, Jessa and Ben told how it made her cry when she announced that she was pregnant with Eddie, revealing that their sixth child together was unplanned.
“[She] he told me and I was like, “What?” said Ben, admitting that he was worried about finances and spending enough time with each of his children. Instead I was like, ‘What are we going to do?’ i did [Jessa] cry [Jessa] I felt my anxiety and [she] he started crying because he did [her] worried I felt so terrible at that time. “
Joseph Duggar’s family has not been quiet since he was arrested on abortion charges in March 2026. Multiple relatives reached out to the 31-year-old while he was behind bars – some offering prayers and love, others talking about what’s to come. Joseph was arrested on March 18 in Arkansas on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, disturbing his […]
He said, “I went to my priest friend and I went, ‘Man, I made my wife cry.'”
Despite Ben’s concerns about juggling time with all his children and his ministry work, Jessa assured her husband that he is a “dad with a purpose.
“He takes our kids on dates almost every week. He takes a couple of kids out, they do breakfast dates and they get that time with dad,” Jessa said. “He’s always wrestling them on the floor, playing board games, Legos with the boys, getting the girls to do their nails.”
