'19 Kids & Counting' Stars Pregnant With Baby No. 4
There's about to be another grandbaby on "19 Kids & Counting," but it's not coming from newlywed Jessa Duggar but rather her older brother, Josh, and his wife Anna.
Josh and Anna announced the news on Tuesday via their Twitter accounts and the Duggar family also retweeted the news. The couple has been married since 2008 and already has three children: Mackynzie, 5, Michael, 3 ½, and Marcus, 1 ½. They fully embrace the idea of welcoming any and all children given to them by God.
"We are so excited to announce … we're pregnant! #4andCounting #BlessingfromTheLord @joshduggar #19Kids," Anna tweeted yesterday. "Thx 4 all the well wishes! Every life is precious & a gift from God – we're so #blessed to have baby #4 on the way! #4andCounting #19Kids," she added today.
"I'm nine weeks pregnant and having a lot of morning sickness," Anna said in a preview video released to People. "There are so many questions we are trying to figure out now. Are we going to have a home birth, a hospital birth, or a birthing center?"
"Having a baby in D.C. is totally different," Josh added.
The couple moved to Washington, D.C. for Josh's work as a lobbyist for the Family Research Council. Anna remains at home to take care of, and educate, the children. She and her family share similar values with the Duggar family and their relationship played out on "19 Kids & Counting," as did those of Josh's sisters, Jill and Jessa. Jill and husband Derick are expecting their first child, a son, in the spring.
Jessa and her husband, Ben Seewald, exchanged vows on Nov. 1 and have been on their honeymoon; rumors have circulated that she will soon be pregnant, much as Jill was after her honeymoon. The Duggar family does not promote using birth control but instead letting God decide how many children to bless a couple with.
