JOY-ANNA Duggar’s baby was stillborn with 20 weeks left in her pregnancy.
She and her husband Austin Forsyth shared the news on Instagram, learning they lost their unborn baby when they went in for their 20-week ultrasound.
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Here is more on the reality TV couple and their loss.
Who is Joy Anna Duggar?
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.
Joy-Anna has 18 siblings and she is the fifth eldest of the clan.
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When did Joy Anna Duggar have a miscarriage?
Joy-Anna suffered a miscarriage in 2019 with what would have been her second child with husband Austin.
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 unborn daughter Annabell Elise.
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Reflecting on how they learned the tragic news, Joy-Anna said: "Austin and I decided we wanted to go in for our 20 week ultrasound to find out the gender and laid out the bed and she was going to tell us the gender and she was like, 'I don't hear a heartbeat' and she was like, 'See, there's your baby's heart' and no heartbeat.
"And at first I was like, 'Oh, is your monitor messed up or whatever?' But then I realized what she was telling us and I was just devastated. I broke down crying."
How many kids does she have?
Joy-Anna and Austin have a son, Gideon Martyn Forsyth, who was born in February of 2018 via emergency C-section.
The couple then announced they were expecting in 2019 but realized mid-term that it was a stillborn.
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However, in March of 2020, Joy-Anna and Austin announced that they are expecting their second child, a girl due in August of 2020.
Who’s she married to?
Joy-Anna 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.
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The couple’s proposal was featured on Counting On’s episode A Honeymoon & A Courtship.
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Austin took Joy-Anna out to a special spot in a nearby forest to ask her to court him, and she enthusiastically said yes.
Austin and his family are often featured on Counting On.
There is speculation that Joy-Anna and Austin will not be returning to the show, which is not strange to the cast considering her sister Jill and husband Derick Dillard also wanted out.
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