'Counting On' Part 3 Recap

Last night on Jill & Jessa: Counting On, "Counting One More"..

• A few weeks before Spurgeon’s birth, Jessa and Ben have a family over for dinner to discuss adoption. The Seewalds will need to wait until their baby is nine months old to adopt, but they plan to start attending classes in the new year.
• Ben reveals that he dreams of having 15 sons, and Jessa says she would enjoy that.
• Down in Central America, Jill and Derick bring supplies and toys to Mama Carmen’s children’s home, run by a sweet elderly woman who has been taking care of little ones for 30 years.
• Some of you may be familiar with Mama Carmen’s café and roastery in Northwest Arkansas, both of which help fund the children’s home. Jill and Derick say they are considering adoption, and they clear up fans' speculations by announcing that they are not expecting.
• On another day, Jill volunteers at a local birth center. Meanwhile, Derick and his mom, who is visiting, navigate the local market in search of rain boots.
• “Shopping with an infant is a lot different than shopping by yourself,” comments Derick.
• Everyone—including Israel--tears up when Derick’s mom has to leave Central America to return home.
• Four days before Jessa’s due date, a family friend and her husband come by to snap maternity photos.
• Anna, Meredith, Jana, and Joy visit Jessa to help her make freezer meals. “There were a lot of sweet memories running through my mind,” shares Anna, who lived in Jessa and Ben’s house for the first five years of her marriage.
• “I think for everyone, it’s been hard,” says Anna, when asked how she is doing. “But I think that it’s been a good opportunity to draw close to God.”
• “Anna really is doing very well with everything that has gone on,” says Jana.
• Jill video chats her pregnant sister, but Jessa has to stop talking for a few moments when she is hit with a painful contraction.
• “It’s been quite an adjustment having Jill and Derick gone,” says Jessa. The Dillards are blessed to have Wi-Fi in their apartment while they are in language school in Guatemala, but once they begin their first mission assignment, communicating with family will become more difficult.
• The Duggar boys take Ben out for pizza to celebrate his upcoming entry into fatherhood.
• Three days after her due date, Jessa starts having intense contractions. She uses an app on her iPhone to log them.
• To jumpstart labor, Jana and Jinger accompany Jessa and Ben on an hour-long powerwalk. “That ought to help,” says the pregnant mama. “The walk was very beneficial.”
• Jessa’s birthing team arrives, and labor begins. During the long birth, Jill encourages her sister via FaceTime.
• “Ben was just solid,” says Michelle. “He was there, and he stuck by [Jessa’s] side. It was just really sweet.”
• When the baby arrives, Jordyn is the first of those waiting eagerly at the Duggars' home to find out the gender, since she was Jessa’s buddy. It’s a boy!
• After Spurgeon’s birth, Jessa begins bleeding excessively and has everyone worried. Michelle calls 9-1-1, and an ambulance arrives. Jessa spends the night at a hospital, where she is given a blood transfusion.
• Jana, who has assisted many births as a doula, says this is the worst bleeding she has witnessed.   
• When Jessa returns home, the Duggars come over to hold Baby Seewald. Jinger comments that it is odd to be passing around a nameless child. The proud parents spend a few days deciding on a name, but they end up choosing Spurgeon Elliot Seewald.
• “I can’t believe it,” says Jessa. “I can’t believe he’s ours. It seems like a dream.”
• “Children are such a blessing,” shares Anna, after meeting Spurgeon for the first time. The mother of four says God knew exactly what he was doing when he gave the Duggars another precious addition to help them through this difficult season.