With her due date less than two weeks away, Jessa Seewald is ready to share details about her pregnancy and upcoming delivery. Her due date is December 22nd, which is the exact day last year when she and Ben found out that they had lost their baby. Hear all the details about this little one, including information about Jessa's birth plan and how she and Ben have kept the gender a secret, in the Seewalds' newest video.
Saturday, December 9, 2023
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That's nice. Maybe another Christmas baby.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet interview..your emotions shown when talking about your December 22nd due date and the significance regarding your rainbow baby was very touching. How special that you continue to grow your close relationship with your mom.. sounds perfect that Ben and your mom are your birth team. Can’t think of anyone else to have on your birth team..your loving husband and your sweet mom with her calming demeanor and voice. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteShe needs to put aside her feelings for that date. It's not fair to the new baby to potentially have a birthday that always gets associated with a past negative event. No child needs to be reminded of miscarriage or death. Mark that date quietly and to yourself if you must. But don't make it a public thing and don't tell the child every year about what day that was.
DeleteYes, I agree with you, 4:08 PM.
Delete4:08 you can't shelter your kids from every bad thing otherwise you end up with a child that's grows up into a very sensitive adult that does not know how to function in the real world without calling their therapist every five seconds.
DeleteMiscarriage is still a loss of a child. You obviously never been through something like that.
DeleteI really don’t think Jessa plans on telling her little one that, on his or her future birthdays. She makes sure her kids feel very special, loved, cherished and they have lots of FUN!
Delete@7:30 On the other hand, you don't tell small children the details of your reproductive journey and the death of a potential brother or sister and oh yeah, we found out on your birthday but happy birthday and try not to think about that! That's how you end up with a child with anxiety issues.
DeletePeople are too sensitive these days.
Delete@3:42 Right. Why should we be worried about anyone's sensitivities? It should be every man for himself. Right?
Delete@3:42 There is nothing wrong with reminding people that they should not subject their children to negative associations on their birthday.
DeleteLife ain't perfect. It's best for the child to learn early.
DeleteI am an 80 year old woman and I just get so irate when I see all the judging being done on here!! We ARE NOT GOD and the last time I checked ONLY GOD has the right to judge! What is right for you doesn’t mean that it is right for others!! I t is their right to decide what they are feeling!!
DeleteDid she backhandedly reference her mom when she talked about quantity vs. quality?
ReplyDeleteIf she believed in quality or quantity she would not have had five kids
DeleteThat was exactly what I was thinking too!!!
DeleteFor pete's sake -- five kids is nowhere near 19.
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DeleteMy doctor always had my due date wrong.
ReplyDeleteYour doctor goes by what date you told him/her at the first exam. If your doctor is getting it wrong all the time, then you're probably not telling him/her the correct date to calculate from.
DeleteThat's on you and your cycle record keeping. Unless you're referring to ultrasound dates... Those are notoriously off!
DeleteThat’s likely what they were referring too! Cuz my ultrasound dates were also way off as my dates were according to a very regular cycle
DeleteSame happened to me. It had nothing to do with me getting the date wrong either. Our maternity care these days is a joke.
DeleteDoctors measurements and ultrasounds are off too. I'm not saying all doctors are like this, but I find it strange how we can't rely on them. Back when I was having babies, they could tell exactly when I was due and if I would go early or late.
DeleteI think due dates are a rough estimate. Your body will go into labor when it’s ready. I see so many people these days scheduling an induction. They use to
DeleteNot do that unless you were a week or two over your due date or are carrying twins
Sometimes it can be confusing if the baby is measuring large. It can make it seem like it's weeks ahead.
DeleteI can't picture her and Ben "slowing down." She's like her mom. She likes being pregnant. She lets the older kids kind of raise themselves, in a pack. She's more into babies and little ones than older ones. She won't stop at 5. She'll need another baby.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct. More babies more to watch the next one so said.
DeleteShe's following her mother's example. I wonder if she'ss adopt the "buddy system" too.
Delete2:23pm. Jessa is an amazing Mom to all her children. What an unkind thing to say. You mustn't be very happy. I hope things get better for you.
DeleteHow do you know this?
DeleteYep. I'd say she's good for at least 5 more babies in the next 10 years.
Delete@12:48 I think it's pretty unkind to assume someone is unhappy just because they have an opinion that isn't as rosy as yours, and to tell them that.
DeleteI don't understand how you would know Jessa.
DeleteAt this rate, she will pass Anna
DeleteAre you a mind reader?
Delete4:10 mind readers can't read through screens.
Delete@7:27 Have you ever listened to her in her videos?
Delete4:11,the rotten comments I read on here are completely rude and ignorant. Only unhappy people make comments like that. It isn't about disagreeing ,it's about how it's said. Think about it.
DeleteListening to what Jessa said I think she and Ben are approaching their max....but that's for them to decide.
Delete@10:20 I don't see "rude and ignorant" comments from "unhappy" people, I see differing opinions and in many cases, facts that others who still idolize have chosen to overlook. Lots of times these facts are new to me so I'm glad they're posted. What I don't find helpful are the comments where posters call other posters names or say something derogatory about another poster. I don't know why those are allowed to stay. We're supposed to be talking about what the Duggars are doing and how we feel about that, not each other. Think about that.
DeleteFrom what I can see, Jessa and Ben are wonderful parents, so if they can provide for their kids, then who cares how many kids they have. I have seen so many horrible parents in my experience, that if someone can be a good parent, then more praise to them.
DeleteI think people forget it's a fan site. These criticisms are never on their actual social media.
Delete12:28-If you aren't seeing rude and ignorant comments on here,then you need glasses my dear. The reason these posts are shared isn't so people can disect their lives and offer criticism. It's to share what's going on. You remember the saying "If you don't have anything nice to say,say nothing at all"? Your a very defensive person, and perhaps not very happy either, just like the original commenter. I'm not arguing with you anymore because you aren't very sensible. Sending you warm squishy vibes anyway. Lol 😉
DeletePeople are so jealous of this family because of their money and houses.
DeleteMy guess is Holly if its a girl. It goes with the greenery girl name theme and is perfect for a Christmas baby.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a good name idea!!!
DeleteMy older sister birthday is December 22nd. But who knows if she goes past that.
ReplyDeleteHer video was an advertisement for that vacuum.
ReplyDeleteJust because the older children aren't spoilt,lazy and demanding doesn't mean they're raising themselves, like Jessa was raised to be responsible and help out instead of being lazy and selfish she's applying that to her own kids,which is a great achievement because it was mentioned on the show that jessa was actually the most rebellious of the kids as a child.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on Jessa and Ben on your rainbow baby. Hopefully I will get to see the birth some how. I can't wait to find out the gender and name of your baby. My Dad and I miss watching you and the family on TV. We hope some day the family will have a TV show again back on cable TV. Natasha b
ReplyDeleteSo what if she likes being pregnant? Some ladies just enjoy it. They aren't being neglected or starved , if they want more kids , then so be it .
ReplyDeleteWell, you know what they say these days. It's her body, her choice.
DeleteSadly, not any more 7:25.
DeleteAnd finally unborn babies are protected.
Delete3:41 yep, protected from their mother trying to take away someone's elses right to please her own. 90% of the DNA in the early stages belongs to the father through the umbilical cord. It's weird I know. But it takes two to tango and just because it's growing in your body it doesn't give you right to take it away unless its already passed and mother is in danger. Or it was a forced pregnancy.
DeleteI would be afraid to be having babies right now with all the respiratory illnesses going around. My niece had a baby and both caught a nasty cold. You definitely don't want to be having babies at home, but hospitals aren't safe right now either.
ReplyDeleteIf people waited until there were no diseases going around, no one would ever have a baby.
DeleteSadly this is true.
DeleteHospitals should be cleaning better. Period. You go in for one thing and then come out with staph.
Delete@3:32 All hospitals have infection control protocols. I wouldn't let the thought of staph stop me from seeking the level of medical care I needed.
DeleteOur local hospital is nasty.
DeleteAre you kidding? I think in the history of humans, there has always been a sickness or flu going around. We are in the year 2023 with better medical care and knowledge than ever. Well, unless you get a man made virus made in a lab 😤😷
Delete9:09 have you been to a St. Francis hospital? It's our only closest option. These hospitals are so nasty. No matter how many times you report them, they don't do anything. I know people from out of state that says the same thing about their hospitals. It's disgusting and they should be closed down.
DeleteWhat sort of jobs do Jessa and Ben have in order to support this ever growing family?
ReplyDeletePeople don't normally come out and ask big families what they do to support their family. What does it matter?
DeleteJessa is a housewife obviously so Ben is the breadwinner
DeleteWhat sort of job do you have?
DeleteAsking about work is a valid question. Others wonder how these families can survive financially on not much income. Nothing wrong with this question. Remember, Jessa does earn income from her YOuTube channel and shilling products on it. She earns money from home. Ben is supposed to be a pastor of a very small church located next door to this house they completely renovated while not owning it. How they do it, I'll never know as he couldn't earn that much money from such a small congregation.
DeleteBen is a pastor and Jessa is a social media influencer.
Delete7:35 it is a valid question but people like to criticize their jobs and life choices. They pretend it effects them.
DeleteI find it odd that a pastor can make enough money to support a big family, especially with all the house renovations. I have my son who’s working as a truck driver trying to support a family of 5, and can’t make ends meet. But ofcourse we live in Washington, where the price of everything is jacked up.
DeleteSocial media influencer is not a real job lol
Delete7:13 Maybe your son needs to switch jobs. It's not good to be a truck driver these days anyway. A lot of layoffs too.
DeleteCan someone please update the baby blog before 2024. No baby from 2023 has been added. Really would appreciate it. Losing count 🤣
ReplyDeleteIf you have to be mad about how someone lives, rather they are public figures or not, you are the one with the issue. In the case of people like the Duggars, deep down you are upset because you know a woman's place is in the home. I'm not saying you should have a bunch of kids and be submissive to your husband. A woman should be at home taking care of her own kids. That is the biggest problem we see in our public schools. We know when a child is being raised by the grandparents or a baby sitter. Just FIY. Parents are lazy and kids these days are so disrespectful. And don't tell me you can't live in just one income. Maybe if you work at a fast food place. Stop with the excuses.
ReplyDeleteA woman's place is in the house...and Senate and Supreme Court! Women do not need to just be mommies and homemakers! I'd rather go into the office seven days a week than get married and have kids.
DeleteI don't agree with all of this, but as a school teacher, I try my best. I tried teaching 4th and 6th grade. This year I have switched to teaching 3rd grade and it's so much better. I could not control my last classes. The children are out of control and the parents do very little to correct the situation. Teachers can only do so much. The biggest issues are these phones in my experience.
Delete@10:22 I find your entire post to be condescending to parents, kids, and especially single mothers. If anyone sounds "mad about how someone lives," you do. You're assuming that everything in every family is picture-perfect, and real life is far from that. Instead of criticizing, you should be sympathetic towards women who have no choice but to work. Maybe they lost a spouse, maybe their spouse has a low paying job (didn't go to college, just like Duggars don't), maybe they had sky-high medical bills, maybe a family business went belly-up, maybe their spouse walked out. Or worse, look at Anna Duggar. She'd be one of those working women you don't approve of if it hadn't been for her in-laws being able to provide for her and all her children. Her kids would be raised by grandparents and babysitters if she didn't have Jim Bob's housing and financing now. I can't imagine a society where women don't work but all stay home taking care of kids. I have female doctors, female dental assistants, a female financial advisor, a female lawyer, am the product of a long line of female school teachers, and a female supermarket employee scanned my groceries this afternoon. If they all had taken your ridiculous, one-sided advice and stayed home, I don't know where any of us would be.
Delete@3:31 Where is your school district's administration in all that? Hopefully your school board hasn't been taken over by moms who think their babies can do no wrong and the evil school system is the problem.
Delete10:22 Funny, I find the leaders of this country, past, present, and future wannabes, to be extremely disrespectful too. Mostly male, but a few females too. Maybe the kids are learning by example.
Delete10:22 A woman's place is wherever she wants to be. If she is married and has kids, there's nothing stopping the husband from staying home with them if she makes more money and it's more practical. BTW, I've known quite a few SAHM's whose kids were out of control.
Delete3:31, Children are emulating what they see around them. Adults are the ones acting out of control these days. Road rage, "Karens," and a petulant angry man who always wears a red tie and feels no remorse for saying and doing the most outlandish things. All bad role models. Teachers are in a unique position to step up and show the right way to these children in the classroom, even if they aren't seeing it in public or at home.
Delete@3:31 I am also a public school employee, middle school, and the level of disrespect has escalated since school reopened after quarantine. Of course not all kids, but the attitudes have changed, and not for the better. I hope you have a great 2nd semester.
DeleteAnom 3:31: i understand, I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school. Most kids have manners, and are good kids. But then I see kids that are out of control, rude, and I have to think how their parents are. A lot of kids today are getting this entitlement mentality. It’s pretty bad, because when they act up, the school can’t do anything about it . So the kids have no consequences to their actions. Sad to say, but those are the kids that are going to end up in jail because they were allowed to get away with bad behavior
DeleteI know many single older women who lament the fact that they never had kids. They end up bitter
Delete8:46 My best friend is an older woman who chose a career over children, and she is far from bitter. In fact, she has the time of her life now that she's retired and nothing is holding her back. I have 2 sisters-in-law who are the same way.
Delete8:46 I know many single older women who have no regrets at all about not having children.
Delete9:08 I can name more females out of control these days.
DeleteCongratulations Jessa and Ben. Prayers said for a safe delivery and a healthy mom and baby.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your precious bundle of joy!
ReplyDeleteWhat does Ben do for a living?
ReplyDeleteNo one knows. He's never mentioned doing anything to earn a living.
DeleteNothing! lol
DeleteWhat do you do for living?
Delete9:48 you know this how? And if he is, so what? He's not hurting you.
Delete2:12 I don’t do anything. My husband thinks women should stay home and not go to work. I am on birth control, but he doesn’t know it. So mostly, I watch soap operas all day. But I do make sure there’s a nice meal on the table for him when he gets home. It’s a nice life
DeleteRUDE PEOPLE, MAN, BEN, WENT TO COLLEGE, AND IS A PASTER OF A CHURCH!!!!! HIS FAMILY IS 100% SEPERATE NOW!!!!!!! TELL ME WHAT DOES THE DUGGAR BOYS DO!!!! BENIS AMAZING,!!!!!!
DeleteJessa ia doing right and she is a good inspiration to women. Women should not work. I don't necessarily agree with her and Janas home projects. Women are wives and mothers. Women going to work is why people can't get that much money and raises anymore. It's harder to buy houses etc. Back then you could afford to live on one income. But no they wanted to fight for rights they already had. They just had it better because they didn't have to work.
ReplyDeleteWell if women "don't work", who is going to clean their houses, fix meals and care for their children? If women hadn't fought for their rights they still wouldn't be able to vote. You need to rethink that one.
Delete2:32 Best laugh I've had in awhile.
Delete2:32. I hope you are being sarcastic and/or trying to get reactions out of people. Your comment is extremely disrespectful to women. I am a woman and I really enjoy being single and working for the most part. I'd be miserable if I had to stay home all the time, get married, and have children. Additionally, your comment makes zero sense. What does women working have to do with people not getting raises?
DeleteWomen working is why people “can’t get that much money and raises”??? What’s that about? Please explain your logic on that topic.
Delete@3:37 there is a lot more to it, but yes its true unfortunately. We are being punished for it.
DeleteWhat would have happened if all the female nurses would have stayed home during the pandemic? Or if all the female teachers decided they no longer want to work?
Delete@2:34 there are male nurses and teachers that never get enough credit or attention.
DeleteThere are terrific males nurses, I worked with them! And terrific male teachers. But 232 said women shouldn’t work. Both nursing and teaching are primary female filled positions and not occupations that males generally fill. We had very few male nurses where I worked. In our unit with staff running at about 100 we had 2 male nurses.
Delete5:56 I am assuming you are talking about the hospital. If the hospital is ran by power trip women, that could be why there is oddly less male doctors and nurses.
DeleteNot sure about where 556 works but our administration is run by males except for 4 lower rung positions. And male physicians out number female physicians by about 6 to 1.
DeleteI hope you have an easy and fast delivery.
ReplyDeleteBen makes a decent amount of money as a homeschool teacher. He also has side hustles preaching and rapping. He does just fine, supporting his growing family.
ReplyDeleteHow do you know this? Most people who homeschool don't pay someone else to teach their children.
DeleteHome school teachers only get tax and insurance benefits
DeleteWhy would anyone pay Ben to homeschool their kids? He's not a qualified teacher.
DeleteI love the careers people invent for Ben. His only known job was to help Michelle with her homeschooling. lol
Delete3:11 you don't have to be a teacher to homeschool your children. All you need is a license.
DeleteHomeschool teachers does not need a college education. You are literally following a program.
DeleteYou don't need a license where I live to homeschool
DeleteJessa and Ben should start a podcast like Jinger and Jeremy.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Jessa has had her baby about now. It's rare to have a 24th and 25th birthday in December.
ReplyDeleteYes, Ben and Jessa already had their baby, and it was a boy. "Ellie" is too busy popping out babies like a Pez dispenser to bother posting. Lolo
Deleteshe's posting ok but she needs to examine her values before she posts some of the stuff she allows through
DeleteWow some of these comments are so uncalled for
DeleteBirthdays and Christmas close together is no fun.
ReplyDelete@8:21 Only if your family decides to lump them all together into one. I know someone who did a "half birthday" for their daughter on June 25. Made a big fun silly deal over it. She'd have half a cake and everything.
DeleteYou can't have birthdays and Christmas on the same day.
Delete@8:50 How unfair to anyone born 12/25. Of course you can.
Delete8:50, why not?
DeleteYou can't have birthdays on Christmas because the holiday comes first. The child wouldn't get a true birthday gift because it's always merged with Christmas gifts. Nobody enjoys the cake because everyone is overloaded on cookies, pies and candies.
DeleteThe holiday comes first? Tell that to Jews or Muslims or Hindus or... December 25 is not a holiday to everyone. If it is to you and your baby is born that day, then it's up to you to be smart enough to figure out how to make it special every year. If you want to brush it aside and choose Christmas instead, then that's on you. I know plenty of people born on or around Christmas, and nobody gets "merged" gifts.
Delete7:56, that is only if the family chooses to do it that way. You can certainly reduce the sweets and set aside a part of the day that is just for the birthday child. You can give the child the same amount of Christmas gifts as any other child and have birthday gifts separate. And you can buy gifts throughout the year to spread out the cost. Where there's a will there's a way. Where there is no will, there are excuses.
DeleteFamilies always do that. My birthday is on the 24th of December. It's usually forgotten about.
DeleteHas Jessa had her baby yet?
ReplyDeleteYes. Another girl. A big one. She’ll probably have a video that tells the baby’s name.
DeleteVideo is up today! On th 18th or maybe early 19th?
DeleteYou're mistaken, 8:11. It's a boy.
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