Jill Duggar Dillard and husband Derick Dillard are expecting their fourth child together. The news comes after the pair shared they had lost a child, whom they named River Bliss, to miscarriage in October 2021.
Jill and Derick chose to announce the happy news on their blog after telling their Instagram followers they had been "keeping a little secret."
The pair were quick to reveal their baby's due date. They shared, "Ever since we were devastated last fall by the miscarriage of our sweet baby, River Bliss, we have prayed that, if it was God’s will, he would bless us with another baby.
"We are excited to announce that God has answered our prayers and we are expecting our rainbow baby due July 2022!"
Jill and Derick add that they plan to find out the biological sex of their baby soon, but they don't offer any further details.
The pair were quite open about their miscarriage, which clearly devastated the family of four.
Jill and Derick shared that their miscarriage happened early in the pregnancy, noting, "We recently found out that we were expecting our third baby. We were all thrilled! It was fun to see so much joy in the boys' faces as we shared the news with them."
Their sons were really excited. The couple shared, "They were full of questions and so excited as we talked about the pregnancy and how they would get to be involved along the way and after baby was born."
After the miscarriage, the pair chose to give their baby a name: "Even though it was too early to tell the baby's gender, we picked a name that we feel encompasses our baby's significance and the life we will always remember: River Bliss Dillard."
The pair took a bit of a social media break, with Jill jumping on now and again to explain what they were up. In one such moment she explained, "We've just been taking more family time, kind of regrouping and getting back into some normal rhythms, but just wanted to hop on here and say thank you to family and friends who have reached out and supported us, bringing us meals, cleaning our house, all the things."
So far, Jill's family members have not made any public statements about her pregnancy. Jill has been open about the fact that she is not close to some members of her family, and the Duggar family as a whole appears to be lying low in light of Josh Duggar's recent troubling times.
