Jessa Duggar reveals she had miscarriage over the holidays in emotional video: 'Heartbreak'
foxnews.comJessa Duggar revealed this week she had a miscarriage near the end of her first trimester over the holidays. The "19 Kids and Counting" star said Friday in an emotional 18-minute YouTube video titled "Heartbreak over the Holidays" that she was 11 weeks along and experienced a brief period of spotting.
So, she and husband Ben Seewald braved wintry weather to go see a doctor. She said as soon as a technician started looking at the baby on an ultrasound, "I could tell there was some concern in her voice." "The technician said, ‘Well, the sac looks good, the baby does not.’ Honestly, nothing could have prepared me for the weight of those words in that moment. "I was just in complete shock," she said, adding she had allowed herself to become "hopeful" because there was little spotting. "I didn’t even have words.
I just immediately started crying. And I was so, so thankful in that moment that I had not gone to that appointment by myself because I almost did.
And Ben was there, and he put his arms around me." After she lost the baby, she had to go to the hospital for a surgical procedure.
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