Jill Duggar Dillard and her husband, Derick Dillard, nonetheless carry the heavy weight of their daughter’s stillbirth as they opened up in regards to the expertise, describing it because the “worst” chapter of their lives.

This reflection comes almost two years after the previous “19 Children and Counting” star first took to social media to reveal the devastating loss.

In the meantime, the stillbirth was not the one hardship the couple has endured, as they’ve additionally been open about their fertility struggles and a traumatic childhood expertise Jill needed to face. 

In a current episode of the “Jinger & Jeremy” Podcast, Jill and Derick took time to replicate on the emotional toll the being pregnant loss had on each of them.

Jill admitted that she nonetheless has not totally “arrived” in life however famous that she is “on a path towards development” regardless of navigating important challenges. The couple then revisited the lack of their stillborn daughter, Isla, in early 2024.

“It was troublesome, and I couldn’t take off like that a lot time as a result of we had rather a lot happening that I had been the one to arrange for. Somebody simply can’t are available in and step in,” Derick defined. “And I simply form of stored on going. And we had been each grieving, however in numerous methods.”

Jill recalled feeling unwell all through her first trimester whereas pregnant with Isla and mentioned she had “simply began feeling higher” earlier than struggling the loss.

As the burden of grief grew heavier, Jill revealed that she was “crying each single day,” whereas Derick felt “torn” between his profession and his household.

She, nevertheless, acknowledged that Derick was doing his finest to navigate his many obligations throughout that painful season.

Though the couple is just now opening up about that interval, the loss itself occurred in 2024, once they publicly shared the heartbreaking information, per The Blast.

The being pregnant had initially been stored personal, however Jill and her husband later introduced the tragic lack of their first daughter in a joint Instagram put up.

They revealed that their child lady was stillborn and shared her title, Isla Marie Dillard. The couple additionally disclosed that she was due in August however solely survived 4 months.

The mother and father of three mirrored on the deep ache of anticipating assembly their daughter from the second they discovered of the being pregnant, solely to lose her earlier than delivery.

Following the announcement, the couple obtained an outpouring of condolences on-line, as relations and mates expressed their love and help.

Duggar’s cousin, Amy Duggar King, wrote, “Isla Marie, such a phenomenal title and that means. Praying repeatedly.. God has a plan by all of the heartbreak. You have been on my thoughts and in our prayers and can proceed to be. We love y’all a lot.”

One other member of the family highlighted that Isla will perpetually stay their first daughter, noting that the couple’s three residing youngsters—Israel, Samuel, and Frederick- are all boys.

The condolences from followers carried even deeper that means, as Jill and Derick have been clear about their fertility journey.

Previous to the delivery of their youngest son in October 2021, the couple revealed that that they had suffered a miscarriage shortly after sharing the being pregnant information with their older sons. They named the infant boy River Bliss.

Weeks after publicly asserting the loss, Jill returned to social media to share intimate moments from her being pregnant journey, which she had initially stored personal whereas mourning her daughter.

As reported by The Blast, she posted a carousel of pictures capturing tender moments from her being pregnant. The photographs included Jill sporting a white shirt tucked into an extended skirt as she gently cradled her child bump.

She accompanied the images with an emotional caption, “The newborn bump images we had been so excited to share, however did not get to earlier than she was gone,” concluding by noting that Isla will at all times be daddy’s lady.