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Jill Duggar Suffers Pregnancy Loss and Announces Stillbirth of Her First Baby Girl
Jill Duggar Dillard is paying tribute to her precocious daughter.
The Counting On alum and her hubby Derick Dillard recently held a memorial for Isla Marie Dillard, who died successful utero portion Jill was 4 months pregnant. In photos of the service shared on Instagram, the couple—who are parents to sons Israel, 9, Samuel, 6, and Frederick, 21 months—honored their babe miss having friends and household merchandise pinkish balloons into the sky.
"We volition emotion you forever," Jill and Derick wrote connected April 24, "and clasp you successful our hearts until we clasp you successful heaven."
They added in a abstracted post the pursuing day, "Isla Marie Dillard, 'planted connected world to bloom successful heaven.'"
The duo also explained the meaning down their daughter's name. As noted successful an representation of the memorial's program, Isla symbolized a devotion to God, portion Marie meant "Wished for Child and Beloved."
Jill, 32, and Derick, 35, shared quality of their baby's passing connected April 13, writing successful a associated Instagram post, "It is with dense hearts that we denote the stillbirth of our beauteous babe girl, Isla Marie Dillard."
"From the infinitesimal we recovered retired we were pregnant, we couldn't hold to conscionable our baby," they continued, noting that Jill was initially owed successful August. "Isla was overmuch loved from the start."
The calamity came 2 years aft Jill suffered an aboriginal miscarriage. At the time, the former TLC prima shared that she and Derick had picked retired the name River Bliss Dillard.
Instagram/Jill Duggar Dillard
"Here successful Arkansas, rivers are often a serene, beauteous flight successful nature," she explained 2021 vlog. "Our babe doesn't get to unrecorded present with america connected earth, but is everlastingly with the root of the stream of life, successful the beingness of the Lord!"
Jill added, "And we chose Bliss for a mediate sanction due to the fact that our babe is surviving successful cleanable bliss with the Lord and was specified a acquisition that brought immense joyousness and happiness to america adjacent though lone with america present connected world for a abbreviated time."
Read connected for a person look astatine Jill and Derick's family.
Getting successful the Holiday Spirit
The Dillards' family Christmas photograph successful 2019 featured Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard with their sons Israel, past 4, and Samuel, past 2.
Spooky Season
Derick took a interruption from his instrumentality studies successful bid to get in "some household clip astatine the pumpkin patch" before Halloween, helium wrote connected Instagram successful 2020.
Holly Jolly
They gave a glimpse into their Christmas decor successful December 2020.
Family Vacay
The brace took a household abrogation to Seaside, Ore. successful August 2021, with Derick captioning this photo, "Glad to person immoderate clip to get distant from immoderate of the much stressful things of beingness lately!"
4th of July
The Dillards celebrated Independence Day connected July 4, 2021.
All Hands connected Deck
Derick brought his sons to work, writing, "Just different time of Clinic enactment with my instrumentality partners."
Rocking Out
The mates enjoyed a bluegrass and barbecue festival—not to mention a funnel barroom treat—at Silver Dollar City taxable parkland successful Missouri successful May 2022 while expecting their 3rd son.
Reading Lesson
Jill and lad Samuel attended story clip astatine the section room successful December 2021.
Baby No. 3
They announced the accomplishment of Frederick Michael Dillard successful July 2022.
Graduating to Big Brothers
Jill captioned her sons' photograph shoot, "We are each successful emotion with our newest small lad successful the tribe!"
Baby Snuggles
"Though the days are agelong sometimes, I cognize the years are short," Jill wrote alongside this photo with her baby Freddy successful November 2022. "I cherish these moments holding my small ones & I commune God volition assistance maine to beryllium the mama they request maine to be."
Bonding Time With the Newborn
Derick spent immoderate prime clip with lad Freddy, who was conscionable 4 weeks successful the pic.
"Papa's Home"
Jill shared the saccharine photograph successful December 2022. "My world!" she wrote. "And @derickdillard is everybody's fave Love you babe."
Little Chef
Jill celebrated her lad Israel's 8th day successful April 2023.
"I can't judge he's already 8 years aged and doing 'big boy' things!" the TLC prima shared. "Last nighttime I asked him if helium wanted to effort his manus astatine making meal for the full household and people helium chose his favorite, which has precocious travel to beryllium known successful our location arsenic 'Israel's Favorite Soup.'"
A Bunny for Her Birthday
Derick wished his woman a happy 32nd day successful May 2023. "Life with you is fun! I'm thankful each time for you, and I emotion you to the satellite and back!" the lawyer said. "P.S. One of these years I'll retrieve to get you 3 bunnies named Nibbles, Fluffy, and Edna for your birthday, similar you've ever wanted."
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