Michelle Duggar is the matriarch of the huge family that stars on TLC’s hit reality show “19 Kids and Counting”. The sad news today is that Michelle Duggar has just suffered a miscarriage. The couple, who does not practice birth control, had recently announced that they were expecting their 20th child. Michelle is 45 years old and she just went through a very difficult pregnancy with her 19th child, a daughter named Josie.
Jim Bob Duggar said in a statement that they received the sad news at Michelle’s doctor’s appointment Thursday morning. Jim Bob says that his wife is resting comfortably at home and they have asked for privacy during this difficult time. Michelle Duggar announced last month she was expecting her 20th child in April and had said she wasn’t worried, despite the premature birth of their youngest child two years ago. She said last month that she had made it through the first trimester safely.
The Duggars are already parents to Joshua, 23, twins Jana and John-David, 21; Jill, 20; Jessa, 19; Jinger, 17; Joseph, 16; Josiah, 15; Joy-Anna, 14; twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 12; Jason, 11; James, 10; Justin, 8; Jackson, 7; Johanna, 6; Jennifer, 4; and Jordyn, 3, and Josie, almost 2 years old.