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Daily Mail
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Joy-Anna Duggar gives heartbreaking update after daughter's stillbirth
gave a heartbreaking update after her daughter Annabell's stillbirth at 20 weeks in 2019. The TV personality, 27 - who shares three children with husband Austin Forsyth - reflected on the miscarriage as she opened up about her grieving process on the latest episode of her sister's Jinger & Jeremy podcast. Six years earlier, Joy-Anna had revealed the devastating news about the stillbirth and expressed at the time that their daughter 'will be in our hearts forever.' While talking to her siblings Jinger and Jessa - who both experienced the same loss - Duggar said that she 'did have kind of a gut feeling of something may not be right.' She added, 'But also I'm like, "I don't want to over exaggerate." I don't want to read into things...I just remember feeling so numb leaving the ultrasound.' Joy-Anna also got candid about the emotional toll of still having to deliver her baby girl at 20 weeks. 'That was extremely hard, having to go through the whole delivery process.' Six years earlier, Joy-Anna had revealed the devastating news about the stillbirth and expressed at the time that their daughter 'will be in our hearts forever' She explained that she was grateful her mother, Michelle Duggar, was by her side because she 'had been through it before.' 'And I had a really good support team, but even with all of that, it was extremely difficult.' Joy-Anna admitted that there is 'no set timeline' when it comes to both physically and emotionally recovering when it comes to coping with loss. 'You have to kind of move on, and [someone] told me, they're like, "I went through a loss and it took me a long time. There's no set timeline,"' she said. 'When I've talked to other people, I've shared that with them. Like, "Hey, it took me six months." I felt like I was in a cloud for six months. I felt like I was in a fog.' Duggar continued, 'You know, it's postpartum, your body's going through kind of a shock. And then that timeline is going to be different for people.' The star then offered advice to others who experienced loss as well, and expressed, 'Don't put yourself on this, "I have to bounce back." 'There's going to be days where you can have joy, but the next day may be really hard, and you're hit with that grief again. There's no set timeline.' The star then offered advice to others who experienced loss as well, and expressed, 'Don't put yourself on this, "I have to bounce back"' During the episode, she also recalled finding 'peace and comfort' through visualizing God holding their daughter. 'For me, I guess, everybody would say, "Oh you're so strong. You're handling this so well." And inside, like, you're freaking out. You're like, "I don't know what's going on." And I kept telling everybody, I was like, "It's not me."' Joy-Anna added, 'And that's the one thing I look back on. And I'm like, even in like the darkest days of my life I still look back at that and I'm like there was an unexplainable peace and comfort. 'Not that what I'm going through is okay, but like - the peace and the comfort that God gave during that time. He was just like, "You're going to be okay. You're going to come out on the other side of this."' Duggar continued, 'The visual of God holding Annabelle - "In the arms of Jesus" is what we put on her tombstone. Just that visual for me, I guess, gave me a whole other view of it...' Earlier this month, Joy-Anna took to her Instagram page to pay tribute to her daughter on her 'heavenly 6th birthday.' She uploaded a black and white image of her baby girl's feet as well as other images in memory of Annabelle. In the caption, Duggar wrote, 'happy heavenly 6th birthday Annabell Elise Forsyth ~ July 1, 2019 ~.' 'We only had her for 20 weeks, Life is fragile and precious. So thankful the Lord gave her to us for that short time! She will be in our hearts forever!' Duggar and Forsyth had penned Back in 2019, Joy-Anna got candid about the stillbirth and had an emotional photo shoot with her daughter inside the hospital. She shared some of the images to social media at the time as both she and her husband Austin paid tribute to their baby girl. 'We only had her for 20 weeks, Life is fragile and precious. So thankful the Lord gave her to us for that short time! She will be in our hearts forever!' Duggar and Forsyth penned. The TV personality - who is known for starring with her family on 19 Kids And Counting - is also mom to Gideon, seven, Evelyn, four, and Gunner, two, whom she shares with Austin. Last year during an appearance on The Unplanned Podcast, Joy-Anna got candid about experiencing post-partum depression which was at its worse after her youngest child was born in 2023. 'The postpartum stuff did not hit until probably two and a half months postpartum, and then everything crumbled after that,' she said. Duggar then emotionally added, 'I kept thinking I should have it all together. I'm seasoned. I shouldn't be struggling with this. I had to work through just from rock bottom, like, "Okay, where am I gonna go from here?" 'The postpartum stuff did not hit until probably two and a half months postpartum, and then everything crumbled after that,' she said 'I just kind of wanted to sulk in it for a while, but I knew that that was not healthy for our marriage, for my kids.' The star continued, 'I finally got to a point I was like, "I'm not doing good. I'm struggling. Do I even want to be here?"' Duggar then sought help while also working out and eating healthier which resulted in her seeing 'a huge drastic change.' 'I was just fighting, fighting, fighting for months and months to feel better,' she explained, before adding, 'I also wouldn't change that season for anything...I've grown so much.'
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joy-Anna Duggar Says She 'Was in a Fog' for 6 Months After Her Daughter's Stillbirth: 'Extremely Hard'
Joy-Anna Duggar is opening up about a difficult time in her life While appearing on her sister's podcast, Joy-Anna shared about her daughter Annabell's stillbirth in 2019 The mom of three shared that her grieving process was hard, noting that she was "in a fog" for about six monthsJoy-Anna Duggar is reflecting on a difficult time. While appearing on the Jinger & Jeremy podcast, Joy-Anna spoke with her siblings Jinger Duggar and Jessa Duggar, and candidly opened up about her 2019 miscarriage. As she began discussing her story, Joy-Anna got emotional and started to tear up. "I guess looking back, I did have kind of a gut feeling of something may not be right," said Joy-Anna. "But also I'm like, 'I don't want to over exaggerate.' I don't want to read into things...I just remember feeling so numb leaving the ultrasound." Joy-Anna then went down a "really hard road" with husband Austin Forsyth and was forced to deliver her baby daughter Annabell early at 20 weeks. "That was extremely hard, having to go through the whole delivery process." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "I'm so thankful that I had [my mom] there that had been through it before," she continued. "And I had a really good support team, but even with all of that, it was extremely difficult." A few days after her daughter was born, Joy-Anna and Austin honored their late daughter with a funeral ceremony and a burial, but Joy-Anna noted that dealing with the physical and emotional stress of Annabell's death took longer. "You know, you recover physically, you stop bleeding," she said. "You have to kind of move on, and [someone] told me, they're like, 'I went through a loss and it took me a long time. There's no set timeline.'" "When I've talked to other people, I've shared that with them," Joy-Anna explained. "Like, 'Hey, it took me six months.' I felt like I was in a cloud for six months. I felt like I was in a fog. You know, it's postpartum, your body's going through kind of a shock. And then that timeline is going to be different for people." She went on to address other parents who faced loss directly, saying that they have to give themselves grace because it takes time to process something like that. "Don't put yourself on this, 'I have to bounce back,' " Joy-Anna said. "There's gonna be days where you can have joy, but the next day may be really hard, and you're hit with that grief again. There's no set timeline." Earlier this month, Joy-Anna celebrated Annabell's sixth "heavenly" birthday with an emotional Instagram post shared on Instagram. The mom wished her daughter a 'happy heavenly' birthday alongside a series of photos taken during her pregnancy and in the hospital. 'happy heavenly 6th birthday Annabell Elise Forsyth ✨👼🏼 ~ July 1, 2019 ~,' wrote Duggar, adding, '*some photos may be disturbing to some.' One black-and-white photo captured Annabell's feet, while another shot showed Duggar and her husband holding their daughter in the hospital, along with a mirror selfie Joy-Anna snapped while she was pregnant. In the post, the Counting On star confirmed that Annabell weighed 4.8 oz and was 7 inches long. Alongside Annabell, Joy-Anna and Austin are also parents to son Gideon, whom they welcomed in February 2018, daughter Evelyn, whom they welcomed in August 2020, and son Gunner, who turned 2 in May. Read the original article on People
