Jill Duggar continues to mourn her and her husband Derick Dillard‘s stillborn daughter, Isla Marie Dillard.
“‘I carried you every second of your life and I will love you every second of mine,'” Duggar, 32, captioned a recent Instagram post in which she wiped tears from her eyes while holding the pink baby blanket her daughter held. “A week ago today we laid our little girl to rest. We will love you forever, Isla Marie! 😘❌⭕️❌⭕️.”
Duggar and Dillard, 35, announced the loss of their fourth child earlier this month. “Jill was four months pregnant (due in August) when we found out our baby had died in the womb,” the couple said in a joint April 13 Instagram post that included a photo They posed with their daughter’s blanket and knitted toys. “From the moment we found out we were pregnant, we couldn’t wait to see our baby. Isla was loved from the start and her three big brothers were so excited to introduce her into their world.”
The caption continued: “We thank you for your prayers as we continue to mourn and heal from the loss of our little Isla Marie 😭🩷.”
Several members of the Duggar family have shared their heartbreaking experiences with pregnancy loss over the years. In February 2023, Jessa Duggar announced that she suffered a miscarriage while pregnant with her fifth child with husband Ben Seewald. In the emotional YouTube video titled “Heartbreak Over the Holidays,” the former “Counting On” star recalled his breakup […]
The previous Count on The stars held a memorial service for their baby girl on April 19. In photos of the memorial service shared by the couple on Instagram, the venue was decorated with pink decorations and some of Isla Marie’s clothing, toys and books were on display.
Attendees also took part in releasing a pink balloon in memory of Duggar and Dillard’s late child. “Isla Marie Dillard, ‘planted on earth to bloom in heaven,'” Duggar wrote on Instagram on April 24 alongside snaps of the heartwarming moment.
Another recent Instagram post says: 19 kids and counting Alumni gave fans a glimpse of the moment they buried their stillborn daughter, sharing emotional photos from her gravesite. “We love and miss you, little girl! 🩷Isla Marie Dillard. Buried on April 19, 2024,” Duggar wrote alongside the touching photos. “Isla (pronounced ‘eye-la’) is a surname meaning ‘devoted to God’. Marie is also a family name and means “dream child and beloved.”
She then shared the lyrics to a song sung at the memorial service, “Jesus Loves Me,” which Duggar said she and Dillard sang to “each of our children in the womb.”
Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard welcomed sons Israel and Samuel in 2015 and 2017, respectively, and love sharing their lives with the little ones. The Counting On alums’ babies previously appeared on TLC with their parents before Duggar and Dillard left the network in 2017. Three years later, the author opened “Growing Up Duggar.” […]
The couple married in 2014 and had sons Israel (9), Samuel (6) and Freddy (21 months). The couple suffered a pregnancy loss almost a year before Freddy was born in July 2022. “We recently found out we are expecting our third baby,” Duggar captioned an October 2021 Instagram video. “We were thrilled! However, a few days later she had a miscarriage. We love and miss you, River Bliss!”
A year later, Duggar admitted that after losing River, he felt “conflicted with feelings of loss and joy” while caring for Freddy. “I miss the moments we never had with River, but I am so grateful for where we are holding our sweet little newborn this year and I don’t take it for granted what a blessing this journey of motherhood is,” she wrote via Instagram October 2022.