JOY-ANNA Duggar has teased both her due date and the possible name of her new baby as she awaits the birth of her third child.
The Counting On alum discussed those topics and many others in a YouTube video titled, “I answer YOUR Most Asked Questions!”
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Joy-Anna, 25, shared the video on her and her husband Austin Forsyth’s YouTube channel, FollowtheForsyths.
Early into the nearly 18-minute long recording, the 19 Kids and Counting alum answered “the most commonly asked question” which was “How many weeks pregnant are you!?”
The reality TV star revealed: “I am thirty weeks along,” before disclosing, “I’m probably going to get induced a little bit early.”
She then responded to a fan’s follow-up question, which was: “Do you want more kids after this?”
Joy-Anna replied: “I’ve been saying like four or five but we’ll see.”
Later in the video, the TLC alum stated: “The other most commonly asked question was, ‘Have you named your baby yet?’ [and] ‘What’s your baby’s name?'”
The 25-year-old quickly answered: “We have not.”
She continued: “We have a list of like five names, maybe so far, that we’re like these are options.
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Joy-Anna explained: “We’re not going to decide until the baby’s born. It’s kind of a tradition we didn’t mean to create but it happened.”
During the YouTube Q&A, the mother-of-two also revealed the reason why she wished her family’s reality show ended sooner than it did.
About seven minutes into the video, a fan asked: “Do you miss the TV show?”
She replied: “Um, I do not miss the TV show. I think it was best for our family for it to end, but I do miss the film crew that we had.
“I was with some of those guys since I was like six, and so for me, seeing them on a weekly basis and then not seeing them was really weird.
“It was best for our family at that time to get off and not be on the TV.
“I think it would have been best if we would have stopped before then too, but I do not miss the actual TV show itself – besides the film crew.”
The Duggar family was featured on the TLC series 19 Kids and Counting from 2008 to 2015 before starring in its spinoff, Counting On, from 2015 to 2020.
MISSING THE DUGGARS
While Joy-Anna is happy the show is over, some of her fans in the YouTube comment section of the video expressed their gratitude for how long it lasted.
One said: “I know you are glad the TV show ended, but the impact your family and values have had on countless numbers of individuals is tremendous. My children see the value in dating with a purpose because of your family.”
Another wrote: “Thank you for the Q&A, it’s always wonderful to get to know you a little more. I can imagine how much you and the crew would miss each other after spending so many years together.”
A third chimed in: “I have loved your family from the first day they were introduced to the world. No family is perfect. Let me just say I have loved watching you grow up into adulthood.”
Someone else commented: “We miss the show, but understand doing what’s best for your family. Just glad to watch you on here.”
MODEST ATTIRE
In the same Q&A video, the reality television star spoke about how she realized wearing pants wasn’t immodest, despite what she’d been told.
Another question she chose to answer during the session was: “What made you decide to wear pants and jeans?”
Joy-Anna took a deep breath, before responding: “Austin and I prayed about this for a long time, and I think we had the first conversation within our first year of marriage.”
She continued that their journey involved “studying and reading the Bible and digging in deep” for three to four years.
“It wasn’t something that I was super persistent about studying because honestly, I’d always worn skirts my whole life, and so for me, I wasn’t in a rush,” she added.
She then confirmed: “So really the last year we really prayed about it and felt like there wasn’t anything in scripture – there isn’t anything in scripture – that’s black and white on dress.
“It talks a lot about modesty, but I feel like you can be modest and wear pants, and so that’s kind of where we came to.”
The Duggar concluded: “I think basically we just looked through scripture for a long time and feel like this is okay for our family and where we are.”
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