Jill Duggar Dillard Welcomes Son After Miscarriage: A ‘Gift From God’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Jill Duggar Dillard and husband Derrick have welcomed their third son: Frederick “Freddy” Michael Dillard!
Jill announced the news in a post on their family blog, writing: “‘Freddy’ Frederick Michael Dillard is here! He was born 7/7/2022 at 5:16pm weighing 7lbs. 6oz. and is 20 inches long. Frederick means ‘Peaceful Ruler’ and Michael means ‘Gift from God.’”
Freddy is the couple’s rainbow baby, as they previously suffered a miscarriage.
The post continued:
The name Frederick also holds special meaning for us since it’s Derick’s name with “Fre” added to the front, to make “Fre-derick.” Similarly, Derick’s name is a variation of his late dad’s name, Rick, that his parents created by adding “de” to the front of Rick to spell, “de”-“rick,” literally meaning son “of” (de) Rick. We were excited to settle on the name Frederick and incorporate both Derick’s and his dad’s name, by just adding “Fre” to the beginning of Derick’s name.
Frederick was set to arrive later in July, but he decided he wanted to come a little early (the day before big brother Samuel’s birthday!), so we had our planned C-section a bit before originally planned.
Both Jill and Frederick are healthy and are enjoying bonding while we look forward to bringing him home from the hospital soon!
Most people know Jill from 19 KIDS AND COUNTING and COUNTING ON, but she and her husband made a big decision to leave the reality show.
Movieguide® previously reported:
Jill Dillard is one of two children noticeably absent from TLC’s COUNTING ON, the spin-off of 19 KIDS AND COUNTING, the network’s show about an ultra-religious family in Arkansas.
“I never expected this to happen or for it to get to this point,” Jill tells PEOPLE in their latest issue. “But I’m realizing I can’t put a timeline on healing. I love my family and they love me. I really just have to follow God’s lead and take it one day at a time.”
The Dillard family still lives in proximity to the Duggar family. In some recent birth specials, Jill’s voice can be heard in the background as she uses her midwife skills to coach her sister and sister-in-law through the birthing process.
Jill acknowledged in a YouTube video that she and her family were edited out of major Duggar events like weddings and funerals.
Right now, the Dillards are focusing on their own family unit. They are parents to sons Israel and Samuel. Though they spent time doing some international missions work, the couple says that opportunity was taken away from them because of the show.
However, “we are open to it in the future,” Derick says of missions work. “If we feel God leading us toward that, we’re hopeful and open to whatever God calls us to do. We want to give God our ‘yes’ in whatever that may be.”
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