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Jessa Duggar Seewald is “expecting again!”
The TLC star and her husband Ben Seewald appeared on Wednesday’s Oct. 28 episode of the Unplanned Podcast, where Seewald said she is expecting baby number seven
In a preview of their appearance released Tuesday, Oct. 27, Jessa noted that she is six weeks along
Jessa Duggar Seewald has a big announcement.
The 19 Kids and Counting alum and her husband, Ben Seewald, are the latest guests on the Unplanned Podcast with Matt and Abby Howard.
In a preview of this week’s episode, released on Tuesday, Oct. 27, Jessa appears to shock Matt and Abby as she says, “We’re actually expecting again.”
“What?” says Matt.
“Yeah, six weeks pregnant with number seven,” responds Jessa. PEOPLE has reached out to her representative for comment.
Jessa and Ben have six children: sons Spurgeon Elliot, 10; Henry Wilberforce, 9; George Augustine, 2; Edward Owen, 1; and daughters Ivy Jane, 7, and Fern Elliana, 5.
She announced the arrival of her sixth baby in a birth vlog posted to her YouTube channel, in August 2025, revealing that her mom, Michelle Duggar, was by her side.
Before Edward Owen’s arrival, she responded to negative remarks from commenters about her growing family.
“When it comes to people saying negative opinions, I know this is not the case for everyone, but for me personally, I’ve never had anybody walk up to my face and be nasty,” Jessa said in a YouTube video titled “Baby #6 Q&A + My Morning Routine,” posted in May 2025. “I have heard a lot of rude and unnecessary comments, but generally those are just online.”
In her response, she also addressed a comment claiming that she and Seewald are “trying to follow in [her] mom’s footsteps.”
Jessa Duggar Seewald and Ben Seewald with their six kids
Credit: Jessa Seewald/Instagram
“I’m not going to have 19 kids, but honestly, my mom is my hero. I love her. I adore her [and] she is my role model in so many ways,” she said. “Her patience, her love, her gentleness [and] her kind speech. She is the golden example of a mother, in my opinion. So, when people say, ‘Do you want to be like your mother?’ I’m like, ‘Yes, please, Lord, help me.’ “
Having a big family was already on Jessa’s mind before her Nov. 1, 2014 wedding.
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“We both want to have a big family,” she told PEOPLE ahead of the ceremony. “We are talking about our goals and the future with family. We have both talked about adoption and want to adopt, too.”
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