Jessa Duggar is no stranger to being pregnant, though she revealed that one change in her latest pregnancy has been how much weight she’s gained.
“I’ve definitely gained a little more weight in this pregnancy than with my others,” Duggar, 32, explained in a YouTube video posted on Thursday, July 10. “I didn’t gain any weight in the first trimester, but then I made up for it in the second trimester. I don’t know why.”
Duggar announced in March that she and her husband, Ben Seewald, are expecting their sixth baby together. The couple are already the parents to sons Spurgeon, 9, Henry, 8, and George, 18 months, and daughters Fern, 5, and Ivy, 3.
The former TLC star explained that she initially thought she would be “a little more trimmed” during her current pregnancy due to her frequent workouts. “Most of my pregnancies, besides one, I have gained 40 pounds,” she said. “My midwife would tell me, ‘40 weeks, 40 pounds,’ and so that’s just, kind of, my goal.”
However, she revealed that she had already gained 40 pounds in this pregnancy.
“I know I’m going a little bit over that, [so] I’ll probably be more like 45 pounds,” she said. “[I] try not to let it get me down. I have been getting the twins comments, though, three times in the last two weeks. People have asked me if I’m having twins, and I’m like, ‘Nope, it’s really not possible at this point that we wouldn’t know that it was twins.’”
Also in the video, Duggar explained that her kids are “excited for this little baby.”
“They all have their guesses [about the sex],” she said. “Generally, it’s been pretty much straight down the line. Boys want a boy, girls want a girl, [so] we’ll see. I hope nobody’s too disappointed. I think they’re all just going to be super stoked for a baby.”
