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“A Heartfelt Moment šŸ’” Jill Duggar Reunites With Her Parents at a Memorial Service for Her Baby Girl šŸ™”

Jill Dillard (neé Duggar) reunited with her parents, Michelle Duggar and Jim Bob Duggar, for the memorial of her stillborn daughter, Isla Marie.

ā€œIsla Marie Dillard, ā€˜planted on earth to bloom in heaven,ā€™ā€ Jill, 32, captioned a carousel ofĀ photos on Wednesday, April 24. ā€œFor you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made… (Psalm‬ ‭139‬:‭13‬-‭14‬).ā€

TheĀ Counting OnĀ alum and her husband,Ā Derick Dillard, hosted aĀ funeral service for their familyĀ on April 19. In theĀ snaps, many members of her large family, including Michelle, 57, and Jim Bob, 58, were present as they released pink balloons in honor of baby No. 4.

Fans were initially unsure if Jill’s parents would be present at the memorial due to their estrangement over the last year following Jill and Derick’s participation in theĀ Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family SecretsĀ documentary and their memoir,Ā Counting the Cost. However, Michelle and Jim Bob can be spotted in the photos as they observed the balloons being released into the air.

Jill and Derick, 35, first announced the heartbreaking news about theirĀ baby’s death via Instagram on April 13. ā€œJill was 4 months pregnant (due in August) when we found out that our baby died in utero,ā€ the couple, who wed in 2014, shared in a joint post. ā€œFrom the moment we found out we were pregnant, we couldn’t wait to meet our baby. Isla was much loved from the start, and her 3 big brothers were so excited to introduce her to their world. We appreciate your prayers as we continue to grieve and heal from the loss of our little Isla Marie.ā€

The couple are alreadyĀ parents to sons, Israel, Samuel and Frederick, and Isla would’ve been Jill and Derick’s fourth child and first daughter. The pair had not publicly announced the pregnancy before the stillbirth. It isn’t the couple’s first loss as Jill also miscarried a baby named River in 2021 and later opened up about her deep-rooted fears about not being able to have as many children as she originally thought she would inĀ Counting the Cost.Ā After her memoir was released in September 2023, Jill recalled a conversation with her dad, where she opened upĀ about growing a large family.

ā€œIn the book, I talk about the shift of going from feeling that pressure, being OK with having a lot of children, in that belief system that I grew up in,ā€ the mom of three explained onĀ Christy Carlson Romanoā€˜s ā€œVulnerableā€ podcast in October 2023. ā€œTo then having the shift of being like, ā€˜Do I trust in God with the number of children that I’m supposed to have?’ could also mean trusting Him if he doesn’t give us 20 kids.ā€

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