Jill Duggar, one of the stars of TLC's hit show, "19 Kids and Counting," is pregnant with her first child, People confirms.

News of Duggar's pregnancy comes less than 8 weeks after Duggar and her beau

Derrick Dillard's wedding.

"Well we just got married and things were going great," Dillard told People TV. "We had a wonderful honeymoon, we went to the outer banks of North Carolina. We've just been enjoying married life and life's kinda just slowed down a little bit and we found out that we're pregnant!"

Dillard added, " We're surprised and it's a great surprise and we're looking forward to having a new life."

Duggar continued the happy couple's announcement by adding that she had already had two negative pregnancy tests prior to having a positive test. It was at her mother's home that Jill took the test that revealed she was pregnant.

The day after taking the positive pregnancy test, Dillard and Duggar broke the news to both of their families.

"We just wanted to tell everyone because we're so excited," Dillard explained.

Duggar added, "Things are picking up and now we're planning for the future. We're gonna find out what we're having before too long."

"As far as our future, we're not trying to have kids so we'll just see what God bring along...we're just hoping to have as many kids as God will give us," Dillard and Duggar concluded their announcement.

Check out the couple's pregnancy announcement on People TV below.

TLC also issued an official statement regarding the couple's baby news, The Hollywood Life reports.

"TLC is thrilled to confirm that newlyweds Jill and Derick Dillard from 19 Kids & Counting are expecting!," the statement reads.

Jim Bob Duggar, the Duggar patriarch, also dished on the exciting news. He revealed to People that there was an abundance of "clapping and cheering" following his daughter and Dillard's pregnancy announcement to the entire family.

The Dillard are due in March, People reports.

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