'19 Kids and Counting' Cast News: Jessa Duggar Chooses a Wedding Dress, Jill Hears Baby Boy’s Heartbeat [Spoilers]
On Tuesday night's "19 Kids and Counting," Jessa Duggar continued wedding planning while sister and first-time mom-to-be Jill Duggar met with midwives and shared her thoughts about childbirth.
Jessa, 22, had no desire to be treated like a princess during her wedding dress shopping at Tesori Bridal in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Accompanied by 11 family members, including her future mother and sisters-in-law, she clearly wanted to choose a dress and get out of there as quickly as possible.
Her future husband, Ben Seewald, 19, wanted the dress to be modest. "I think it's important that whatever dress she chooses is modest, too. Because I get kind of jealous, you know? She's my girl," said Ben in an interview. His comment made Jessa ecstatic.
After trying on several dresses, as Latin Post previously revealed, Jessa chose a blush-colored gown with cap sleeves and a fully beaded bodice of Swarovski crystals and pearls. Not exactly traditional, but certainly modest.
Meanwhile, the coral-colored bridesmaids' dresses that were purchased online for $50 each arrived. Jessa was pleased, but her sisters complained about everything from the bodice gathering to the dress hemline.
With one month left in her pregnancy, Jill, 23, and husband Derick Dillard, 25, revealed that they are excited about the arrival of their son who they affectionately nicknamed Baby Dilly. Jill plans to deliver her baby at home with the help of Jana Duggar and a team of midwives. No stranger to the home birthing experience, Jill has been studying midwifery for almost four years and has delivered around 30 babies.
The pregnancy has not been the easiest for Jill, who endured terrible morning sickness.
"I've been having a lot of morning sickness. They should call it 'pregnancy sickness' because it's all day, but I'm feeling good today!" she told ABC News last year. "I'm thanking God for this little life and the good signs. It's well worth it."
She also told ABC News that while she lives close to a hospital, she preferred a natural birth at home.
"I feel like it will be way more relaxing... and having the baby at home with a midwife provides more of that personal care," she said. "It's more intimate for the couple as well, getting to be in your own environment."
The most endearing part of the "19 Kids and Counting" episode was when Jill and Derick listened to their baby boy's heartbeat in utero for the first time.
The Dillards' son is due March 24, which is less than five weeks away.
"19 Kids and Counting" airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on TLC.
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