![OK Logo](https://okmagazine.com/ok_logo_black_small.png)
Kendra Duggar Admits She Had Trouble Getting Excited For Her Baby Because Of Lauren’s Miscarriage
![Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage PP](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fhDU3f3NM/480x251/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-PP.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fhDU3f3NM/640x335/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-PP.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fhDU3f3NM/768x402/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-PP.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fhDU3f3NM/1024x536/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-PP.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fhDU3f3NM/1280x670/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-PP.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fhDU3f3NM/1440x753/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-PP.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fhDU3f3NM/1600x837/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-PP.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/fhDU3f3NM/2160x1130/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-PP.jpg 2160w)
Nov. 13 2019, Published 3:26 p.m. ET
Josiah and Lauren Duggar announced that they were expecting a baby during the November 12 episode of Counting On. The news came less than a year after Lauren suffered a miscarriage. Kendra who was pregnant at the time admitted that though she was super happy, she had trouble getting excited for her second child after Lauren’s loss.
![//Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/R8nkFlkfI/480x307/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-7.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/R8nkFlkfI/640x409/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-7.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/R8nkFlkfI/768x490/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-7.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/R8nkFlkfI/1024x653/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-7.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/R8nkFlkfI/1280x817/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-7.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/R8nkFlkfI/1440x919/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-7.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/R8nkFlkfI/1600x1021/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-7.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/R8nkFlkfI/2160x1378/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-7.jpg 2160w)
“We’re expecting,” Josiah, 23, blurted out during the Duggar family camping trip.
![Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/UEciS5KHQ/480x307/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-3.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/UEciS5KHQ/640x409/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-3.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/UEciS5KHQ/768x490/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-3.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/UEciS5KHQ/1024x653/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-3.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/UEciS5KHQ/1280x817/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-3.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/UEciS5KHQ/1440x919/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-3.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/UEciS5KHQ/1600x1021/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-3.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/UEciS5KHQ/2160x1378/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-3.jpg 2160w)
Lauren, 20, revealed in a confessional interview, “We had been trying for quite a while after the miscarriage, and when we found out we were expecting, literally we were shocked. I couldn’t believe it and just cried.”
![Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CNdIgBrwl/480x307/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-4.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CNdIgBrwl/640x409/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-4.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CNdIgBrwl/768x490/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-4.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CNdIgBrwl/1024x653/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-4.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CNdIgBrwl/1280x817/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-4.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CNdIgBrwl/1440x919/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-4.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CNdIgBrwl/1600x1021/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-4.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/CNdIgBrwl/2160x1378/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-4.jpg 2160w)
She continued, “We were scared, but life is very precious and we are so thankful for this. We may be a little nervous at times, but we’re just going to be grateful.”
![Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/PUrS6cRIv/480x307/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-8.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/PUrS6cRIv/640x409/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-8.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/PUrS6cRIv/768x490/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-8.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/PUrS6cRIv/1024x653/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-8.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/PUrS6cRIv/1280x817/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-8.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/PUrS6cRIv/1440x919/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-8.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/PUrS6cRIv/1600x1021/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-8.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/PUrS6cRIv/2160x1378/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-8.jpg 2160w)
Kendra was already pregnant with her second child at the time the episode was filmed. “Lauren just had a miscarriage and it was kind of hard being excited about me expecting when I knew that they were really hoping for a baby. To find out that they were pregnant too made me feel better,” Kendra added.
![Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/vJRDYxxQm/480x307/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-5.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/vJRDYxxQm/640x409/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-5.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/vJRDYxxQm/768x490/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-5.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/vJRDYxxQm/1024x653/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-5.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/vJRDYxxQm/1280x817/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-5.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/vJRDYxxQm/1440x919/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-5.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/vJRDYxxQm/1600x1021/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-5.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/vJRDYxxQm/2160x1378/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-5.jpg 2160w)
“Finding out that Lauren's not just expecting but expecting and her due date was only a week after mine was super exciting,” Kendra, 21, said in a confessional.
![Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/jEGW4J3Rr/480x307/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-6.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/jEGW4J3Rr/640x409/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-6.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/jEGW4J3Rr/768x490/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-6.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/jEGW4J3Rr/1024x653/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-6.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/jEGW4J3Rr/1280x817/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-6.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/jEGW4J3Rr/1440x919/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-6.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/jEGW4J3Rr/1600x1021/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-6.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/jEGW4J3Rr/2160x1378/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-6.jpg 2160w)
Lauren welcomed her daughter, Bella Milagro, on November 8, just over a year after her miscarriage. “We can’t believe she is ours — she is so perfect! She definitely has lived up to her name, which means ‘beautiful miracle.’ Today we are basking in God’s goodness!” the couple told Us Weekly.
![Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage 11](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/bJlJNyQV1/480x307/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-11.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/bJlJNyQV1/640x409/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-11.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/bJlJNyQV1/768x490/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-11.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/bJlJNyQV1/1024x653/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-11.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/bJlJNyQV1/1280x817/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-11.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/bJlJNyQV1/1440x919/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-11.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/bJlJNyQV1/1600x1021/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-11.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/bJlJNyQV1/2160x1378/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-11.jpg 2160w)
Kendra and her husband Joe welcomed their baby girl on November 2. “Addison Renee has made us a family of four and we are already so in love with her!” the couple revealed to Us. “She made a quick arrival in the early hours of the morning and has already melted our hearts. We know Garrett is going to be a great big brother. Children are each a special gift from God and we are so happy our newest blessing is here.”
![Kendra Lauren Duggar Pregnancy Miscarriage](https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/8lzwlle0q/480x307/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-1.jpg 480w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/8lzwlle0q/640x409/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-1.jpg 640w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/8lzwlle0q/768x490/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-1.jpg 768w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/8lzwlle0q/1024x653/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-1.jpg 1024w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/8lzwlle0q/1280x817/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-1.jpg 1280w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/8lzwlle0q/1440x919/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-1.jpg 1440w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/8lzwlle0q/1600x1021/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-1.jpg 1600w, https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/8lzwlle0q/2160x1378/2019/11/Kendra-Lauren-Duggar-Pregnancy-Miscarriage-1.jpg 2160w)
What do you think about Kendra’s honest confessional on the latest episode of Counting On? Let us know in the comments below!