Joy-Anna Duggar Is Giving Her Body ‘Time to Heal’ Before Trying to Conceive After Miscarriage (Exclusive)

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Joy-Anna Duggar Is Giving Her Body ‘Time to Heal’ Before Trying to Conceive After Miscarriage

Joy-Anna Forsyth (née Duggar) and Austin Forsyth are taking things slow after her July miscarriage. “We want to be wise and give my body time to heal,” the 19 Kids and Counting alum, 22, exclusively tells Us Weekly in this week’s issue when asked if she and the pilot, 25, want another baby. “But we are excited for the children that God's going to give us and can't wait. I don't know if four is the number. I mean, I would be fine with a few more if that's what God wants us to have.” Joy-Anna, who gave birth to son Gideon, now 20 months, in February 2018, posted photos with her stillborn daughter in a July Instagram post. “We named her Annabell Elise,” she wrote at the time. “Annabell means ‘God has favored me,’ and Elise means ‘God satisfies. What a precious thing to know that when our daughter opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was the face of Jesus.” The Counting On stars have been healing from their loss with the help of their family members. “Austin's family was a huge blessing,” Joy-Anna tells Us. “They would help keep Gideon so we could have some alone time. My parents and my siblings were there for me. They would come and bring us meals and food and just give us encouraging words. My mom would write down scripture for me and post it everywhere. We had a lot of support.” Her husband, though, is her “anchor,” the TLC personality reveals. “He was reminding me, ‘OK babe, remember, not only are you grieving and stuff, but your hormones are changing and your emotions.’ He was just there to support me.” [sendtonews type="float" key="xWCJAyDXMG-3116931-14453"] The couple, who wed in 2017, plan to keep Annabell’s memory alive with a headstone on Austin’s family’s property. “We'll be able to go out there and visit her and where we buried her,” Joy-Anna explains. “That's going to be something special because a lot of our important things in life have happened there. We got engaged, we started dating and now we have her there. That's just a really special spot.” For more on the TLC personalities’ family life, scroll through Joy-Anna’s maternity shoot and check out this week’s issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. Counting On airs on TLC Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET. With reporting by Carly Sloane [podcast_block]

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Joy-Anna Duggar Is Giving Her Body ‘Time to Heal’ Before Trying to Conceive After Miscarriage

Joy-Anna Forsyth (née Duggar) and Austin Forsyth are taking things slow after her July miscarriage. “We want to be wise and give my body time to heal,” the 19 Kids and Counting alum, 22, exclusively tells Us Weekly in this week’s issue when asked if she and the pilot, 25, want another baby. “But we are excited for the children that God's going to give us and can't wait. I don't know if four is the number. I mean, I would be fine with a few more if that's what God wants us to have.” Joy-Anna, who gave birth to son Gideon, now 20 months, in February 2018, posted photos with her stillborn daughter in a July Instagram post. “We named her Annabell Elise,” she wrote at the time. “Annabell means ‘God has favored me,’ and Elise means ‘God satisfies. What a precious thing to know that when our daughter opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was the face of Jesus.” The Counting On stars have been healing from their loss with the help of their family members. “Austin's family was a huge blessing,” Joy-Anna tells Us. “They would help keep Gideon so we could have some alone time. My parents and my siblings were there for me. They would come and bring us meals and food and just give us encouraging words. My mom would write down scripture for me and post it everywhere. We had a lot of support.” Her husband, though, is her “anchor,” the TLC personality reveals. “He was reminding me, ‘OK babe, remember, not only are you grieving and stuff, but your hormones are changing and your emotions.’ He was just there to support me.” [sendtonews type="float" key="xWCJAyDXMG-3116931-14453"] The couple, who wed in 2017, plan to keep Annabell’s memory alive with a headstone on Austin’s family’s property. “We'll be able to go out there and visit her and where we buried her,” Joy-Anna explains. “That's going to be something special because a lot of our important things in life have happened there. We got engaged, we started dating and now we have her there. That's just a really special spot.” For more on the TLC personalities’ family life, scroll through Joy-Anna’s maternity shoot and check out this week’s issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. Counting On airs on TLC Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET. With reporting by Carly Sloane [podcast_block]

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Lean In

“That definitely brought us closer,” the Arkansas native says of her miscarriage.

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First Look

“Just like we celebrated Gideon's birth and took pictures and remembered that occasion, I wanted to do that with [Annabell],” Joy-Anna tells Us of her photo shoot. “My best friend came into town and I asked her if she could do my makeup and hair and so that we would have some really nice pictures because this was the only time I was going to be able to hold her. I just wanted it to be special and a celebration of her life.”

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Major Moment

She adds, “It was very short. We got some very special pictures and those are the things that we're able to look back on and remember for the rest of our lives.”

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Perfect Present

When the reality star misses her daughter, she looks at the gold necklace her sister-in-law gifted her, telling Us, “I have not taken it off the whole time.”

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Moving On

While the pair have been living in a "cramped" camper for a year and a half, they recently purchased a house.

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Step Up

They’re hoping to move in before Christmas.