The reality star and her husband, Derick Dillard, announced the pregnancy loss in April 2024
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- Jill Duggar Dillard shared a photo of herself sitting in the grass next to her stillborn daughter Isla Marie’s grave on Feb. 27
- “I’m so grateful to have a place to go to remember our daughter,” she wrote on Instagram
- The 19 Kids and Counting alum and her husband, Derick Dillard, announced the stillbirth of their “beautiful baby girl” in April 2025
Jill Duggar Dillard is acknowledging the “combination of ups and downs” that accompanies life and loss.
On Friday, Feb. 27, the 19 Kids and Counting alum, 34, shared a photo of herself sitting in the grass next to her late daughter Isla Marie’s grave on Instagram, nearly two years after she and husband Derick Dillard shared that they’d experienced a stillbirth.
“Life is a constant combination of ups and downs, joy and sorrow, roses and thorns,” Jill wrote in the caption. “Anyone who has experienced loss knows that it’s often in the quiet moments when the waves come stronger and we are reminded more of the hole left by a loss. Or sometimes it’s felt deeper at a place that just gives you the space to feel. I’m so grateful to have a place to go to remember our daughter.”
The reality star — also mom to sons Frederick, 3, Samuel, 8, and Israel, 10 — also shared a few snaps of herself spending quality time with her boys by cuddling up next to them in bed, trying out a new recipe for “froyo dots” and baking them cinnamon swirl bread.
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“So thankful for the recent happy moments too,” she continued in the caption. “The sun continues to shine & I love trying out my kids cooking! Recent recipes included maple cinnamon swirl bread & Froyo dots! 😋”
Jill and Derick announced the stillbirth of their “beautiful baby girl” on April 13, 2024, alongside a photo of them comforting each other while looking down at a small tribute to their late daughter.
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"Jill was 4 months pregnant (due in August) when we found out that our baby died in utero," the couple wrote in the caption at the time. "From 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. 😭🩷," they added.
On what would’ve been Isla’s first birthday on Aug. 25, 2025, Jill shared a series of photos and videos of her and the family spending the day at the cemetery.
"This August marks what should have been a time of celebration,” she wrote at the time. “We should have been celebrating her 1st birthday in style with a smash cake and all things pink. But instead, we changed out her pink grave flowers for some new ones and took a walk around the cemetery with the boys and thought about how she would be toddling along with the big bros and be so loved (and picked on too of course 😄)."
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The Counting On alum also said that they still “don’t know exactly what caused the loss.”
“After lots of testing, they concluded that the most likely cause was a fluke subchorionic hematoma/hemorrhage that wasn’t detected until later, so nothing likely would have changed things,” she continued. “What we do know is that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss. This means there are so many hurting families, and so many families who need the kind of love and support we had while walking through loss."
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