Jill Duggar shares pregnancy update on due date

ROGERS, Ark., March 24 (UPI) -- Jill Duggar and husband Derick Dillard expect their first child to be born late.

The 23-year-old reality star revealed as much in an interview with People on the baby's due date Tuesday. Duggar is now 40 weeks pregnant, and anticipated to give birth either March 24 or April 5.

"I have told myself, 'First-time moms often go a week and a half over, so don't get discouraged,'" she said of the two dates she set for herself. "[I was] planning on the baby coming late, no big deal -- if you have it in your head that way, you won't get discouraged."

Duggar celebrated her marriage and pregnancy with her husband and family over the weekend. Dillard shared a new photo of the reality star at 39 weeks pregnant on Instagram, and mother Michelle Duggar posted a "So. Very. Close." picture Monday on Facebook.

Duggar first met Dillard while he was working as a missionary in Nepal in 2013. The couple married in June 2014, and announced they are expecting in August. The parents-to-be celebrated at a baby shower in February, and again at a second fête in March.

Duggar and her family currently star on TLC reality series 19 Kids & Counting. The program follows Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children, whose ages range from 5 to 26, and returned for a 10th season in February. New episodes air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.