Jessa Duggar shares baby bump photo ahead of due date

The reality star is expected to film the birth for her forthcoming TLC special.

By Annie Martin
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Jessa Duggar (L) and husband Ben Seewald. The reality star is now 39 weeks pregnant with her first child. Photo by Jessa Duggar/Instagram
Jessa Duggar (L) and husband Ben Seewald. The reality star is now 39 weeks pregnant with her first child. Photo by Jessa Duggar/Instagram

SPRINGDALE, Ark., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Jessa Duggar shared a new baby bump photo Monday on Instagram.

The 22-year-old reality star is now 39 weeks pregnant with her first child by husband Ben Seewald. The couple married in November 2014, and announced they are expecting in April.

"7 days till #BabySeewald's due date!" she captioned the picture. Healthy human babies are typically born between 39 and 40 weeks, and the mom-to-be expects her son or daughter to be born Nov. 1, her first wedding anniversary.

Duggar and Seewald celebrated the impending birth of their first child at a co-ed baby shower earlier this month. The couple filmed the party for the reality star's forthcoming TLC specials, and Duggar is expected to also film her baby's birth.

She and sister Jill Duggar will appear on the three-part special Jill & Jessa: Counting On. The siblings appeared in an emotional preview for the show, with Duggar admitting her family was "devastated" by brother Josh Duggar's recent scandals.

Jessa Duggar and husband Ben Seewald expect their first child to be born Nov. 1. Instagram/Jessa Duggar

Duggar and her family came to fame on 19 Kids & Counting, which was canceled following Josh Duggar's sex abuse admission. The 27-year-old confessed to molesting five girls, including Jill and Jessa, as a teen, and later admitted to cheating on wife Anna Duggar.

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