In a sneak peek from this week’s episode ofCounting On, Jinger, 24, heads to the hospital in order to induce labor.
“The doctor recommended I come into the hospital and start the induction process,” she says.
Jinger says she didn’t want to wait another minute to become a first-time mom.
“I’m not nervous or anxious for her, I know she’s strong and she’ll be fantastic,” he says. “If anything, I’m anxious for myself. I hope I can handle it and be the strength I need to be for her.”
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At 4:37 a.m. on July 19, Jinger and Jeremy welcomeddaughter Felicity. She weighed 8 lbs. and 3 oz. and was 19.5 inches long.
In July,Counting Onviewers watched as the couple entered parenthood; the special delivery episode aired nearly a month after she gave birth.
Ahead of Felicity’s arrival, Jinger and Jeremyassessed all of her childbirth options.
Although Jinger’s mother and some of her sisters had homebirths— “My mom and sisters have had long labors,” she said — she admitted onCounting Onthat she didn’t “feel comfortable” with going that route for her daughter’s delivery.
“My mom and quite a few of my sisters have done home births and for me, I don’t feel comfortable with it. I think I feel safer being in a birth center where they have a lot more things that you would need for care and also being closer to a really good hospital,” Jinger explained.
Instead, the couple chose a birthing center, which initially meant that Jinger would not be administered any medications during the labor.
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“I’m good with natural childbirth. I mean, at this point I will say that,” she said. “I mean, it’s a good thing to hold me to it because there’s no option of it.”
And since her delivery, Jinger and Jeremy haven’t stopped gushing about their newest addition. “We are so in love with this little doll!” Jinger wrote in August.
source: people.com
