Photo: Courtesy of Jill and Derick Dillard
“It was an amazing turnout even though the weather was bad,” Jill tells PEOPLE exclusively.
The party featured sandwiches, cake and of course pickles (a Duggar family favorite).
Guests wrote words of encouragement on notes they stuck to diapers – “So if we are up at two in the morning, we will have words that will inspire us from all these moms,” says Jill – as well as adding words of support on a labor board that can be read when Jill goes into labor.
“Many of the women there were ones I helped through labor as a midwife,” Jill says. “The board says labor of love, and Derick or one of my midwives can read those to me when I’m in labor.”
Since the Dillards are planning a home birth, guests donated toward a birthing pool, liner and all the other supplies they needed as well as giving the couple gift cards.
“We have everything we need now,” says Jill. “We are ready to go.”
The couple attended a smallershowerwith family and friends on Sunday, and say they’re ready to meet their new son.
Tonight’s episode (see a sneak peek below) of19 Kids and Countingfeatures Jill trying to make a Nepali-themed dinner for Derick, whom she met for the first time when he was doing missionary work in Nepal.
“I couldn’t cook at all during my first trimester,” she says in the clip. “The smells were too much.”
But now, as Jill gets prepared for birth, she says she’s feeling well.
“I have been having a few Braxton Hicks contracts here and there and the little guy is moving around a lot,” she says.
“I woke up completely hungry the other night and figured I needed protein,” says Jill. “Derick ran downstairs and got me a glass of milk. He is the sweetest guy. We are so excited and very happy.”
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source: people.com
