Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar recall Josie Duggar's scary, 3 months premature birth on her ninth birthday

Josie Duggar, who was born around three months premature 25 weeks after Michelle Duggar was diagnosed with preeclampsia, celebrated her 9th birthday with the family
PUBLISHED DEC 15, 2018

Around 9 years ago, the Duggar family experienced one of the scariest moments ever when the youngest and, to be exact, 19th sibling Josie Duggar was born around three months premature. 

The family took to Instagram to share some throwback pictures of Josie Brooklyn Duggar including two shots of her as a baby hooked up to cords in an incubator at the hospital. They captioned the picture, "Josie was born on December 10, 2009, at 25 1/2 weeks gestation and weighed 1 pound 6 ounces." Josie was born 25 weeks after her mother Michelle Duggar was diagnosed with a condition called preeclampsia. 

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