Jinger Duggar Vuolo Says She’s Been Leaning on Sister Joy-Anna ‘a Lot’ amid Pregnancy with Baby No. 3 (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Joy-Anna Duggar (left) and Jinger Duggar Vuolo.Photo:Joy Forsyth/Instagram

Joy Forsyth/Instagram

Jinger Duggar Vuolois tapping into some sisterly support amid her latest pregnancy.

“I’ve been talking to Joy a lot because we’re kind of in the same season. She has three kids and I’m going on three kids,” says Jinger, 31, whose latest book,People Pleaser, was released on Jan. 14. “And so we chat a ton, just FaceTime calls or just to catch up.”

She notes that while Joy, 27, is four years younger, she “feels like she’s an older sister.”

Joy and husbandAustin Forsythshare sons Gideon, 6, and Gunner, 20 months, and daughter Evelyn, 4. Jinger and Jeremy, 37, are parents to daughters Felicity, 6, and Evangeline, 4.

The Duggar sisters with mom Michelle Duggar.Jinger Vuolo/Instagram

Jinger Vuolo/Instagram

Jinger — who is one of 19 children in her large family — says she also keeps in close touch with her other seven sisters, including Jill, 33, Jana, 35, and Jessa, 32. “It’s such a  blessing to have them in my life,” she tells PEOPLE, saying it’s “amazing” to be able to jump on FaceTime and see her siblings' faces while “being so far from family.”

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“We’re having a boy and we’re very excited,” she toldEntertainment Tonighton Jan. 14. “I was so shocked to find out it was a boy, because I feel like everything felt the same. I actually had a lot of similarities to the pregnancy with the girls.”

Jeremy Vuolo and Jinger Duggar Vuolo with daughters Felicity (left) and Evangeline (right).Jinger Duggar/instagram

“I was so shocked, I almost fell off my chair,” she continued, explaining that the idea of having a boy was a “foreign thing” after welcoming two daughters. “I was like, ‘How is this the boy gonna fit in?’ "

People Pleaser: Breaking Free from the Burden of Imaginary Expectationsis available now wherever books are sold.

source: people.com