The Duggars: Inside Their Ever-Growing Family

The next generation is expanding quickly as the Counting On stars welcome little ones of their own

- Riley Cardoza

The future is female! Jessa Seewald (née Duggar) gave birth to her first daughter, Ivy, in May, and now Kendra, Abbie, Anna and Lauren Duggar have baby girls on the way too! It’s happy news after the June passing of their beloved Grandma Mary (below, center), and the self-described best friends are excited to take this journey together. Lauren, 20, tells Us they’ve been sharing parenting tips — and pregnancy brain! — and have been each other’s shoulder to cry on in harder moments, like after her own miscarriage and sister-in-law Joy-Anna Forsyth’s stillbirth. The reality stars and their husbands open up exclusively to Us about this exciting and emotional time in their lives.

KENDRA & JOSEPH

Two under 2! Kendra (née Caldwell), 21, and