Counting On star Jill Duggar Dillard shared a special memorial for her son and daughter after their deaths. Like countless other women, the former reality star suffered the devastating loss of a child they very much wanted. Stay on this page to see the special way the TLC star honored her lost children.
October 15 Marks A Special Day
Miscarriages are exceedingly common, especially early in the pregnancy. Statistics show that 1 in 4 women will suffer a pregnancy loss. The monumental loss was a taboo topic for way too long. More and more women have been speaking out about their miscarriages in the last few years, including several women from the Duggar family.
Three women banded together in 2002 to share their grief with the world. Robyn Bear, Lisa Brown, and Tammy Novak started a campaign that year to have October 15 designated a special day of remembrance for grieving mothers.
Several states made October 15 International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day that year. The support for the movement rose over the years, and it was officially acknowledged by all states in 2006, including in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where Jill and her husband live.
Many other countries also mark the day.
Counting On Jill Duggar Does Special Memorial For Son & Daughter’s Deaths
Jill Duggar Dillard and her husband, Derick, had two children but wanted to expand their family. They welcomed their first son, Israel, in 2015. Their second son, Samuel, joined the family in 2017.
The couple finally welcomed their third son, Frederick, in 2022. Sadly, Jill Duggar Dillard suffered a devastating miscarriage between the births of her second and third sons. She miscarried in 2021. The Duggars named their lost baby River Bliss.
Losing a baby early in a pregnancy is devastating. But losing a baby after months of carrying the baby in your womb is heartbreaking. Jill Duggar Dillard gave birth to a stillborn daughter in 2024.
The Counting On star was four months pregnant when the baby she named Isla Marie died in utero. On October 15, Jill Duggar Dillard honored both of her lost babies.
“Today we remember our babies who went on before us and we link arms with all families who have lost a little one in pregnancy or soon after. May you be comforted in your grief and feel God near,” she wrote on Instagram.
Jill Duggar Dillard added their names in remembrances. “River Bliss Dillard 10/3/21. Isla Marie Dillard 3/19/24.”
Fans Can Relate
The Counting On star encouraged her followers to share a memory or the name of their own lost babies in the comments. Not surprisingly, many, many of her followers shared losses of their own. Here are a few of them:
- “Abigail Grace Stroud 8/23/2025”
- “Ellie Faith. I’ve never shared her name publicly.”
- “Our granddaughter would have been 2 years old yesterday. She was born sleeping at 34 weeks.”
- “We lost 5 babies before we had our rainbow baby in 2024. We lost 4 in two years.”
- “Katherine Blain 9/30/25”
- “I miscarried Jordan in 1998. I’ve never shared the name I picked before.”
- “Heaven is holding them close, Jill. Huge hugs”
