As for dadBen Seewald, “holding little Ivy for the first time, it was a really special moment for me. I was kind of taking it all in,” he said. “I don’t know how to describe what I was feeling at that moment. The other day, the thought occurred to me:Wow, I could be walking her down the aisle someday.”
Leading up to Ivy Jane’s arrival, Jessa revealed that she was in labor for less than four hours.
Ivy Jane Seewald.Jana Duggar/Instagram
“I am feeling great after this birth,” Jessa said in the TLC video. “It was very quick. My water broke at 8:30 in the morning, but I didn’t have any contractions until 2:30 in the afternoon and then she was born at 6 o’clock. So really just three-and-a-half hours of labor.”
As to how the couple decided on their daughter’s moniker, Ben explained that she was named after someone who “was a very inspirational character” to them.
“Ivy Jane, we just liked those two names. Jessa and I talked about it beforehand this time around and we actually had a name picked out before she was born,” he said. “We liked the way those names flowed together.”
Added Ben: “And with her middle name, Jane, she’s actually named after Lady Jane Grey, who was a young lady who was Queen of England for a short time during the 1500s. She was a very inspirational character to us.”
Jessa Duggar Seewald and her family.TLC/duggarfamily.com
And while Jessa enjoys being a mom to two boys, she is loving having another girl at home.
“Bows, pink, ruffles, lace. Those are some of the things that are just really exciting about having a girl,” she said.
source: people.com
