Most fans know that Jinger Duggar is a mom, having welcomed daughters Felicity Nicole in 2018 and Evangeline Jo in 2020. Yet, some might not be aware that Duggar had struggled with motherhood, in more ways than one. In particular, she had to come to grips with the fact that barring children wasn't her sole purpose in life. She explained to Romper, "Within the setting that I was raised in, it was just assumed that you would get married young, and have as many kids as God would bless you with." However, she realized that it didn't work for her.

Duggar and her husband, Jeremy Vuolo, went on to approach parenthood much differently than the rest of her family, too, not only by waiting a year after marriage to get pregnant (which was apparently a long time for a Duggar!), but also by deciding to keep their family much smaller than her parents did. Nevertheless, Duggar told Insider, "My life may look different than theirs, but it doesn't mean that we can't still love each other and be gracious towards one another."

Unfortunately, Duggar faced another hardship with motherhood, having had a miscarriage before Evangeline was born. The author shared her sorrow in a now-deleted Instagram post, writing (via Daily Mail), "Tears filled my eyes, sadness cloaked my soul...The minutes feel like hours, the hours like days, don't they? I was helpless — nothing I could do would restore the lost life."