On Wednesday, Anna Duggar wrote on Instagram: “Meet little Madyson Lily Duggar!” in a post that, as of Thursday morning, had received over 89,000 likes. She revealed on Instagram Stories that their daughter was born on October 23 and weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces.
On April 24, she told the social media platform she was pregnant with a girl with the message, “we are overjoyed to announce baby seven is on the way and we can’t wait to hold her in our arms this fall!” Their other children are aged between 2 and 12.
Her announcement comes only days before Josh Duggar goes on trial on November 30 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on charges of possession of child pornography, which he denies. Anna Duggar appeared with her husband in court hearings earlier this year.
Josh Duggar, 33, was arrested on April 29 and charged with two counts of receiving and possessing child pornography. A federal Homeland Security agent said the images had been downloaded in May 2019 by a computer at his car dealership.
He had appeared in the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting, which was broadcast from September 2008 and May 2015.
His legal issues led TLC to canceling the spin-off show, Counting On, in which he did not appear although his wife and their children did. TLC said in a statement “it is important to give the Duggar family the opportunity to address their situation privately.”
However, Duggar faced a legal blow last month when a federal judge denied a request by his attorneys to have video evidence surrounding the case suppressed.
His legal team had argued the video evidence had become “stale” because of the length of time between federal agents downloading files from seized devices and the issuing of a search warrant.
They also said prosecutors had not kept evidence that could have proved his innocence. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks denied the motion to suppress the videos.
His trial has been delayed from its scheduled start date of July 6. He he faces up to 40 years if convicted on both charges, which carry fines of up to $250,000 each.
Duggar was once a lobbyist for the Family Research Council, an anti-LGBTQ “family values” organization. He resigned in May 2015 after reports that, when he was a teenager, he had molested underage girls.