Brace yourselves, Duggar fans: yet another new addition to TV’s fastest growing family may be on the way.
Yes, thanks to the pic above, Jill Duggar’s Instagram followers are already congratulating the 24-year-old on the news of her second pregnancy.
You might think that’s just a photo of Jill having her toenails painted by her husband, Derick Dillard, and, well…you would be right, but numerous Duggar obsessives have pointed out that Jill posted a similar photo just before she announced that she was pregnant with baby Israel.
Of course, like everything the Duggars do these days, the announcement is steeped in controversy.
Jill and Derick have been performing missionary work in El Salvador and Guatemala, and it’s been rumored that they may have cut their trip short due to the Zika virus.
Many fans believe that Jill and Derick have permanently returned to Arkansas, but even if that’s the case, we know that they were in Central America as recently as a few weeks ago, which would put them at serious risk for the mosquito-borne illness.
As you’ve probably heard, Zika primarily affects the unborn children of pregnant women who become infected.
We’re sure Jill and Derick had the good sense to get tested, but doctors are unsure about how long it might take the virus to show up in a patient’s blood, so getting pregnant so soon after spending time in the Zika danger zone would be incredibly risky.
Of course, at this point, all the speculation about Jill being pregnant is based on a single photo of her foot.
Perhaps we should all just wait for an official confirmation before we start fretting.
