Ever since Joy-Anna Duggar revealed that she’s pregnant with her first child, there’s been speculation about when exactly she conceived.
The announcement came just three months after Joy-Anna married Austin Forsyth in a ceremony that was initially scheduled to take place several months later.
It was enough to spark fan rumors about “Joy-Anna’s shotgun wedding.”
The Duggars famously forbid just about any form of pre-marital physical contact, so the news that Joy-Anna got pregnant out of wedlock would be devastating to their carefully crafted public image.
Earlier this week, Joy-Anna posted a politically charged Instagram post, in which she railed against abortion while offering fans the latest on her pregnancy.
“Can’t wait to meet our baby!! I got to feel it kick for the first time a few days ago!!!” Joy-anna wrote.
“Soooooo amazing!!! It’s already about the size of a bell pepper and weighs around half a pound!!!” she added.
Several fans took to the comments section to point out that the conditions Joy-Anna is describing typically occur several weeks further along in a pregnancy.
Now, a doctor (who, it should be noted, has not treated Joy-Anna personally) has confirmed to Radar Online that based on her photos and descriptions, Joy-Anna got pregnant much earlier than she claims.
“She looks about 24-26 weeks pregnant,” Dr. Sean Henry tells Radar.
“People start feeling fetal movement between 19-21 weeks. She looks bigger than 20 weeks.”
Henry, of course, is not the first doctor to confirm what so many fans already suspected.
When Joy-Anna announced she was expecting and claimed to be only three months along, Dr. Stuart Fischer informed Radar that the 19-year-old appeared to be “four to five months pregnant.”
The news will come as no surprise to the many fans who have already theorized that Joy-Anna is being less than truthful about her conception date.
“She looks dang close to delivery,” one fan wrote on Joy-Anna’s latest post. “There is something amiss about her date of conception.”
“Sex before marriage is forbidden by God but you certainly had no problem with that now did you? #Hypocrites,” commented another.
Before announcing the pregnancy, Joy-Anna and Austin admitted to breaking courtship rules, but it was widely assumed that they held hands for more than a few seconds or spent unsupervised time alone (both of which are forbidden by the Duggars).
Now, it looks as though the Duggars may have another scandal on their hands thanks to mounting evidence that Joy-Anna got pregnant out of wedlock.
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