Jill Duggar Shares Stillborn Daughter's Funeral
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00:00Jill and Derek Dillard grieving their devastating loss over the weekend at a funeral for their
00:17daughter Isla Marie, who was delivered stillborn.
00:20The Counting On star was preparing to welcome her first little girl in August, but it was
00:25a week ago when Jill shared an update on Instagram, Isla died in utero.
00:30The couple wrote,
00:31From the moment we found out we were pregnant, we couldn't wait to meet our baby.
00:35And her three big brothers were so excited to introduce her to their world.
00:40Jill now revealing Isla Marie was laid to rest on Friday, showing fans how they mourn
00:45the death of their only daughter.
00:50Baby clothes, children's books, toys, and a casket adorned with stuffed animals and
00:55flowers.
00:57As for Jill's extended family, it's unclear who attended the service.
01:01My relationship with my dad on a daily basis, it's like we don't have a whole lot of one-on-one
01:06contact at all right now.
01:08But we see each other at maybe weddings or funerals or occasionally if there's a family
01:14function that we might choose to go to.
01:16A program says friends and family were welcome at Isla's grave for her burial service.
01:22Then there's Jill's heartbreaking message to her daughter.
01:25I carried you every second of your life, and I will love you every second of mine.
01:30Jill, like she goes, she talks about living in the moment, like every day, if there's
01:35something we needed to do today to affect something that's going to happen later, we'll
01:38do that today, but not worry about it past that.
01:41Jill and Derek's thoughts about expanding their family less than a year ago.
01:45The two already parents to three sons, nine-year-old Israel, six-year-old Samuel, and one-year-old
01:52Freddie, who was a rainbow baby in the wake of another tragedy.
01:56Jill suffering a miscarriage three years before Isla Marie's stillbirth.
02:01Derek and Jill, I now pronounce you husband and wife.
02:09Derek, you may kiss the bride.
02:12Jill and Derek tied the knot on screen in 2014 on the Duggar Family reality series,
02:1719 Kids and Counting.
02:19He is like my biggest champion.
02:21After that show ended, Jill moved on to a spinoff series, Counting On, with her sister
02:26Jessa.
02:27All in the wake of headline-making scandals involving her brother, Josh, and an estrangement
02:33from dad, Jim Bob, whom she claims was a controlling patriarch behind the scenes.
02:38Thank you for agreeing to talk to us.
02:40There's a story that's going to be told, and I would rather be the one telling it.
02:44Jill opening up last year in the documentary, Shiny Happy People, Duggar Family Secrets.
02:50Around the time she told ET where she stands with her parents.
02:54You're in this predicament, you know?
02:56So I try and keep my mom out of the middle of it now.
02:59I felt like it kind of relieves her of that pressure and doesn't make her have to be the
03:04go-between between, like, me and my dad or whatever, if she can just be mom or be grandma.
03:10So you have a very separate relationship with your mom than from your dad.
03:14I try to keep it that way because I think it's healthier right now.
03:18I think it's happier.