Joy Anna Duggar reveals that she and her husband BOTH tested positive for COVID while she was pregnant - after her family faced backlash for failing to wear masks or social distance
Joy Anna, 23, said she and Austin Forsyth, 27, both fell ill with coronavirus last year, experiencing body aches, fever, and loss of taste and smell
She and her family have faced ongoing criticism for ignoring COVID precautions and having frequent large gatherings without masks
Joy Anna had a large indoor baby shower over the summer with at least 20 mask-free guests
She also visited best friend Carlin Bates in July; in August, Carlin and her husband announced that they were recovering from COVID
Jinger Duggar wears a face mask while giving birth to her second child amid the pandemic - after sharing her fears about going through labor without her mom Michelle by her side in hospital
Jinger s labor with her second child, Evangeline Jo, was covered in a new episode of TLC s Counting On
Before her due date, Jinger, 27, and Jeremy, 32, met with a midwife at their home and neither wore a mask, even though the midwife did
Jeremy nearly walked into the hospital without a mask before he was stopped; once inside, his mask slipped below his nose
Though they couldn t have their parents at the hospital, Jinger s mom Michelle and Jeremy s parents visited them in LA; none wore masks around each other