Austin Forsyth

When Joy-Anna Duggar married Austin Forsyth back in May of 2017, it initially looked as though she had found herself the ideal Duggar husband.

Austin is an Arkansas native, raised in the same Christian fundamentalist community that produced the Duggar clan.

It's been five months since Joy-Anna Duggar welcomed her first child.

At the time, it was reported that the birth did not go according to plan, and Joy-Anna was rushed to a nearby hospital, despite her intention to deliver the baby at home.

The countdown to a new season of Counting On is... well... on.

When this TLC favorite returns with new episodes on July 30, fans will go behind the scenes of Joy-Anna Duggar's first-ever birth.

These days, much attention is paid to the "rebel Duggars" - those offspring of Jim Bob and Michelle who have rejected some of the more asinine rules that characterized their ultra-strict upbringings.

But there's a contingent of the family's loyal basis that's far more interested in the stories of Duggars like Joy-Anna, who have eagerly adhered to just about every single aspect of the fundamentalist belief system with which they were raised.

Duggar women are raised to believe that the primary reason they were put on this planet is to put more people on this planet.

It's a central tenet of the "quiverfull movement" - of which the Duggars are devout adherents - that Christians should focus all their energy on the "be fruitful and multiply" passage of the Bible.

Reports that Austin Forsyth is abusive toward his wife, Joy-Anna Duggar, have recently made their way across the social media landscape.

It appears that there may be more truth to those rumors than we'd like to believe, The Hollywood Gossip has learned from an exclusive source.

It's only been less than a year since Joy-Anna Duggar married Austin Forsyth, but it seems the newlyweds are already experiencing some rough patches.

Earlier this week, for example, accusations that Austin had abused Joy made their way across social media.

It's been nearly one year since Joy-Anna Duggar married Austin Forsyth, but fans are just now getting a glimpse at the couple's relationship dynamic thanks to the most recent season of Counting On.

And many viewers don't like what they're seeing.

Back in May of 2017, Joy-Anna Duggar married Austin Forsyth.

Just nine months later, Joy welcomed her first child.

There have been a lot of questions surrounding the pregnancy of Joy-Anna Duggar.

Foremost among them?

From the moment that Joy-Anna Duggar announced she was pregnant, fans of her famous family suspected that something was afoot.

Rumors about Joy-Anna's "shotgun wedding" persisted for months after she and Austin Forsyth tied the knot, and many still believe the 20-year-old got pregnant before getting married.