Austin Forsyth

It's great to be able to lean on family in trying times.

That's exactly what Joy-Anna Duggar is doing in the wake of her heartbreaking miscarriage.

Joy-Anna Duggar is nothing if not very, very open on Instagram.

This has always been the case, throughout both good and bad moments in the reality star's life, most notably of late when Joy-Anna and husband Austin Forsyth tragically suffered a miscarriage.

As you may have heard, some extremely heartbreaking news came from the Duggar family last week.

Joy-Anna had a miscarriage at 20 weeks pregnant.

WARNING:

The following photos are both heartbreaking and disturbing.

Heartbreaking news today from two members of the Duggar family.

In a lengthy and understandably emotional Instagram post, Joy-Anna Duggar and Austin Forsyth have alerted fans to the following:

When Austin Forsyth and Joy-Anna Duggar got married back in 2017, their union was initially shrouded in controversy.

Joy was only 18; she announced that she was expecting shortly after the wedding, and reports that she had secretly gotten pregnant before marriage were persistent.

The Duggar family is about to birth a small army of additional grandbabies, and Joy-Anna Duggar's pregnancy is only the latest.

The entire family is giving Joy-Anna a congratulatory shout-out.

The Duggars are officially angry at Meghan Markle.

That's the only explanation we can come up with here, as nearly every female member of this polarizing family have recently announced they're expecting with the implied goal - we can only presume - of showing up the Duchess of Sussex.

It's been just over a year since Joy-Anna Duggar and Austin Forsyth welcomed their first child, a son named Gideon.

And, as they haven't adjusted their worldviews since the days of horse drawn carriages, the entire Duggar clan was overjoyed that Joy had welcomed a boy -- who can one day earn money -- as opposed to a girl, who can only spend that money and make more babies.

From the moment Joy-Anna Duggar married Austin Forsyth, the relationship has been mired in controversy.

In fact, the scandalous scrutiny began well before the wedding, as it was widely rumored that Joy-Anna had gotten pregnant prior to tying the knot -- a major no-no under the Duggars' ultra-conservative belief system.

If you know anything about the Duggar clan, then you know strict adherence to a very rigid set of rules is essential to their self-identity.

Duggar women, in particular, are taught from a young age that they've basically been put on earth in order to do exactly what the men in their lives tell them to do.

It's only been almost two years since Joy-Anna Duggar and Austin Forsyth got married after a very brief courtship.

But the couple isn't wasting any time when it comes to reaching all the traditional marriage milestones.