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19 Kids and Counting stars Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard cover the latest issue of PEOPLE and gush about their newborn son Israel David.

After 70 hours of labor, the first-time mom, 23, delivered their son via C-section on April 6.

Although Jill has hoping to have a natural home birth, #BabyDilly had other plans.

“His birth didn’t go as expected,” says Jill. “But having him here—it’s all worth it. I wouldn’t do anything differently.”

Prior to the birth, Jill didn’t get discouraged when her March 24 due date passed.

“I told myself first-time moms often go a week and a half over,” says the reality star, who turned to spicy food to help kick-start her labor.

At 41 weeks and five days Jill’s water finally broke, but she tested positive for strep B, a common bacteria that can be transferred from mom to baby during birth. At this point, Jill started taking antibiotics via an IV.

After 20 hours in labor – with contractions just one minute apart – and little progression, Jill noticed a bit of meconium and was moved to the hospital.

“I was praying to God to give me strength,” she shares. “I was really scared and nervous, but I was praying.”

Once there, Jill declined Pitocin, but after 70 hours in labor, the baby had flipped into a transverse breech position, was experiencing irregular heart rates and had not yet descended.

Jill, a student midwife, decided to move forward with a C-section.

“I love our birth story because it bonded us so well,” says Jill. “I still haven’t changed a single diaper. Derick has been changing them all.”

Baby Israel’s birth will air on the May 5 episode of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting.