Jen Affleck shared a baby-bump carousel on Instagram Thursday, June 18, revealing she and husband Zac Affleck are expecting their fourth child together.
Jen Affleck’s Instagram didn’t leave much doubt this time—on Thursday, June 18, she posted a carousel of photos showing her baby bump and captioned it, “Chapter Four. 🤍,” confirming she’s expecting baby No. 4 with her husband, Zac Affleck.
Affleck, 27, and Affleck, 29, met on the Mormon dating app Mutual in 2018. The couple tied the knot the following year and have since welcomed Nora, 4, Lucas, 2, and Penny, 11 months.
The announcement lands at a moment when fans have been watching their relationship closely. Two months earlier. speculation had swirled after Jen did not wear her wedding ring in a tearful TikTok video where she discussed her “next chapter.” In that April video. she pointed to how much has changed in her life. saying. “In the last two to three years. so much has happened. ” and adding that her family moved five times in one year.
She continued in the same video about what those shifts have meant—“Between two babies. reality TV show. Dancing With the Stars. moving. identity. faith. life crisis. I’m very hopeful for this next chapter of my life.”—before speaking directly to where she felt she was now. “There are parts of me that I feel like have healed. and then there are parts of me where old patterns have shown back up. ” she said. describing how she’s leaned into vulnerability while also working on her faith and sense of self. “I’ve been hoping through my vulnerability that I can help heal myself. I’m hoping that in this next chapter of my life I can find my faith again … while also holding space for who I am at my core and not trying to change that.”.
Jen also revisited her own timeline—she got married at 19 and became pregnant a year later—and said she never “had time to figure out who Jen is.” “I’m still trying to figure that out. I just desperately want to be able to show up for my kids and show up as the best version of myself,” she added.
Her pregnancy news arrives after she and Zac have been open about marital struggles before. Season 2 of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives documented their brief separation. In May 2025, Jen told Us Weekly that the couple went through therapy, saying, “[We went through] lots of therapy. When I say lots of therapy. I mean eight hours a week. ” and added. “We really went all at it.” She said filming wasn’t easy for Zac and that “it’s definitely harder for him to be vulnerable. ” describing it as “him really trying to break through that during season 2.” She also said. “We wouldn’t have been able to get through season 2 — honestly season 1 or season 2 — without therapy.”.
The public conversation around Jen’s pregnancies has also included sharp commentary from viewers. Earlier, Jen addressed comments calling her third pregnancy a “band-aid baby,” after her brief separation from Zac Affleck. “I know a lot of people call it a band-aid baby. They can call it whatever. But truly finding out where pregnant was the biggest blessing. ” she said. and the tone underscored how closely she’s tied her family news to her personal journey.
Now, with “Chapter Four” in the caption and a baby bump on display, Jen Affleck is turning that journey toward another milestone—bringing baby No. 4 into a family that already includes Nora, Lucas, and Penny.
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Chapter Four?? congrats I guess.
Why do people keep “chapters” like it’s a TV show lol. Also Mutual dating app sounds like a plot twist. I’m happy for her though, just hope everyone’s ring/faith drama is done.
Wait wasn’t that whole thing about her not wearing her wedding ring mean they were getting divorced? Now it’s baby #4 so maybe the ring thing was just for the camera or something. Or maybe it’s fake news and she’s actually 2 babies pregnant? Idk I’m confused.
I remember the TikTok where she was all emotional and talking about identity and faith and moving like 5 times?? So this pregnancy is basically her “healed” arc right. But also kids at 27/29 with reality stuff… sounds exhausting. Hope she got help cuz chasing dreams plus 4 kids sounds like a lot.