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'The Bachelorette' alum JoJo Fletcher welcomes first child via emergency c-section

By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 12/29/2025

The Bachelorette couple JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers have welcomed their first baby into the world.

JoJo had an emergency cesarean section on December 23 with a baby girl whom she and Jordan named Romy Blair Rodgers.

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JoJo, 35, and Jordan, 37, announced the birth of their little bundle of joy on Thursday, December 25.

"Merry Christmas to us. What a whirlwind these last couple of days have been but in the most magical way," JoJo wrote alongside a photo of Jordan sleeping on a couch next to Romy.

"Went in for our weekly sonogram this past Tuesday and found out we needed to deliver via emergency c section that day."

JoJo continued: "At 5:37pm on Dec 23 -- we met our girl. Romy Blair Rodgers you are our whole world. Cant wait to share more but in the meantime soaking up these moments as a new family of 3 + 2 [dogs]."

Jordan shared the post via Instagram Stories and added, "Santa really upped his game this year."

The couple announced they had a baby on the way in late August.

"We love you so much already, our sweet rainbow baby. Baby Rodgers coming January 2026," JoJo captioned an Instagram video at the time that showed the couple dancing and kissing on a beach while showing off JoJo's baby bump and a strip of sonogram images.

Jordan commented on the video, "Love you so much @joelle_fletcher. You have been such a rockstar through the ups and downs of this journey."

"Your strength, resilience and positive attitude are an inspiration," he added. "Can't wait to see you as a Mom -- falling more in love with you every single day!"

Days after JoJo gave birth, she shared an update on her recovery process via Instagram Stories, according to E! News.

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JoJo noted on December 28 that she's "so obsessed" with her daughter and that "Mom and Dad and baby girl all doing good!"

"In the newborn trenches," she elaborated, "so I haven't had much time at all but wanted to say thank you so much for all the love and wishes. I'm recovering well."

JoJo also gushed about how Jordan was already "literally DAD goals."

"It's crazy how fast he took to it and has been a total rockstar caring for me and Romy," she gushed of her husband.

"It's crazy what they say that you can literally be in full sleep deprivation mode but the second you look at her, you forget it all bc the only thing you can think about is just how much you love this little angel."

But JoJo admitted to People in November that her road to motherhood had been a bumpy one.

"Our pregnancy journey has definitely been a mix of emotions," The Bachelor alum shared at the time.

"It wasn't as easy as we had hoped to conceive, and that journey came with its hard moments -- times that left me feeling really discouraged and uncertain. So when we finally got the news, it truly was the greatest blessing."

Earlier this summer, JoJo suggested to Us Weekly that she and Jordan had been struggling to conceive a baby.

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"Fertility is such a sensitive topic to anybody going through it. Jordan and I have been on our own fertility journey -- and man, it's been a journey," JoJo confessed.

"But I do keep positive about the situation and I know that when it's meant to be, it will be."

Based on the fact this baby is JoJo and Jordan's "rainbow" baby, they must have experienced a loss during their path to parenthood.

JoJo and the college football analyst for ESPN and the SEC Network got engaged on The Bachelorette's twelfth season in 2016.

The pair got married -- after two wedding delays, due to the coronavirus pandemic -- at Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, CA, in May 2022.

Before JoJo fell in love with Jordan on The Bachelorette, she had competed for Ben Higgins' heart on The Bachelor's 20th season.

JoJo finished Ben's The Bachelor season in second place behind his winner, Lauren Bushnell, when it aired in 2016.