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Dec 27, 2025 · Cgkik

Former 'Bachelorette' welcomes 1st baby via emergency c-section

Former "Bachelorette" JoJo Fletcher and her husband, Jordan Rodgers, welcomed their first baby via emergency cesarean section days before Christmas, the couple announced.

Fletcher wrote on Instagram that she went for a sonogram appointment on Tuesday and "found out we needed to deliver via emergency c section that day."

Their baby girl, Romy Blair Rodgers, was born at 5:37 p.m. on Tuesday.

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"What a whirlwind these last couple of days have been but in the most magical way," she wrote.

"Merry Christmas to us," she said.

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Fletcher's best friend from "The Bachelor," Becca Tilley, commented, "Our little Romy girl!!!!! Love y’all so much! So proud of you!!!!!"

Rodgers, a college football analyst, won Fletcher's final rose on season 12 of the "Bachelorette," which aired in 2016. They tied the knot in 2022. Fletcher announced her pregnancy in August, saying they were welcoming a "rainbow baby."

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