Three weeks after the birth of her son, former “Boy Meets World” actress Danielle Fishel Karp is bringing her son home.
As Dearly previously reported, Karp’s birthing experience wasn’t what she had hoped. In an emotional Instagram post following her son’s birth, Karp revealed that she was only 35 weeks pregnant when her water broke on June 20.
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She called the events that transpired next a “nightmare.” Karp wrote, in part:
I was hospitalized that night and put on magnesium sulfate because Adler was only 35 weeks old. Unfortunately, after doing an ultrasound, our amazing OB discovered fluid in his lungs that was not there during our last appointment only 10 days earlier – and thus we entered a nightmare we’ll never forget.
She continued:
We wanted so badly to follow our “birth plan,” unsurprisingly none of which involved leaving our beautiful baby boy at the hospital for the first weeks of his life. We have also struggled with making this announcement – we are THRILLED Adler is here and we want to shout it from the rooftops but we know posting about his birth and it’s complications opens us up to prying eyes – aka paparazzi staked outside our house, following our every move they way they did several times during my pregnancy.
Karp and Jensen’s baby boy, whom they named Adler Lawrence Karp, was born in the early morning hours of June 24. For the last three weeks, Adler has been in the NICU.
Thankfully, as Karp shared in a new Instagram post, Alder is now in his nursery at home where he belongs.
The new mom wrote:
Adler is 3 weeks old today and officially a NICU graduate! Thank you to everyone at [Children’s LA] and especially our primary nurses @cassiejosharrod and @quyenlyyy. We never wanted to know this hospital and its staff so well but now that we do, we can say with certainty there is no better place for children with medical needs. Now we hope to never be back. ????
According to Stanford Children’s Health, in the U.S. alone,” nearly half a million babies are born preterm, and many of these babies also have low birth weights.”
Karp concluded, “Finally, our love and hugs to every single parent who has ever spent time in the NICU and especially those we left behind today.”