{"id":16663,"date":"2026-07-25T10:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16663"},"modified":"2026-07-25T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:14:36","slug":"josh-duhamel-reveals-wife-audra-mari-had-a-really-hard-childbirth-experience-with-newborn-daughter-rocca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16663","title":{"rendered":"Josh Duhamel Reveals Wife Audra Mari Had A &#8216;Really Hard&#8217; Childbirth Experience With Newborn Daughter Rocca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong>Josh Duhamel<\/strong> and <strong>Audra Mari<\/strong>\u2018s journey expanding their family wasn\u2019t easy!<\/p>\n<p>For those who don\u2019t know, the couple announced on <strong>Instagram<\/strong> in May that they welcomed their second child together \u2014 a baby girl named<strong> Rocca de Leon Duhamel<\/strong>. Ch-ch-check out the announcement (below):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYa2aD5FLx_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"highlight\">Aww!<\/p>\n<p>More than two months later, Josh is opening up about his wife\u2019s childbirth experience the second time around, which, sadly, wasn\u2019t smooth sailing! Audra was diagnosed with \u201cplacenta previa,\u201d a condition during pregnancy that can cause \u201csevere, possibly life-threatening vaginal bleeding,\u201d per the <em>Mayo Clinic<\/em>. The 53-year-old actor explained on <em>Live With Kelly and Mark<\/em> on Thursday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c[Childbirth was] not good. I mean, it was great ultimately, but it was really hard on Audra, to be honest. She had this thing called placenta previa, which means the placenta was sitting between the baby and the cervix. That\u2019s how women used to bleed out back in the day. Thankfully, we have modern medicine and everything, so we knew it was there and we knew that we had to do a scheduled C-section.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/jelly-roll-bunnie-xo-ignored-legal-teams-kid-warning-during-divorce\/\"><strong>Related: Jelly Roll &amp; Bunnie Xo Ignored THIS Warning From Their Legal Teams!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audra was scheduled for a cesarean on May 19. However, things didn\u2019t go as planned. Josh recalled:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWell, on the 15th, she has this dream where she wakes up to me tapping her on the nose like, \u2018Wake up, wake up, wake up.\u2019 And then she wakes up, and I\u2019m just laying there sleeping. I won\u2019t get into the gory details, but she said, \u2018We got to go.\u2019 So, we rushed into the car, raced through about five red lights, and then had the baby \u2026 two hours later.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The situation must have been so scary! OMG! But the <em>Ransom Canyon<\/em> star wasn\u2019t too worried about Audra and the baby! He knew they were in very capable hands:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota, is unbelievable. It is one of the most state-of-the-art hospitals in the country. So, we felt very confident and, you know, and now we have a beautiful baby girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This marks Josh\u2019s third child but his first girl! The pair share 2-year-old son <strong>Shepherd<\/strong>, while the <em>Las Vegas<\/em> alum has a 12-year-old son <strong>Axl<\/strong> with his ex-wife <strong>Fergie<\/strong>. And so far, everyone is adjusting well to a new baby in the household\u2026 somewhat! Josh shared his toddler\u2019s reaction to having a sister now:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe likes her, kind of, but he also accidentally kicks her in the head. He pretends he doesn\u2019t mean to, but he does. \u2026 But yeah, [Rocca] is a little sweetheart. She just smiled yesterday for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"highlight\">How sweet!<\/p>\n<p>As for how the parents settled on her name, Rocca? Josh explained he named her after the Rococo and Baroque styles of art:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy minor was art history in college, and for whatever reason [when I was on a recent flight], I was thinking about [the] Rococo and Baroque \u2026 periods of art history. I had always liked those two words, so I texted Audra and she liked it. Then, we sat on it for a few days and that\u2019s how the name came to be. There\u2019s no other significance other than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What a beautiful name! And we\u2019re glad both mom and child are OK following a tough birthing process! Watch the entire interview about Audra\u2019s childbirth experience (below):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Josh Duhamel Just Became a Girl Dad\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bzZqJOxwTdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/audramari\/\">Audra Mari\/Instagram<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bzZqJOxwTdY\">, LiveKellyandMark\/YouTube<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari\u2018s journey expanding their family wasn\u2019t easy! For those who don\u2019t know, the couple announced on Instagram in May that they welcomed their second child together \u2014 a baby girl named Rocca de Leon Duhamel. Ch-ch-check out the announcement (below): Aww! 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