The Bachelor star Emily Ghougassian welcomes her daughter six weeks early after pregnancy complications – and reveals her unique name
Former Bachelor star Emily Ghougassian (née Simms) has welcomed her second child with husband Pierre – a girl named Aisha Céline.
Emily, who had experienced pregnancy complications that required hospitalisation, gave birth to her daughter six weeks early on Sunday.
The 37-year-old shared photos to Instagram on Monday of herself cradling her newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit, and revealed her little girl was ‘doing really well’ despite being more than a month premature.
Congratulations! Former Bachelor star Emily Ghougassian (née Simms) has welcomed her second child with husband Pierre – a girl named Aisha Céline
‘She entered the world on 02/05/21, at 10:32pm, weighing 1.94 kg, six weeks earlier than was intended. She is in the NICU, doing really well, and hopefully moving to the SCN [special care nursery] very soon,’ the proud mother wrote.
Emily described Aisha Céline as ‘our second little premmie princess’, and told fans ‘our little family is complete’.
She and Pierre are already parents to one-year-old daughter Laila, who was also born premature at 33 weeks in July 2019.
‘Our little family is complete’: Emily hinted that the addition of daughter Aisha Céline (left) to her family with husband Pierre and daughter Laila, one, was enough for them
Emily’s firstborn Laila was also born premature at 33-weeks in July, 2019.
The makeup artist had been forced to seek medical treatment for preeclampsia in 2019 during her first pregnancy – on the same weekend of her planned baby shower.
Preeclampsia is a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication characterised by high blood pressure.
It affects around five to eight per cent of pregnancies in Australia and in some rare cases it can be deadly.
Second time around: Emily had been forced to seek medical treatment for preeclampsia in 2019 during her first pregnancy with daughter Laila, now one
‘He is the most amazing, supportive hubby I could ask for’: Emily praised her husband Pierre for being by her side throughout the birth
Emily assured fans she was doing well after the birth of Aisha: ‘I am doing well, no HELLP syndrome so far and preeclampsia is under control.’
‘As for Pierre, he is the most amazing, supportive hubby I could ask for, and was by my side every step of the way,’ she added of her partner.
Emily first made a name for herself on Sam Wood’s season of The Bachelor in 2015.
Following her stint on the Channel 10 dating show, she tied the knot with Pierre in August 2018, one year after they first met.
The couple exchanged vows at the Melbourne Town Hall, followed by a reception at The George Ballroom in St. Kilda.
Infamy: Emily first made a name for herself on Sam Wood’s season of The Bachelor in 2015