Overview
- Sharing a detailed Instagram account on Dec. 3–4, Nielson Bowles described her second delivery as the most traumatic experience of her life.
- She was induced on Nov. 14 for an umbilical vein varix and, after more than 30 hours of labor and several hours of pushing, clinicians discovered a uterine rupture.
- Medical staff spent about 10 minutes working to free the baby before performing an emergency C-section, with her husband bracing her as doctors operated urgently.
- Newborn Rowan had an initial Apgar score of 2, swallowed blood, and underwent 72 hours of therapeutic hypothermia before tests came back normal and the family left the NICU on day six.
- Doctors repaired her uterus but cited a massive vertical tear and strongly advised against future pregnancies, as the family now focuses on recovery at home.