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Nick Jonas Details Daughter Malti’s Premature Birth: Resuscitation, Six Transfusions, 100 Days in NICU

His new podcast interview offers a first detailed account of his daughter's extremely premature arrival.

Overview

  • Jonas said Malti was born three months early via surrogate in January 2022, weighing 1 pound, 11 ounces and appearing purple at birth.
  • He credited NICU nurses with immediately resuscitating and intubating her, calling the staff “angels.”
  • Because of COVID-19 rules, he and Priyanka Chopra Jonas alternated 12-hour hospital shifts for roughly three and a half months.
  • Malti underwent six blood transfusions during her NICU stay before going home in May 2022.
  • Jonas described tough conversations that strengthened their partnership and said Malti is now a healthy 4-year-old.