Congratulations to 16 & Pregnant Season 2 star Nikkole Paulun Ledda as she just gave birth to a baby boy!
Nikkole broke the news in a series of Instagram stories on Wednesday. “Let’s have a baby,” the 27-year-old wrote over a boomerang clip of herself in a hospital bed. Six hours later she shared another video clip from the hospital and wrote: “Water is broken! We’re relaxing and waiting for the epidural.”
Fast forward one hour, and then another five hours for these next two posts:
The next story post from Nikkole showed dad Kyle Ledda holding their newborn son Bodhi!
UPDATE – Photo of Bodhi, mom and dad from Nikkole!
Baby Bodhi arrived a week early as Nikkole previously revealed that her due date was July 14. He joins two older siblings, 11-year-old brother Lyle and 6-year-old sister Ellie.
Nikkole shared numerous photos and written updates throughout her pregnancy, including this appreciative message on June 2:
I’m not sure I can even find the words to explain how incredibly special this pregnancy has been.
I’ve always done this alone. Appointments, feeling the first kicks, getting through the first trimester. All of it. It’s always just been me & my unborn baby while the father had his own life & agendas.
But this is so different. This is so, so freakin special.
To have him cry with excitement when he found out we were pregnant. To have him hold my hand in the waiting room at our first ultrasound. To have him kiss & rub my belly every day. To have his face light up with so much joy when he found out we were having a boy. To have him take care of me on all the hard days. It means everything.
I always longed to be pregnant by a man who couldn’t wait to be a father and who was by my side for everything. I truly believed I would never get to experience this and that I wasn’t worthy of a love so good.
I remember looking at all the happy, pregnant couples and accepting that would never be me… I would always be alone.
Boy am I glad I was wrong ❤️
Nikkole and Bodhi’s dad, Kyle Ledda, have been dating for more than four years, and the two of them officially tied the knot by getting married last July. The ceremony was tinged with sadness for the couple as Nikkole revealed in June that she suffered a miscarriage. Nikkole shared this update with her Instagram followers about a week and a half after revealing that she lost her baby:
I want to be honest with you guys and tell you that losing my baby has been even harder on me than I thought it would. Most days I don’t get out of bed until noon. I spend a lot of time asking myself the same questions over & over again. Why did it happen? Was there something wrong with the baby? Is there something wrong with me? Was it the lunch meat I ate? Was I too stressed out? As much as I tell myself or listen to others tell me that it’s not my fault, I can’t get rid of the aching feeling that it somehow was. It just breaks my heart even more that I’m finally with the right person who was SOOO excited to be a dad, only for us to lose the baby. I just want her back and to be happy again 💔
Thankfully, Nikkole began to feel a little better over the next few of months. She posted this update on September 30:
Annual breakfast date with my babies for my birthday! 💕
I feel so alive today. A month ago, not so much.
I’m not going to lie… some days I wasn’t sure I would even see today.
My mental health went to complete crap after losing my baby girl and not being able to conceive again right away.
I was so freaking hard on myself. I was spending all day just hating myself and my body.
In turn, I was eating alllll the comfort food, laying in bed 24/7, and drinking more wine than I’d like to admit.
A few weeks ago I finally came to terms with everything that happened and accepted it was time to take care of myself again.
Today I am healthy. Today I am happy. Today I am alive.
I’m thankful to see another birthday and to have another year loving these babes, spending time with my sweet husband, doing all the crazy things we have planned, and sharing my life with all of you ❤️
Congratulations again to Nikkole and Kyle! We’ve been following Nikkole for a long time, and I couldn’t happier that she seems to have finally found a true partner. We will continue to keep our eyes out and will update the post when we know more info about Bodhi.
I will conclude by answering the inevitable question from those who watched Nikkole’s memorable episode of 16 & Pregnant but haven’t really kept up with her over the last few years. Her oldest son’s dad, Joshua Drummonds, is currently in prison on a number of charges.
#EXCLUSIVE #16andPregnant star @nikkoleMTV's ex Josh Drummonds is back behind bars in Texas facing multiple felonies, including 2 charges of robbery with a firearm and meth possession with intent to deliver. https://t.co/HCpCxHXEm9
— Starcasm (@starcasm) June 5, 2019
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