90 Day Fiancé's Julia Trubkina Welcomes First Baby With Brandon Gibbs

“Sorry we don't have picture-perfect photos or videos. We just wanted a smooth delivery, but things took a very difficult turn,” he wrote. “Thankfully, after 24 grueling hours of labor, our son is safely in my arms and Julia is resting and recovering. That is all that matters to us.”

For her part, Julia shared a more detailed version of their son’s birth, saying that the “intense” pain, which she initially thought was Braxton Hicks contractions, began at 7 p.m. the evening she went into labor. When it didn’t let up by 2 a.m., the couple headed to the hospital—but things quickly took a scary turn.

“The contractions were excruciating, yet labor still wouldn't progress; the medical staff provided every possible form of assistance, but my son's heart rate remained constantly on the brink of distress,” she wrote in her own Instagram post on March 11. “After 20 hours, the decision was made to proceed with surgery, as the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and his heart was growing weary—but you turned out to be so much stronger!”

However, the surgery didn’t go exactly as planned as Julia revealed, “During the operation, I had to be placed under general anesthesia because my body reacted poorly to the epidural, causing me to start suffocating—the doctors had only moments to act.”

And she shared insight into what was going through her mind at the time.

“Honestly, that was the first time I truly thought it was over—that I wouldn't wake up again,” she wrote. “The fear was overwhelming, but I am deeply grateful to every doctor, nurse, and assistant who stood by my side that day. Brandon stayed with me the entire time—except during the actual surgery—though he was able to watch through the window, and he was also the one who cut the umbilical cord.”

Despite the medical scare, Julia said all her fears dissipated when she woke up after the operation and “saw Brandon holding my son in his arms.”

She added, “I was overjoyed that everything had turned out alright.”

Indeed, everything appeared to work out in the end. Brandon even shared a glimpse at the moment his family finally left the hospital on Instagram.

In the March 15 clip, the new dad pushed his wife in a wheelchair as she held their newborn—who was adorably wrapped in a fuzzy bear blanket—in her arms. Alongside the video, Brandon wrote, “No words needed.”

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