JoJo Fletcher reflects on her personal fertility journey as she prepares to celebrate her first Mother’s Day as a parent.
“You never know what to expect when you begin this journey,” the 35-year-old reality TV star shared exclusively with Us Weekly on Tuesday, April 28. “You don’t know if it’s going to be easy, if it’s going to be hard, how long it’s going to take — the struggles and the things that you may go through.”
JoJo, a former Bachelorette, explained, “I’ve been open about that. I got pregnant, actually, a long time ago, and miscarried. And then tried for a long time after that. And so I think because of experiencing those things, it was heartbreaking and very hard … when it works, and when you have this child in your arms, it’s just — I can’t say you’re so much more appreciative of it, but just because I feel like every mom, whether it’s your first or whatever, you still feel this immense amount of love. There’s just something so, so special about finally seeing this human in your arms that you created.
JoJo and her husband, Jordan Rodgers, welcomed their daughter, Romy Blair Rodgers, through an emergency c-section just two days before Christmas Day 2025. Since then, the couple has been enjoying their time with their newborn. JoJo mentioned that the experience has brought their marriage to “another level.”
“We’ve always been really good working as a team. Like, we do things together all the time,” Fletcher said during her interview with Us on Tuesday, while discussing her partnership with Hallmark. “We travel, we work together [and] we’re together all the time, so we know that we’re good working as a team, but I think when you become parents, it’s, like, this completely different level of really leaning on each other and remembering, ‘This is your partner, this is your teammate.’”
JoJo met her husband during her season of The Bachelorette in 2016. While trying to maintain their essential date nights amidst new-parent life, the reality TV star remains committed to openly discussing the challenges of pregnancy and parenthood, despite their difficulty.
“It’s a very sensitive topic,” she explained to us. “And my heart goes out for every mom that is going through it, because I went through it. But there’s always just… keep hope. I just had to hold on to the hope that it was going to work out and when the timing was meant to be.”
She added, “I just had to shift my mindset to staying positive. [It’s] very hard to do, [but] so incredible. [I’m] so happy. The greatest thing that I could have ever imagined for my life is her.”
JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers became parents in December 2025 following the arrival of daughter Romy. “What a whirlwind these last couple of days have been but in the most magical way,” the former Bachelorette wrote via Instagram at the time. “Went in for our weekly sonogram this past Tuesday and found out we needed […]
JoJo shared with Us that although she was pregnant last Mother’s Day, she chose to wait to celebrate the occasion as a mother until her daughter was born.
“I was like, ‘Hey, I’m pregnant. I have my baby. But I’m not gonna celebrate Mother’s Day, truly. I’m gonna wait until she’s here,’” she explained. So for me, obviously, this is a fun first Mother’s Day.”
