Photo: Danielle Fishel. Inset: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
It’s a boy!
The newborn arrived a month before his due date, they shared, telling PEOPLE exclusively that Adler’s middle name, Lawrence, was chosen in honor of Karp’s father, who died 11 years ago. (Incidentally, it is also the maiden name of Fishel’sBoy Meets Worldcharacter, Topanga Lawrence Matthews.)
“One week ago today, on 6/24 at 4:52am, Adler Lawrence Karp made his entrance into the world, 4 weeks early,” Fishel, 38, began thecaption on her post. “My water broke on 6/20, one day before my work week directing at Raven’s Home ended and my maternity leave began. I was hospitalized that night and put on magnesium sulfate because Adler was only 35 weeks old.”
“Unfortunately, after doing an ultrasound, our amazing OB discovered fluid in his lungs that was not there during our last appointment only 10 days earlier — and thus we entered a nightmare we’ll never forget,” she recalled.
“We still don’t have Adler home with us because the deeply good doctors and nurses in the NICU are working diligently to find out why the fluid is there and determine the best way to get it out,” Fishel continued. “This has been the most trying week and a half of mine and@jensenkarp‘s lives but we have gotten through it with the support of our incredible family and friends who have shown up for us in unexpected ways.”
The actress also revealed she and her husband “struggled with making this announcement” because although they are “THRILLED Adler is here” and want to shout it from the rooftops, they’ve been dealing with “prying eyes — aka paparazzi staked outside our house, following our every move they way they did several times during my pregnancy. We are much too fragile for that right now and I pray wholeheartedly that we can have some space as we navigate these next few weeks.”
“I can’t wait to share more details about him with you (hehates having a poopy diaper for even1 minute, he loves bath time, he has the cutest sneezes I’ve ever heard) and sing the praises of his NICU care team but I prefer to do that when Adler is in this crib in his nursery at home on a still unknown future date,” Fishel continued, concluding, “P.S. the fox will be removed from his crib before he’s ever in it.”
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The actressannounced her pregnancyin an emotional social-media post in January.
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Fishel and Karp, 39,tied the knot in November 2018,which she confirmed in a sweet post.
“Mr. & Mrs. Karp. Established 11/04/2018,” Fishel wrote on Instagramalongside a wedding photothat showed off the delicate lace short sleeves of her wedding gown.
He jokingly added, “I also ate 3 donuts after dinner. Unrelated.@daniellefishel, I love you so much and thank you for giving me this smile.”
Boy Meets World’s Rider Strong, Will Friedle, Danielle Fishel and Ben Savage.Danielle Fishel/Instagram
Fishel reunited with her formerBoy Meets WorldandGirl Meets WorldcostarsBen Savage,Rider StrongandWill Friedlein early May, when the foursomeposed together for a hilarious photo op.
Fishelshared the same imageto her Instagram account, quipping in the caption, “Sure this was funny — but only one of us is taking 25 bathroom breaks a day.”
source: people.com
