The Bachelor's Ben Higgins and Wife Jessica Clarke Welcome First Baby Together, a Girl

Mar. 15, 2025

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Ben Higginsis officially a dad!

“She is healthy.@jessclarke_is doing so well. I don’t yet have words for what just happened but the update right now is we have a daughter and Jess is recovering so well. The nurses and doctors who cared for us should be lifted high,” Higgins wrote.

Being that her face was covered with an emoji he added, “this beauty will be revealed soon but first she needs a bath.”

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In August, thecouple announced that Clarke was pregnant and expecting a girlin a heartfeltInstagram Reel.

The video — which the couple shared jointly on their respective Instagram accounts — featured clips of different moments in the pair’s relationship, including their engagement, scenes from their wedding and sweet footage of them hugging.

“It’s frightening,” he said of raising a daughter, adding that he’s a “sensitive dude” who knows “a girl’s going to break me and I don’t know in what ways yet, but it’s going to happen and I’m prepared for it.”

He went on to share his excitement, sweetly telling PEOPLE, “I’m ready to be the guy that she leans on to talk to about boys, and I’m ready to be the example for who she desires in a relationship and I’m excited about that responsibility. It gives me a little role, I think, in a new stage of life.”

“But it’s also frightening because I know she’s going to have me wrapped around her finger and I’m going to get broken,” added theAlmost Famouspodcast host.

Higgins and Clarketied the knot in November 2021in a romantic ceremony atThe Estate in Cherokee Docknear Nashville.

Guests included fellowBachelorfranchise alums such asNick Viall,Becca KufrinandThomas Jacobs,Jared HaibonandAshley Iaconnetti, andWells Adams, who also served as a groomsman.

source: people.com