Haley Ferguson and Oula Palve.
Courtesy of Haley Ferguson/InstagramBachelor alum Haley Ferguson gave birth to her first baby with her husband Oula Palve.
“Lovi Lavigne prayer 🎀 [Low-Vee]. You are the love we always knew was coming. ✨ I soaked up every second of newborn bubble bliss,” Ferguson, 31, wrote via Instagram on Monday, April 29. “Baby and I got home from the hospital yesterday and we’re doing great! She is pure joy and we couldn’t be more in love 🩷 Welcome to the world, Sunshine Girl!”
Ferguson shared that her daughter was born on Saturday, April 27, weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces.
She first announced her pregnancy in October 2023. “Baby Palve is on the way,” Ferguson confirmed via Instagram. “It is with great hearts and joy that Oula and I can officially share our exciting news! It’s also important for me to recognize that even though I’m so happy to share this, part of me feels longing for anyone who sees this and feels pain.”
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She continued: “I know this feeling so well. By sharing my story, I was able to build a beautiful and strong community of people who also struggle with infertility. Please know that if you need to move away from my side during this time, I understand and my heart goes out to you.”
The following month, Ferguson announced that she and Palve, 32, were expecting a baby girl. “I had a very vivid dream about our baby before we even transferred our little embryo and that dream came true!” she captioned an Instagram video of the couple popping a balloon filled with pink confetti . “We can’t wait to meet you, little darling.”
Before her pregnancy, Ferguson shared with her TikTok followers her infertility struggles, including a failed first round of intrauterine insemination (IUI) after having a polyp removed from her uterus.
“Unfortunately it didn’t work out,” she told her fans. “But I will play one more round… and hopefully it will be the second round for us, which will be successful.”
Ferguson noted that the process was “extremely, extremely emotionally draining,” but she tried to stay “super positive” for the next round.
“Trying to get pregnant has been really, really difficult over the last year,” she explained. “When you see negative pregnancy tests, you just feel like you’ll never see a positive one. I’m almost to the point where negative pregnancy tests don’t even bother me anymore, like, ‘Well, I saw that coming.’ I knew that was going to happen.’”
Bachelor Nation first met Ferguson when she was competing alongside her twin sister. Emily FergusonAt Ben Higgins‘Season 20 of The bachelor in 2016. Haley later appeared in seasons 3, 4, and 6 of Bachelor in paradise.
Emily got married William Karlsson in July 2022, and in May 2023 they had son Beckham. Emily connected Haley with Palve, who like Karlsson is a professional hockey player, and encouraged her to jump into his DMs. The couple got engaged in May 2021 and tied the knot in June 2022.