Joss Stone Opens Up About Traumatic Birth of Second Baby: 'Massive Amounts of Pain'

Mar. 15, 2025

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The English singer, 35, details her “scary” birth experience in this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, sharing that she was going through “massive amounts of pain” before she required an emergency cesarean section.

She says she was already in labor for over 30 hours when the nurse told her they would need to call in the obstetric emergency team. “She comes up to me and she goes, ‘The room is going to fill up with a lot of people. Don’t worry about it. Just stay calm.’ Then Cody looks at me and he said the same thing,” she shares.

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Joss Stone (R) and boyfriend Cody DaLuz.Cody DaLuz/Instagram

“He was coming down the birth canal, and when my uterus split, his head went into my abdomen and he went back up,” she recalls. “They had to bring him back to breathing again.”

She also shares her appreciation for DaLuz for helping with Violet and Shackleton, who was named after Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, as she returns to performing. In the coming weeks, the star is set to perform at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the National Christmas Tree Lighting on CBS and at the Grand Ole Opry.

“This could not be possible if I was doing it on my own,” she shares. “It takes a village.”

source: people.com