Jamie O'Hara takes premature baby daughter Ophelia home from hospital after spending a month in neonatal unit

Jamie O'Hara and his wife Keziah Grubb have taken their baby daughter Ophelia home from hospital a month after her premature birth.

Last month, the footballer, 39, who is already father to Archie, 16, Harry, 15, and George, 12, with ex Danielle Lloyd, announced their baby had arrived 'earlier than expected' as he gushed 'my life is complete' now that he is a 'girl dad'.  

On Wednesday, he revealed the family had been in Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington for over a month while Ophelia received special care. 

Alongside a picture taken inside the neonatal unit, Jamie wrote: 'WE MADE IT!!!!! our beautiful baby girl is finally home, we couldn’t be happier...

'A huge thank you to everyone in the Neo natal unit at PRUH you have all been amazing there are so many amazing people working for the NHS who don’t get the credit they deserve....

'Now we have our Ophelia home we can enjoy every single second with her I can’t wait to see her grow I’m fully in my girl dad era, love to everyone xx'. 

In a post shared after their first night at home, Jamie created an AI-generated image of Ophelia in a messy room covered in clothes, bottles, make-up and nappies. 

He added a caption reading: 'First night at home went well!!!! Ophelia just said welcome to my world Dad you just living in it newborn baby noises hit different lucky for me i have the best wife ever @keziah_ohara'. 

In his original announcement on 7 September, Jamie shared sweet snaps after Keziah, 33, gave birth, he wrote: 'We welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world this morning, mum and baby are doing fine a little earlier than we expected but she done so well to get to 3lb 13.

'The doctors and nurses at Princess royal have been incredible, my life is complete I got my little girl never thought it was going to happen, I’m going to love her with everything in my body.

'My beautiful wife I’m so proud of you I’m now officially a girl dad, gooooooooood baby thank you to everyone for there support.'

Jamie announced Keziah was seven months pregnant in August as he revealed they were expecting their first child together.

He revealed his wife suffers with the rare condition Uterus Didelphys, also called a double uterus, which is a rare birth condition affecting only 0.3 per cent of women in the world, where a female is born with two separate uteruses.

In April, Jamie and Keziah tied the knot at the St Mary's church in Horton Kirby, followed by a reception at The Moat Hotel in Wrotham. 

The former England player announced his engagement to Keziah, the director of a UK recruitment group, in March 2025, after he proposed during a romantic holiday.

He captioned his wedding post: 'Mr and Mrs O'Hara I'm so lucky to have the most incredible person in my life forever what a day.'

Jamie divorced Danielle in 2014 after tying the knot in 2012. They suffered an acrimonious split, with a very public battle over custody of their children – with the model reportedly blocking him seeing his kids.

In 2017, Danielle blasted 'compulsive liar' Jamie's claims he gives her £15,000-a-month as part of their divorce settlement.

At the time, she exploded during an epic Twitter row with fans after she was criticised over the footballer's claims on Celebrity Big Brother that he paid the huge sum every month to support their three sons.

She then pushed their feud even further by claiming she was forced to lie over their famous bust-up in Las Vegas in 2014 after he was accused of hitting her during a drunken row.

After one follower goaded her over the money claims, she hit back in a big way, tweeting: 'People need to get there facts straight I don't get 15k a month I don't get a penny!! I have to ask him to help With his kids.'

She went on to claim that her now-husband Michael O'Neill did more for their kids. Danielle shares two children with Michael – Ronnie, eight, and Autumn, four.