Gal Gadot Opens Up About ‘Terrifying’ Health Emergency Before Giving Birth

The “Wonder Woman” actor said she was diagnosed with a “massive blood clot in my brain” during her eighth month of pregnancy.

Gal Gadot on Sunday revealed that she underwent emergency surgery for a blood clot in her brain earlier this year before the birth of her fourth child, Ori.

“In February, during my eighth month of pregnancy, I was diagnosed with a massive blood clot in my brain,” the “Wonder Woman” star wrote in an Instagram post. “For weeks, I had endured excruciating headaches that confined me to bed, until I finally underwent an MRI that revealed the terrifying truth.”

She continued, “In one moment, my family and I were faced with how fragile life can be. It was a stark reminder of how quickly everything can change, and in the midst of a difficult year, all I wanted was to hold on and live.”

The Israeli actor said she was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, and her daughter was “born during that moment of uncertainty and fear.”

It led her to choose the name Ori, which means “my light” in Hebrew.