An influencer had a brain aneurysm rupture while 9 months pregnant. Now she's in a medically-induced coma after having brain surgery and a C-section at the same time.

• Jackie Miller James was nine months pregnant when she was found unconscious on the floor due to an aneurysm rupture.
• She had a C-section and brain surgery at the same time to stop the bleeding.

Jackie Miller James, a lifestyle and beauty influencer with over 44,000 followers on Instagram, is in a medically-induced coma after experiencing a ruptured aneurysm.

She was nine months pregnant and a week away from giving birth when her husband found her unconscious on the floor of their home, according to a GoFundMe set up for James by her family.

James was rushed to the hospital, where she had both a C-section and brain surgery at the same time to both save her life and deliver her daughter. The baby spent 12 days in the NICU and has been released, but James remains in a medically-induced coma and "has undergone five separate brain procedures," according to her GoFundMe page.

The family has shared an image of the influencer hooked up to a respirator with her newborn on her chest, meeting for the first time.

An aneurysm is a bulge on an artery and usually doesn't cause pain, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Unruptured brain aneurysms affect between 2% and 5% of people and don't cause medical issues. But when an aneurysm ruptures, it requires immediate medical attention and can be life-threatening. Brain aneurysms can cause a stroke.

According to a 2020 review of studies looking at intracranial aneurysms in pregnant patients, the physiological changes seen in pregnancy "likely elevate the risk of intracranial aneurysm formation, growth, and rupture."

Signs of a burst brain aneurysm include feeling lightheaded, rapid heartbeat, sudden and severe headache, and loss of consciousness. Ruptured aneurysms are a medical emergency and require treatment immediately, according to the Mayo Clinic.

On the GoFundMe page, James' sisters, Nicole and Nicelle, said, "if Jackie and the baby arrived a few minutes later at the hospital, we likely would have lost both of them." They have raised $211,000 at the time of publication.

The family expects James to need speech therapy, physical therapy, an alternative therapies "once we realize the severity of her deficits," according to the GoFundMe.