Three months into motherhood, The View host Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed the harrowing ordeal she faced when her newborn son, Justin Griffin Jr., required major surgery just weeks after his February birth.

Speaking candidly on The View podcast, Behind the Table, Griffin, 36, admitted the experience left her emotionally drained. “My son ended up needing a major operation. I’m actually not going to get into the details only because I will just turn into a puddle talking about it,” she told host and View executive producer Brian Teta. “So, we spent the weekend in the ICU with him.”

In a testament to her protective instincts, Griffin confided the news only to Teta, keeping even close friend and cohost Sara Haines unaware. “I felt incapacitated. Last week, I was going through the motions and just in prayer knowing that he had this procedure ahead of him,” she admitted.

Thankfully, Griffin shared relief that her son is “doing even better than expected” and “hitting every milestone.” “Thank the Lord, it went beyond well,” she said. “He’ll never know in his life other than that we told him that he had this. There’ll never be signs or anything.”

For Griffin and husband Justin Griffin, the pregnancy had already been a journey of perseverance. After five rounds of IVF and an endometriosis diagnosis, the couple welcomed their first child together in February, describing the process as “a miracle of science.” “Both Justin and I just feel so grateful that we were in the position that we were even able to do that many rounds of IVF,” Griffin told People magazine.

Reflecting on the emotional impact of the surgery, Griffin called it “the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced.” “You love them with every fiber of your being. You love them more than you could possibly love yourself,” she said. “To watch a baby be helpless but also have to entrust him into someone else’s hands took every amount of strength that I have just to get through.”

This personal revelation offers a rare glimpse into the private struggles of a new mother navigating the unpredictability of infant health, highlighting both the vulnerability and resilience inherent in parenthood.

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