Reality TV star and actress, Bamike Olawunmi, popularly known as Bambam, has recounted her horrific childbirth experience.
The Big Brother Naija star and her husband, TeddyA, welcomed their first child, Zendaya, in 2020, barely a year after their wedding.
The former housemate was a guest on the ‘Me & My Girls’ podcast where she spoke about motherhood.
Speaking in the recent episode, the mother of two said her first childbirth experience was traumatic. She recalled that her vital organs shut down in the process.
According to the reality star, while she was in labour, her kidney failed and all her systems were shutting down. She also disclosed that her heart became weak.
The yummy mum also explained that she almost lost her child because the baby had detached from the placenta and was losing her oxygen. The actress added that it almost led to a stillbirth.
In the recording, BBN’s Bambam explained that a lot of stillbirths were due to negligence from medical professionals.
She pointed out that it was either that the doctor was not sound or that they came late to attend to the patient.
Sharing more from her experience, Bambam remarked that every time she looked at her daughter, the experience used to hunt her for a while, and she had to go to therapy.
It was during her therapy, that she realised that she had a lot of reasons to appreciate God for what did not happen.
“A lot of stillbirths are due to negligence. It’s either the doctor was not sound or the nurse didn’t do her job on time or they arrived the hospital late.
“During my first labour, my kidney failed, my heart was weak, my liver…everything was just shutting down because of childbirth. She [my daughter] had detached from the placenta. If I was a second late [to the hospital] she would have lost oxygen and I would have had a stillbirth?
“Everytime I look at her, I just say, ‘What if…?’ The what ifs have tormented me. They tormented me so much. I will look at her and I will just… even just remembering I’m getting so nervous. The what ifs were so many and they haunted me for a while. I had to get therapy to walk me through being grateful.”
