My kidney failed, my heart was weak, liver shut down – Reality TV star, Bambam recounts childbirth experience
Reality TV star and actress Bamike Olawunmi, popularly known as Bambam, has opened up about her traumatic childbirth experience.
In a recent episode of the Me & My Girls podcast, she revealed that during the birth of her first child, Zendaya, in 2020, her kidney failed, and her liver, along with other vital organs, shut down.
Bambam also highlighted that many stillbirths result from medical negligence.
She said, “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.”
