Reality TV star and actress Bamike Olawunmi, popularly known as Bambam, has opened up about the life-threatening complications she faced while giving birth to her first child.
In a recent episode of the Me & My Girls podcast, Bambam revealed that her vital organs began shutting down during labor, nearly costing her and her baby their lives.
“During my first labour, my kidney failed, my heart was weak, my liver… everything was just shutting down because of childbirth,” she shared. “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.”
Bambam, who welcomed her daughter, Zendaya, in 2020 with her husband, Teddy A, described the experience as traumatic, leaving her with lasting emotional scars.
“The ‘what ifs’ tormented me for a while,” she admitted. “I had to get therapy to walk me through being grateful.”
The actress also criticized medical negligence in childbirth, saying, “A lot of stillbirths are due to negligence. It’s either the doctor was not sound, the nurse didn’t do her job on time, or they arrived at the hospital late.”
Bambam’s story sheds light on the dangers of childbirth and the importance of proper medical attention, a topic that continues to spark conversations about maternal healthcare in Nigeria.
