Reality TV star and actress Bamike Olawunmi, popularly known as Bambam, has opened up about the traumatic experience she faced while giving birth to her first child.
Bambam and her husband, Teddy A, welcomed their daughter, Zendaya, in 2020, nearly a year after their wedding. However, her journey to motherhood was far from easy, as she recently shared on the Me & My Girls podcast.
Reflecting on the birth, Bambam described the experience as harrowing, revealing that she suffered severe complications during labor.
“My kidney failed, my heart was weak, and my liver… everything just started shutting down because of childbirth,” she recounted.
She also shared that her daughter had detached from the placenta, and had she arrived at the hospital even a second later, both she and her daughter might have faced fatal consequences.
Bambam highlighted the role of medical negligence in some childbirth tragedies, noting, “A lot of stillbirths are due to negligence. Whether it’s the doctor being unqualified, the nurse not doing her job, or arriving at the hospital too late.”
The actress admitted that the traumatic experience still haunts her. “Every time I look at her, I just think, ‘What if…?’ The what-ifs tormented me for a long time,” she said. “I had to seek therapy to help me find gratitude and move past the trauma.”
The emotional toll of her experience was immense, but Bambam’s journey to healing is a testament to her strength and resilience.