By Amobi Lawalb
Reality TV star and actress, Bamike Olawunmi, popularly known as Bambam, has shared her traumatic childbirth experience, revealing how close she came to losing her baby.
Speaking in a recent episode of the Me & My Girls podcast, Bambam recalled that her first childbirth in 2020 was life-threatening. According to her, during labor, her kidney failed, and her vital organs, including her liver, began shutting down.
She further revealed that her daughter, Zendaya, had detached from the placenta, putting both their lives at risk.
“If I was a second late [to the hospital], she would have lost oxygen, and I would have had a stillbirth,” she said.
The former Big Brother Naija star also blamed medical negligence for many stillbirths, emphasizing that delayed or improper care from doctors and nurses often leads to tragic outcomes.
“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,” she stated.
Bambam admitted that the experience left her haunted by ‘what ifs’ and that she had to undergo therapy to help her process the trauma and embrace gratitude.
“Every time I look at her, I just say, ‘What if…?’ The what ifs tormented me for a while. I had to get therapy to walk me through being grateful,” she added.
Bambam and her husband, Teddy A, welcomed their daughter, Zendaya, in 2020, barely a year after their wedding.