Singer and TV presenter Jamelia has called motherhood her ‘greatest blessing’ but revealed that she suffered an ‘incredibly traumatic’ labour with her fourth child.
The former Loose Women presenter, 41, gave birth to her yet-to-be-named daughter at 36 weeks through an emergency caesarean on October 4 after announcing her pregnancy two months earlier.
Speaking about her waters breaking at 32 weeks, the former Strictly Come Dancing contestant said that it had been ‘so scary’.
‘I felt like I was in labour for a month, but the main objective was to keep the baby in for as long as possible. I just had to hold on.’
A month after her waters broke, midwives at Birmingham Women’s Hospital decided to induce labour after the baby’s heart rate had dropped dramatically.