Reality TV star and actress Bamike Olawunmi, widely known as Bambam, has shared a deeply emotional account of her traumatic first childbirth.
Bambam and her husband, Teddy A, welcomed their daughter, Zendaya, in 2020—just a year after their wedding.
However, behind the joy of motherhood lay a near-death experience that left her shaken.
Speaking on a recent episode of the Me & My Girls podcast, the actress revealed how her body began to shut down during labor.
“A lot of stillbirths are due to negligence,” she stated, emphasizing the devastating role of medical errors in childbirth tragedies. “It’s either the doctor was not sound or the nurse didn’t do her job on time or they arrived at the hospital late.”
For Bambam, things took a terrifying turn when her kidney failed, and her heart and liver weakened. Her baby had already detached from the placenta, and every passing second was a fight for survival
“If I was a second late [to the hospital], she would have lost oxygen, and I would have had a stillbirth,” she recalled.
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Even now, the memories of that day haunt her.
“Every time I look at her, I just say, ‘What if…?’ The what-ifs tormented me. They tormented me so much,” she confessed, her voice thick with emotion.
The weight of those lingering fears became overwhelming, leading her to seek therapy.
“I had to get therapy to walk me through being grateful,” she admitted.
Bambam’s story is a powerful reminder of the hidden battles women face in childbirth and the urgent need for improved maternal care.