Dani Dyer has spoken candidly about her journey to motherhood, admitting that she “felt like a failure” after her birthing plan went out of the window.
The Love Island alumni welcomed her firstborn, baby Santiago, into the world at the end of January and admitted that it wasn’t plain sailing when it came to the birth.
Dani, 24, had documented how she wanted the birth of her tot to be, planning a natural birth rather what actually happened.
Opening up on her family podcast, Sorted With The Dyers, Danny Dyer’s daughter said: “It’s been hard, the baby blues are real. It is incredible; your body goes through so much.
Dani revealed she feels guilty after having an emergency C-section (Image: DaniDyer/Instagram)
“You just want to cry, I’d look at him and cry, I think because you’re constantly thinking ‘am I doing enough?'”
The reality starlet went on to add: “I’ve started breastfeeding and it’s hard, it’s difficult, you want to do everything right and I think that’s why you cry.”
She went on to reveal that during the birthing process, she was forced to have a Caesarean-section as little Santiago “didn’t want to come out”.
The reality star welcomed baby Santiago in January (Image: DaniDyer/Instagram)
Dani recalled the emotional scene, saying: “I had to have a caesarean in the end and I was crying about that.
“I never wanted to have a c-section, I know they are very common, and I know they happen, but I never wanted one – that was never in my birth plan, so I started feeling like a failure.
She shares the youngster with fiancé Sammy (Image: DaniDyer/Instagram)
“The baby didn’t want to come out, my waters broke, and I was at five centimetres, and he wasn’t dilating.”
She admitted that the process was “scary,” adding: “you’re paralysed, I could not feel anything. It was scary for me.
“The recovery is hard, Sammy really has seen everything. He was brilliant, I needed someone to laugh with.”
However, despite her experience, Dani urges women not to worry about undergoing a C-section, adding they shouldn’t feel guilty as that was “her problem”.
When speaking of the youngster’s name, who she calls Santi for short, she said: “I just love the name, I remember seeing it on a show.”
“Some people hate it or some people love it, I don’t really care, I think he is the most beautiful boy in the world.”
Dani shares baby Santiago with her fiancé Sammy Kimmence.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
