TOWIE star Amy Childs has opened up on the lengths she went to in a desperate bid to breastfeed her daughter, Polly.
Amy rose to fame rapidly on the ITV2 show in 2010 and soon went on to land her own programme on Channel 5 – It’s All About Amy. She stepped away from the limelight somewhat during her four-year relationship with builder Bradley Wright, however, and gave birth to Polly in 2017 before the pair split.
The reality star’s second child was born a year later, and Amy later entered into a relationship with First Dates’ Billy Delbosq in 2021, with the pair welcoming twins into the world earlier this year. Now, Amy, who rejoined the TOWIE cast in 2020, has discussed one aspect of motherhood that has posed a problem.
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Speaking on GK Barry’s Saving Grace podcast, 33-year old Amy explained that she tried her best to breastfeed her first-born, but was eventually told by a midwife it simply wouldn’t work.
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“I definitely got abused for not breastfeeding,” she began. “It just doesn’t work for some people at the end of the day. I remember sitting there and crying to my mum and dad about wanting to do it. For me I wanted to try it so I could say to people, ‘Do you know what – I’ve tried it’.”
She continued: “So I had to wear a nipple shield to stick on my nipple for it to come out for Polly. It was extreme. I did really try. I then paid someone to come to my house to try and help me, but the midwife just said, ‘It’s not going to work’. Asked by Grace if the problem was down to “having fake boobs”, Amy responded: “Not necessarily. You can still do it. I have lots of friends who have done.”
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Amy also told the chilling story of how her baby almost died inside her and was only saved after an emergency Caesarian She admitted that she was “traumatised” by the birth and that she was scared for her and her babies.
Amy recalled how when coming for a final check before giving birth, during which doctors induced her so she could welcome her babies quicker. During the check-up, midwives had asked her whether she wanted a natural birth or a C-section, to which Amy said natural, as she was “all about natural births”.
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However, during the check-up, one of the midwives looking after Childs noticed something was wrong and investigated further. Amy admitted that she knew there was a problem, but could not tell exactly what was wrong. “Twin A, Bill, had his head down,” she said. “And then all of a sudden, the midwife checked me and she’s like, ‘Ooh, one minute’ and you just know, don’t you?” Amy admitted. “I had about 10 midwives and doctors run in.
“She said to Bill, ‘Put your scrubs on, she’s got to have an emergency C-section, come on Amy’,” she continued. Amy went on to say that the umbilical chord usually attached to Bill had started to come away from the baby, which could potentially starve the baby of oxygen and cause brain damage. Luckily, the midwife had spotted the issue and called for attention as soon as possible, which meant that Bill was delivered healthy.
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