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28th Aug 2019

‘Had I failed?’ Gemma Atkinson shares important post about having a C-section

Jade Hayden

“The only ‘proper’ way to have a baby is the way that’s safest for you and your baby.”

Gemma Atkinson has shared an important post about C-sections aimed at those who think the procedure is any easer than a natural birth.

The actor and former glamour model said that she had been told by somebody that she was lucky to have given birth the “easy” way.

‘She wasn’t being nasty, she said it in jest and she was actually really lovely, but it did get me thinking when I got home,” she wrote on Instagram.

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A lady recently joked with me that id had the easy option when it came to having Mia as I didn’t experience “proper labour” she wasn’t being nasty, she said it in jest and she was actually really lovely, but it did get me thinking when I got home. Had I failed? Had I not done it “properly” ? After a good chat with myself i came to the conclusion that the only “proper” way to have a baby is the way that’s safest for you and your baby. There is nothing easy about having a section. There is nothing easy about a vaginal delivery. They are both tiring, scary, emotionally draining and each have their own recovery process both mentally & physically. However you brought your baby into the world was right for you and your baby at that time and that’s what matters. To any mums who like me, had to have a section and are feeling a little odd about it (which is normal) the above is for you. ❤️

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“Had I failed? Had I not done it “properly” ? After a good chat with myself i came to the conclusion that the only “proper” way to have a baby is the way that’s safest for you and your baby. ”

Gemma gave birth to her daughter Mia last month after suffering a considerable haemorrhage.

The baby was born via emergency C section after it was discovered that she was too small to open the cervix by herself.

“The decision was made to induce me to help her along but she disliked that even more,” Atkinson said in a post soon after the birth.

“With every contraction her heart rate dropped. On the 3rd one midwife Katie who was taking care of me at the time pressed the panic alarm & within 15 mins I was rushed out, prepped and delivered Mia via an emergency C section.

“It wasn’t what I’d planned but thanks to my hypnobirthing despite the madness and panic, I was able to calmly keep my breathing technique and accept whatever is best for Mia just do it!”

Atkinson and Strictly Come Dancing‘s Gorka Marquez welcomed baby Mia on July 4.