By Moboluwade Tobiloba
Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth, in the early hours of Tuesday, announced the arrival of his daughter with beautiful pictures.
The comedian and his wife, Elsie Okpocha, have been married since 2010 and have two children.
Elsie took to her Instagram page to share her testimony alongside several beautiful pictures of her baby, as she recounted her childbirth ordeal.
She revealed that she was rejected by two hospitals on the day she was to deliver her, describing the baby as her “little miracle”.
She wrote, “So on the day I put to birth, I was rejected by 2 hospitals(I had registered in one of them) even though labour had started and my contractions were happening every 2minutes, their reason was that I hadn’t done my antenatal with them so they didn’t want to take me in case there was an emergency.
“So after 40 mins of driving back and forth, I was eventually admitted to Reddington Hospital in VI, I can only thank God it was midnight so there was no traffic, so while in the labour room, my water broke and i had a cord Prolapse…. (Never heard of it until that day).
“So a Cord Prolapse is when the cord comes out of the uterus before the baby, when this happens, it can result in a loss of oxygen to the baby, and may even result in a stillbirth.
“But God was gracious; he was kind, he didn’t let the devil win…. When I saw the doctor and nurses panic, I knew something was wrong. In that moment of fear, I started to declare life for myself and my baby. Thankfully, God came through as always.”
Elsie said owing to complications, she delivered her baby via a caesarian session.
“Fortunately, the doctor knew the emergency steps to take to keep my baby alive while they prepared me for an emergency CS. The CS doctor arrived in good time and I had my baby who is well and alive. Thank you Lord,” she added.
