‘The baby blues are real’: Love Island’s Dani Dyer admits she felt like a ‘failure’ after being forced to have a c-section with her son Santiago
Dani Dyer has admitted she felt like ‘a failure’ after having to undergo a c-section when her son Santiago was born and has found the recovery ‘hard’.
The former Love Island star, 24, welcomed the tot at the end of January with her boyfriend Sammy Kimmence and said the ‘baby blues are real’.
Speaking on her podcast Sorted with the Dyers, Dani said it had been an ’emotional week’ since the birth and she has found herself crying while looking at her son.
Honest: Dani Dyer has admitted she felt like ‘a failure’ after having to undergo a c-section when her son Santiago was born and has found the recovery ‘hard’
She said: ‘It’s been hard, the baby blues are real. It is incredible; your body goes through so much.
‘You just want to cry, I’d look at him and cry, I think because you’re constantly thinking “am I doing enough?”
‘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.
The reality star was forced to have an emergency caesarean as ‘the baby didn’t want to come out’.
Motherhood: The former Love Island star, 24, welcomed the tot at the end of January with her boyfriend Sammy Kimmence and said the ‘baby blues are real’
She explained: ‘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.
‘The baby didn’t want to come out, my waters broke and I was at five centimetres and he wasn’t dilating.
‘I ended up having to have a c-section, it was an emotional day.’
She said: ‘You just want to cry, I’d look at him and cry, I think because you’re constantly thinking “am I doing enough?”‘
Dani discussed her c-section experience, admitting the recovery has been difficult but she has received plenty of support from Sammy.
She said: ‘I was scary, 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.
‘But I do not want women to worry about c-sections, don’t feel guilty about it, that was my problem.’
The TV star added that she got her son’s name Santiago from a show and said she doesn’t care that some people don’t like it.
She said: ‘I just love the name, I remember seeing it on a show. I’m not going to say the show.
Sweet: Dani paid a touching tribute to her partner and their newborn son in a new post shared to Instagram Stories on Saturday
‘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 previously confirmed the birth of her son in an Instagram post shared last Sunday.
The new mother posted a picture of her cradling the newborn in her arms, and another of Sammy gently kissing him on the cheek.
She wrote: ‘After a very long day and night finally our special little boy arrived 23/01/2021 Weighing 7 pound…
‘We are in a complete baby bubble and enjoying every moment, can not believe he is ours, completely in love and so grateful to be his mummy…
‘Sending all my love to all the other mommas to be out there in lockdown… the best experience ever will never forget this day. (sic)’
Their first child: The new mother posted a picture of her cradling the newborn in her arms, and another of Sammy gently kissing him on the cheek