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Oti Mabuse has admitted that she feels “very lucky” that her daughter survived after a “traumatic” premature birth.
The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 34, revealed she welcomed her daughter with husband Marius Lepure, 41, in November, but their baby was born prematurely with an infection and spent six weeks in intensive care.
The dancer also experienced complications after childbirth when she was diagnosed with sepsis.
Oti, who was born in South Africa, and Marius, who was born in Romania, feel very lucky that their daughter survived because babies raised in their home countries do not help children who are born too prematurely.
Speaking about her difficult path to motherhood, Oti revealed that she feels a lot of “guilt” over the fact that her baby arrived early.
Oti Mabuse, 34, admitted she feels “very lucky” that her daughter survived after a “traumatic” premature birth.
The Strictly Come Dancing professional revealed she welcomed her daughter with husband Marius Lepure, 41, (pictured) in November, but her baby was born prematurely with an infection and spent six weeks in intensive care.
talking to The mirrorHe said: ‘There were times when she didn’t eat, feeding her was very difficult. In South Africa and Romania they don’t help children who are born as small as her, so we were very, very lucky.’
Marius said: ‘I knew there was nothing better we could do. I saw babies where if it had been that week in Romania they wouldn’t have saved the baby. We’re lucky.’
The dancer admitted that she was at “her lowest point” right after giving birth due to the state her daughter was in.
Oti said: ‘The baby was sick. She couldn’t breathe alone, she couldn’t eat alone. She was really small. We couldn’t keep her. That was incredibly, incredibly difficult. I cried for an hour.’
Oti has been incredibly open about her traumatic birth after explaining how her His daughter’s life was saved by him National Health Service after a terrifying sepsis scare.
she said The sun on Sunday: ‘It was helpful when someone asked me, “How are you feeling? How are you dealing with these new emotions?”
‘My sepsis was discovered after birth, it’s not something that was overlooked, so I just want to make it clear, as I had read it misinterpreted like that a while ago.
‘My daughter had an infection when she came out and the doctors gave her treatment. I didn’t have time to panic, we were just focused on her getting better.’
Oti, who was born in South Africa, and Marius, who was born in Romania, feel very lucky that their daughter survived because babies raised in their home countries do not help children who are born too prematurely.
Speaking about her difficult path to motherhood, Oti revealed that she feels a lot of “guilt” over the fact that her baby arrived early.
Oti has been incredibly open about her traumatic birth after explaining how the NHS saved her daughter’s life after a terrifying sepsis scare.
She always felt that her daughter was in “safe hands” as doctors provided her with the best possible treatment.
Oti added that the little girl had to learn to eat on her own and breathe on her own, but admitted that the neonatal unit is a world she knows little about and said the team did an “incredible” job.
She shocked fans when she announced she would be leaving Strictly as a double champion after seven years in 2022.
Oti won the Glitterball trophy two years in a row and Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher and comedian Bill Bailey led many to believe the South African could be set for a sensational hat-trick.
