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Allyson Felixis recalling a “traumatic” moment after she gave birth to her daughter.
On Thursday’s episode of PEOPLE’s podcastMe Becoming Mom, the 36-year-old athlete opens up about the difficult delivery of her daughter Camryn, now 3, during which Felix had an emergency cesarean section at 32 weeks pregnant.
Recounting the nerve-racking experience, Felix says her husband Kenneth Ferguson was able to go with her into the operating room where the couple had a “moment of prayer.”
“They did the surgery. And I remember breaking down shortly after because they had to take Camryn away right away. And so I barely got to see her face,” she tells host Zoë Ruderman, Head of Digital at PEOPLE.
“I remember there was this quick moment where they put her on my shoulder and I remember we had made the decision that my husband would go with her,” she says. “And so I was talking with him for a second, I was like, ‘I didn’t get to see her face. I didn’t really get to see it.’ "
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Elsewhere in the interview, the Olympian, who is currently involved in Anthem’sDriving Our Health study, shares how she and Fergusontold her family that she had delivered eight weeks early.
“My husband made the phone call,” says Felix. “Looking back and knowing everything … obviously, my mom was terrified and they just hopped on a plane.”
“I think at that point I still didn’t understand the seriousness of everything,” she admits. “Talking to my brother after the fact, he explained that he didn’t know if he was coming to see his niece be born or if his sister was gonna pass away.”
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The 12-episodeweeklyMe Becoming Mompodcastexplores the various roads to motherhood through different interviews with both celebrity guests and experts in the field. Topics on the show include IVF, adoption, surrogacy, single parenthood, same-sex couples, home births, pregnancy loss, unexpected and surprising birth stories, among other subjects.
Guests on the show include Alyssa Milano,Hoda Kotb, Jillian Michaels, Shawn Johnson East and more.
source: people.com
