CORONATION Street's Victoria Ekanoye feared her baby would die during her traumatic labour. The actress described her son, who was born on January 15, as a "miracle" and said she was spurred on through the birth by the terrifying thought of losing him.
Speaking to OK! Victoria told how her sickle cell disease complicated her labour. She said: "I was induced on 13 January when I was 39 weeks.
From when I was induced to when he came, it was almost three days! With sickle cell it’s not advised to have a birth without painkillers as it can trigger a sickle cell crisis [episodes of pain], so I was induced and put on pain medication. "But I had a really bad reaction.
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