Former 'Coronation Street' actress Victoria Ekanoye and her partner Jonny Lomas feared they might lose their baby boy during the three-day labour, during which she "was vomiting, couldn’t walk and could barely speak" after suffering a bad reaction to pain medication
Victoria Ekanoye was "vomiting, couldn’t walk and could barely speak" during labour, and feared she might lose her baby. The former 'Coronation Street' actress welcomed her son Theodore into the world on January 16th with her partner Jonny Lomas, and despite suffering a bad reaction to pain medication, she was determined to "push through" because she couldn't bear the thought of losing her little one. Victoria – who has sickle cell anaemia – said: "The thought of not leaving as a three is heart-breaking and that's what pushed me through. "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… (more)