Kerry Katona On Moment Newborn Baby 'Died'
Kerry Katona has opened up about the terrifying moment that her newborn daughter "died" in hospital.
Speaking on ITV's This Morning, the 33-year-old Atomic Kitten star broke down in tears as she described the drama.
"I had a brilliant, brilliant pregnancy, really good," she said.
"I started contracting on the Thursday evening and was really excited... my waters went, had fun with the gas and air... it was really bonding for us both - and then I decided to have an epidural."
Time for bed!! Just love cuddles with my little princess!! Sweet dreams everyone xxxxxxxx pic.twitter.com/nYdhNjqDBf
— Kerry Katona (@KerryKatona7) May 6, 2014
But she said the epidural caused her to have a strange "out-of-body experience".
"It was like I passed out but I know I passed out. I could still hear everyone else talking and I really wish I hadn't had the epidural."
And she explained that things got even worse when she was handed baby Dylan-Jorge Rose.
"They put her on my chest and something just didn't feel right... the baby's not breathing, so they took her off me.
"So a crash team came and took her off me and she completely died.
"My placenta got stuck and wouldn't come out - I'd gone into complete shock, asking 'where's my baby?', and I kept saying to George, 'I'm so sorry, it's not supposed to be like this'.
"It was really horrible. He thought he'd lost us both."
Fortunately the baby was revived and Kerry recovered well enough to leave the hospital a few days later.
And she has now taken to Twitter to share a picture of herself with her new daughter - posting the snap on the social networking site last night in advance of the TV appearance.
She wrote: "Time for bed!! Just love cuddles with my little princess!! Sweet dreams everyone xxxxxxxx"
Kerry also posted a picture of buff hubby-to-be George Kay holding the tot - his first child.
Little DJ having a shower @mrgsjkay xxxx pic.twitter.com/VCRznfo8wD
— Kerry Katona (@KerryKatona7) May 6, 2014