Emma Willis fainted after recalling her difficult childbirth.
The 42-year-old television presenter relived her tough first birth – which left her unable to sit down properly for 12 weeks – for the television show ‘Emma Willis: Delivering Babies’ and the traumatic experience caused her to pass out.
She said: "One minute I was standing in this operating theatre completely transfixed. Next thing I knew I was coming round having hit the deck, a row of blue hospital-issue Crocs slowly coming into focus … I remember the new mum being wheeled into theatre, saying to me, ‘Are you sure you want to watch this?’ I wanted to understand and witness what I’d been through – knowledge is power – but the subconscious reaction of my body was total horror. I tried to make excuses afterwards, ‘Ooh, it’s a bit hot in here,’ but I’m sure it was a deep response to what I’d been through."
After a tough birth with Isabelle, now nine, Emma opted for caesarean operations for her youngest kids – Ace, now six, and Trixie Grace, now two.
She added to the Mail on Sunday’s You magazine: "My only opinion on childbirth is not to have an opinion, and not to judge. We’re all different and anything can happen when it comes to labour; you just don’t know until you get there … I can tell you I pushed with Isabelle for a very long time! I have the scars to prove it. For the second two pregnancies I was too scared to go down the [natural delivery] route. With hindsight, part of me wishes I had maybe tried for a natural birth again. But what state would my body be in if I had? You just don’t know."
Emma Willis’ tough childbirth
