'The Angel Of Death Kept Knocking': Actress Aisha Lawal Reveals How She Almost Died During Childbirth

Aisha Lawal on her sick bed

Popular Nollywood actress, Aisha Lawal has disclosed that she had a close brush with death last year during and after childbirth.

The actress whose daughter, Zara, turns one today, narrated the life-threatening ordeal she suffered during and after Zara's birth.

She shared the photos of herself hooked up to machines and tubes in the hospital.

The baby

She wrote: "365 days ago, the angel of death kept knocking, but my faithful God said NO, not today, not anytime soon 1 whole week of persistent false contractions/labour, Baby rested on pelvic bone,cldnt walk or bend,sagging cervix, 13 hrs of serious labour, serious tears and stitches after vagina birth, sudden postpartum hemorrhage, causes not known, emergency theatre, lungs collating water while undergoing treatment in theatre while I was unconscious, 48 hrs in ICU (All ds while my mind kept telling me I was nt gonna mk it) stitches got healed finally exactly 1 month after childbirth.

"So tell me why I won't be grateful, Oba to fi anu gba mi, Olorun to rami pada,Olohun to ni ma si wa laye lati jeri oruko oun, SO IT'S OFFICIALLY MY DAUGHTER AND I 'S BIRTHDAY COZ I WAS GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE TO LIVE, IT'S ZEE'S 1ST BIRTHDAY AND MY OWN REBIRTH TOO..ALHAMDULIAHIROBILAMIN.

"I NEED UR PRAYERS COZ DT'S WOT KIPS ME GOING. NB MY FRNDS IN D US WERE D REAL MPV #FUNMILOLAOGUNSOLA #SHEYIASHEKUN EVEN THOUGH U GUYS WERE BOTH PREGNANT THEN. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH SHEYIASHEKUNSAID "I HAVE NVR BIN DT SCARED IN MY LIFE"