Celestine Gachuhi, the award-winning Selina actress, has spoken up about the difficulties she has had as a new mother.
Selina, who is dating gospel singer Phil Kimemia, recently gave birth to a baby girl.
Selina claims on her YouTube channel that parenting comes without a manual.
“I stayed in the hospital for a few days after the baby came. I didn’t know that a baby is supposed to be given jabs. I couldn’t understand why, I felt like my heart would pop out.”
Selina says she felt helpless when they were forced to return home because she and her baby daddy are first-time parents.
“I was like what happens now that we are home? That night I couldn’t sleep properly. At the hospital, I wasn’t producing any milk, so I had to take supplements. When I got home my baby wasn’t breastfeeding. I used to sleep like an unsettled person. I would wake up very shocked once the baby cried or if she made some noise, nilikuwa naruka karibu nianguke.”
“I used to sleep with the lights on because I was so paranoid that something might happen. At the hospital, I woke up and there were no lights the baby was crying and I was so shocked. I would sweat every time the baby cried.”
Selina claims she had difficulty cleaning the baby because she was too small.
“I decided to sponge the baby until the cord fell off. I was very excited when the baby’s umbilical cord fell.”
The new mother expresses her delight at the baby’s development.
