After a dramatic birth that almost broke her, the Celebrity Treasure Island favourite introduces her beautiful wee boy. When Woman’s Day catches up with Edna Swart and her delicious new arrival Astyn, it’s four weeks to the day since he made his dramatic entry into the world . Today, as her son snoozes, the reality star and skincare entrepreneur is bubbly and glowing as she shares the joys of being a mum, but it was a different story a month ago.
While recounting Astyn’s birth, she admits it’s the first time she’s been able to speak about his traumatic delivery without crying. “I get very emotional talking to my family and friends about what happened,” shares the 34-year-old star of Celebrity Treasure Island and BossBabes . “Talking to them has been my therapy and has helped me find some peace with it.
“Midwives probably laugh when they hear expectant mums say they have a birth plan, but I had one – and his birth was not what I expected it to be!” Edna says she naively expected to have a trouble-free delivery after a breezy pregnancy – she was already 14 weeks when she found out she was expecting and the remainder of her pregnancy was just as uncomplicated. The first sign that the birth might not be a straightforward process came only when she started feeling waves of heaviness in her bottom and lower spine, as opposed to her stomach, one afternoon. The following morning, Edna’s mucous plug fell out.
She immediately called her obstetrician, who confi.
