{"id":187487,"date":"2024-09-15T09:44:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T09:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=187487"},"modified":"2024-09-15T09:44:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T09:44:58","slug":"ekene-umenwa-recounts-birthing-experience-shares-first-photos-with-newborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/09\/15\/ekene-umenwa-recounts-birthing-experience-shares-first-photos-with-newborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekene Umenwa recounts birthing experience, shares first photos with newborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Ekene Umenwa has shared photos, including a video of her welcoming her first child in the US<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The Nollywood actress also applauded mothers for the efforts they put in during pregnancy and child delivery with a maternity picture that went viral. <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Ekene Umenwa&#8217;s post comes a few days after she announced the birth of her first child.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Movie actress Ekene Umenwa has given her fans and colleagues a glimpse of her first child&#8217;s delivery in the US. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The actress, who announced the birth of her child with a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/09\/02\/ekene-umenwas-mother-mary-themed-newborn-baby-announcement-thrills-destiny-etiko-regina-daniels-others\/\">Holy Mary&#8217; maternity picture<\/a>, recently revealed she gave birth in the United States as she shared adorable hospital photos of her baby.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-187489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/IMG_3157.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/IMG_3157.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/IMG_3157-269x300.jpeg 269w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/IMG_3157-918x1024.jpeg 918w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/IMG_3157-768x856.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ekene Umenwa while speaking on her birthing experience also lauded her mother and other women, stating that giving birth wasn\u2019t an easy one.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She wrote: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;@kleanson and I Welcomed our first fruit in United States of America weeks ago and I can only say this to every mum out there including my mother UNA TOO MUCH. JEHOVAH wetin my eye see na only Jesus and mother Mary fit explain am give una because if not for them chimoooooooo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">mothers are something else wow to every mother out there chop kiss muahhhh.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pls help me say thank you Jesus on the comment section. 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