Oti Mabuse received therapy after the traumatic birth of her first child.
Oti Mabuse praises NHS for support with premature baby
The 33-year-old 'Strictly Come Dancing' star and her husband Marius Lepure welcomed their daughter two months early at the end of last year.
The baby was born with an infection after Oti developed sepsis and spent six weeks in neonatal intensive care at University College London Hospital and Oti has praised the NHS for the support her family received.
She told The Sun on Sunday: "The NHS gave us a therapist so we had someone to come in and check on our wellbeing and mental health and talk to us.
"You don’t always have that as a new mum.
"It was helpful for someone to ask me, ‘How are you feeling? How are you dealing with these new emotions?’.
“My sepsis was discovered after the birth — it’s not something that was missed, so I just want to make that clear, as I’d read it misinterpreted like that a while ago.
"My daughter had an infection when she came out and the doctors gave her treatment.
"I didn’t have time to panic — we were just focused on her being better.
"I always felt she was in safe hands. It was about treating her the best way we could.
"She had to learn to breathe on her own properly, eat on her own, and that came with time.
"It’s incredible seeing the nurses and midwives in action, they attend to your baby when you’re not there.
"We went every day. I got on with it and I had a lot of support from my family and friends, keeping me positive."
And, Oti revealed that seeing Marius as a dad has made her brought them even closer.
She said: "I am falling in love with him all over again. Seeing him standing there with a baby is so adorable. He always wanted to be a dad.
"Marius is home with me a lot. We try to fix our schedule so we are with her a lot.”