BBC Strictly star Sam Quek's 'recurring nightmare' came true after health scare

Olympian turned TV big Sam Quek, 35, had to woody with thing overmuch much aggravated than the Strictly Come Dancing judges' harsh remarks erstwhile going into labour with her 2nd child

Strictly prima Sam Quek has opened up astir a gruelling wellness scare which became a 'recurring nightmare'.

The erstwhile hockey subordinate turned TV big has had a rocky commencement to her Strictly Come Dancing stint, ranking associated seventh past week with TOWIE prima Pete Wicks. Partnered with pro dancer Nikita Kuzmin, the duo scored 22 points for their Charleston regular to Bob Wilson and his Varsity Rhythm Boys - a 1 constituent alteration from their archetypal week Foxtrot.

But fading hopes of winning the famed Glitterball Trophy don't travel adjacent to the melodramatic ordeal Sam suffered erstwhile going into labour with her 2nd child, Isaac 'Zac' Gregory.

In an exclusive interrogation with OK! Magazine backmost successful 2022, the 35-year-old ex Olympian explained that a week earlier her owed date, she was booked to big BBC's Morning Live, but woke successful the mediate of the nighttime and started to acquisition contractions. Then, she realised she was bleeding.

"I woke up and felt a spot of a twinge," Sam recalled. "Those twinges gradually grew stronger and stronger and turned into contractions. I'd been having recurring nightmares that if this commencement went to a C-section, I was going to haemorrhage. I conscionable felt similar thing was going to spell incorrect for this one, I don't cognize why."

After spotting humor portion getting changed, Sam, who is joined to spot entrepreneur Tom Mairs started to 'panic'. "Naturally, erstwhile you're large and spot blood, it's ne'er a bully sign," she added.

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The mates rushed to the infirmary and were reassured everything was fine, but doctors suggested Sam enactment overnight successful their attraction arsenic a precaution. However, astatine 11am, Sam was told she needed an exigency C-section - and her nightmare became a reality.

"The advisor said 'just to beryllium safe, we're going to whisk you down for an exigency C-section. We don't privation to instrumentality the accidental that it could beryllium thing sinister, truthful we would counsel getting him out'," Sam explained. Wanting to bash 'whatever is safest for the baby', Sam agreed - but refused to spell into theatre until Tom was by her side.

Sam started crying erstwhile she was introduced to Isaac, who was delivered safely aft Tom arrived astatine the hospital. "When his small look popped up implicit the curtain, it was the realisation that he'd yet got here, was harmless and was going to articulation our household of 3 to marque it four," she said.

Strictly Come Dancing airs each Saturday connected BBC One

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