ITV BGT’s Amanda Holden says moment she ‘died’ changed life forever

Amanda Holden has opened up about the moment she ‘ died ‘ in 2012, after a ‘ difficult birth ‘ with her second daughter, Hollie. The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 54, was left fighting for her life, requiring several blood transfusions, following a critical haemorrhage.

While Amanda is undeniably grateful that both she and Hollie, now 13, survived, she admitted that she’s ‘ never stopped thinking about death ‘ ever since. “I had a really difficult birth with Holly, which ended up with me in a coma”, she said in a heartfelt chat with Alan Carr on BBC’s Amanda &amp, Alan’s Spanish Job.

“I died. And I was in intensive care, and the baby was fine, and then when I came round and everything was alright, I never stopped thinking about death after that and how easy and close it is to you.

” All the time. Life is so precious, and it can disappear from you so fast that I’m just like, ‘ Make every second count’. Literally. “Sadly, this isn’t the only time that Amanda has faced a difficult pregnancy, having also miscarried in 2010.

A year later, she was then left utterly heartbroken when another child died in the womb at 28 weeks. In 2022, she told Heart Radio that she was completely terrified about telling her eldest daughter Lexi, now 19, with the traumatic ordeal propelling her into a ‘ surreal out-of-body experience’.

” We lost our baby Theo at 28 weeks, and they very sensitively moved me into another room so I could deliver him without having to hear the lovely babies screaming on a normal ward, “she said.

” Often that’s not thought about, it’s little things like that. “She added:” I just remember hearing this woman just screaming and screaming and then it was actually — it was me, I realised it was me that was screaming. “

A stillbirth takes place when ‘ a baby is born dead after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy’. If a baby dies before this period it is known as a miscarriage. Sadly, one in every 250 pregnancies in England result in stillbirths, NHS data suggests.

While these deaths are often linked to placenta complications, birth defects or the mother’s health, some cases have no obvious cause. The TV star has previously opened up about her harrowing ordeal in a bid to raise awareness of stillbirths.

Last month, she also marked the 14th anniversary of Theo’s death by lighting a candle in his memory”. Our beautiful boy would have been 14 today, “she wrote on Instagram at the time.

Source: Mirror