Jamelia breaks down in tears as she reveals her daughter True nearly died when she stopped breathing at four weeks old
The singer was convinced her four-week-old baby True was going to die in her arms
JAMELIA has revealed her daughter nearly died when she was four weeks old.
The singer opened up about the traumatic event on today’s This Morning as she campaigned for basic CPR training for all new parents.
Earlier this year the star was sitting watching TV with her daughter True lying on her chest, when she noticed she had stopped breathing.
She recalled: “I just noticed at one point she flung herself backwards and it took me a couple of seconds to realise she wasn't breathing.
"At that point I can only describe panic. After about two minutes I just remember my daughter going limp and I felt like when she was giving up.
"All I kept thinking was, 'Oh my gosh, she's going to die. She's going to die'."
The 37-year-old, who broke down in tears as she remembered what had happened, revealed her eldest daughter called for an ambulance and managed to follow the instructions of the emergency services while they waited for help to arrive.
“If it wasn’t for my daughter she might not be here because I didn’t know what to do,” she said.
Since then Jamelia has undertaken CPR training and has been able to help her baby, who has a reflux problem, when she was choking.
"Even yesterday she had an episode, she was choking and I was able to deal with it and she was fine within about five seconds," she said.
But she is keen for all new parents to have the same training to avoid upset.
She said: “A lot of people make the wrong assumptions. Myself and my daughter have got first aid training.
"Just having that knowledge is invaluable. As a mother you want to be in control, you want to know what to do."
Jamelia, who has not revealed the identity of her husband and True's dad, gave birth to her daughter on 13 December last year - however, the birth wasn't all smooth sailing.
Earlier this year she revealed the terrifying moment she almost lost her baby after her waters broke at just 23 weeks.
She was previously married to footballer Darren Byfield with whom the couple share daughter, Tiani Byfield, 12 and she also has another daughter, Teja Wallen, 17, with former music manager Terry Wallen.
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