Dia Mirza opens up on near-death experience during pregnancy

Dia Mirza has opened up on a near-death experience that she survived during pregnancy. The actor said she had to go in for an appendectomy in the fifth month of her pregnancy. Dia further added that it was a tough time but she is thankful for 2021 as the year made her mother.

Hyderabad (Telangana): Bollywood actor Dia Mirza had an eventful 2021. From getting married to businessman Vaibhav Rekhi to welcoming their first child together during a pandemic and surviving a near-death experience, the actor had a roller coaster year full of exciting and tough times.

Dia ended 2021 on a grateful note as the year for making her mother and said that it was a year filled with incredible joy and a near-death experience. Dia had posted a video collage featuring moments from all the months.

Alongside the clip, she wrote: "Thank you #2021 for making me a Mother. It was (a) year filled with incredible joy, a near-death experience, the early birth of our son and some very testing times. But the lessons are well learnt and the gratitude runs deep. The biggest learning - the toughest times don't last. Breathe. Witness. Surrender. And be grateful. Every single day."

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Elaborating on her 'near-death' experience, Dia in a recent interview with a webloid said: "I had to go in for an appendectomy in the fifth month of my pregnancy. I was in and out of hospital subsequently because of an acute bacterial infection that could have led to sepsis while I was in my sixth month of pregnancy."

Dia further added that it was a tough time as her baby had to be delivered because her placenta had started to haemorrhage. The 40-year-old actor said she is grateful to her gynaecologist who save her life as well as her baby's.

Dia's little one was born prematurely on May 15 via an emergency C-Section and was tended to by nurses and doctors in a neonatal ICU. Dia and Vaibhav had tied the knot in February 2021 in an intimate wedding ceremony. She announced her pregnancy in April.