Kim Seung-hye: Cervix already 4cm dilated upon hospital arrival—gave birth to daughter 3 hours later

Comedian Kim Seung-hye revealed the intense moments leading up to holding her first daughter in her arms. Although she had experienced pain from the day before giving birth, she did not realize it was true labor, and by the time she arrived at the hospital, her cervix was already 4cm dilated. Having realized the situation late, Kim Seung-hye shared the childbirth process that even surprised the medical staff.

On the 8th, Kim Seung-hye shared the story of giving birth to her first daughter on the 29th of last month through her YouTube channel. Back pain began the night before giving birth, but she did not think of it as a sign that childbirth was imminent and regarded it as simple Braxton Hicks contractions.

However, the situation changed when she noticed bleeding around 5 a.m. Feeling something was wrong, Kim Seung-hye visited the hospital and learned through examination that her cervix was already 4cm dilated. This meant that active labor was already significantly underway.

Recalling that moment, Kim Seung-hye said, "Even the nurses asked, 'How did you endure until 4cm?'" She confessed that she herself had not even properly realized that labor had begun, stating, "I didn't know it was true labor." While she was enduring the pain, she had not expected that childbirth was just around the corner.

Fortunately, the delivery proceeded smoothly. About three and a half hours after arriving at the hospital, Kim Seung-hye held her first daughter in her arms. Unlike the moment she urgently sought hospital care, she became a mother after successfully completing the delivery with the help of the medical staff.

Husband Kim Hae-joon also stayed by his wife's side. Although he had a scheduled morning appointment, he was present during the childbirth process, personally cut the daughter's umbilical cord, and participated in kangaroo care, where the newborn and parents make skin-to-skin contact. The couple made special memories by being together at the moment they welcomed their first child.

Kim Seung-hye and Kim Hae-joon married in October 2024 after dating for about one year. The two, who had been waiting for their first child since marriage, became parents by having a daughter on the 29th of last month. As the behind-the-scenes story of Kim Seung-hye's childbirth—where she only sought hospital care after her cervix was already 4cm dilated because she failed to recognize the labor—was revealed, attention is being focused on the intense moments leading up to meeting her first daughter.

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