Cori Broadus is giving fans a look into her journey as a new mom.
The daughter of Snoop Dogg recently appeared on the JST Us Podcast alongside her fiancé, Wayne Deuce, where the couple opened up about navigating life as NICU parents after welcoming their baby girl.
Cori, who has been open about living with lupus, knew from the start that her pregnancy would be considered high risk. Still, she admits the constant warnings from doctors began to take a toll on her.
“Just having lupus and being pregnant is automatically high risk,” Cori shared. “So every doctor’s appointment it was like this could happen this could happen that could happen. To it was like till one point I was like I don’t even want to go to the doctors anymore because it’s like sucking the joy out of [the] whole experience.”
Despite the concerns, she says her pregnancy actually went smoothly. Even labor and delivery were easier than expected.
“I really had a smooth sail in pregnancy even labor and delivery and I just posted that today like God is really… I always say I’m his favorite.”
One of the most challenging parts for Cori has been pumping breast milk while being separated from her daughter.
“That’s a full-time job… every two hours like pulling your boobs out… sometimes the milk doesn’t come out because your body is still trying to get used to everything especially with my baby not being present… I used to have to look at pictures of her and like Zoom and see her in the NICU.”
“Just seeing her like that breaks my heart and I think I really felt like I failed her… like me being your mommy I couldn’t even give you what you needed.”
Still, through all of it, Broadus holds onto gratitude. “It could be worse. People go full term and lose their babies… our baby has her five fingers five toes… she’s healthy… she’s breathing.”
Wayne has been her rock throughout the experience. Whenever she begins to feel overwhelmed, he brings her back to center with perspective and love.
“He always… brings me to the center. Cuz I be like ‘why me’… he said ‘Cori our baby’s here and she’s breathing and we get to see what she would be doing in my tummy now in person.’”
