Recently we all learned that actress Keshia Knight Pulliam gave birth to her baby girl Ella Grace.
The actress talked about her labor and delivery experience during a new episode of her podcast “Kandidly Keisha.”
According to E News, while speaking about her experience, she talked about how a lactation specialist had mistaken her for a mother that was in need after giving birth to her baby girl.
She said, “Bless this old little lady’s heart. This old little white lady…she’s like about 70 years old.”
Keshia pointed out that the specialist handed her a pamphlet, which is a part of the hospitals standard procedure for new mothers. However, she said that the specialist turned to a certain page that listed about 30 different numbers and resources for mothers.
Keshia felt offended when the specialist said, “Yes we have some great programs that you may want to take advantage of that you may need. Um, WIC is a great program. I don’t know if you have insurance.”
Keshia then continued, “So I guess she saw this little black girl with the little baby by herself and on the door, I didn’t realize that they’d put like a faux last name and the last name was Brown. So I guess she saw ‘Miss Brown’ and was like, She probably needs some WIC.'”
She then stopped the lady and let her know that she has excellent insurance.
“I get it, it’s about showing the services that are offered. And I probably wouldn’t have been offended had she [pointed out] several of the services [and not just] WIC and the fact that ‘if you don’t have insurance,” said Pulliam.
Needless to say, her doula was also on hand following the delivery and requested another lactation specialist, after she claims the first specialist didn’t want to touch her to show her how to properly breastfeed her baby.
Check out the podcast episode here.
