Gospel singer singer-cum-pastor Linet Munyali aka Size 8 has revealed that her mother wanted to abort her while she was still a foetus.
The mother of two opened up about her brushes with death as she celebrated her birthday on August 4, 2023.
“It’s my birthday today and I choose to celebrate JESUS CHRIST not me…… just see how far the Lord Jesus Christ has brought me……..many of you don’t know that if it was not for the Lord Jesus Christ I would not have ever existed,” Size 8 wrote.
“From my mother’s womb the devil wanted to kill me my mother almost aborted me but she was told if she does it she might die that’s how I survived,” she added.
HBP
Size 8 also reflected on her battle with High Blood Pressure (HBP) which has made her have encounters with death multiple times.
She recalled how she lost two unborn babies because of HBP.
“And for the past 8 years high blood pressure wanted to take me out… So many times I was rushed to the emergency room but Jesus Christ came to protect His servant…. My life is a miracle, my marriage a miracle, my children waaaaa two amazing miracles…. I have had 4 pregnancies I’ve lost two but by God’s amazing grace @ladashabelle.wambo and @muraya.jnr were born God said noooo and the two were miraculously born…… I now leave for Jesus Christ alone for this is His life not mine,” she wrote.
Preeclampsia
In June 2022, Size 8 nearly broke down in tears while explaining how extreme preeclampsia robbed her of the ability to become a mother for the third time.
Preeclampsia is one high blood pressure (hypertension) disorder that occurs during pregnancy. Size 8 spoke about her condition while speaking during an interview with YouTuber Nicholas Kioko.
The YouTuber asked the mother of two if she was pregnant with baby number three but she made it clear that she couldn’t be knocked up again because of her condition.
“Ni nguo imejaa ata ni cotton. Sitaki mtoto sahi na sitarajii mtoto na siombi mtoto na nataka kufanya kazi ya Mungu nimetosheka. Wahu congratulations I wish you well mummy unajua ako na mtoto, wacha wao wazae unajua mimi sitaki mtoto sahi. Unajua for me health-wise high blood pressure imekua ikinikimbiza. Si ati sitaki watoto but heath-wise for me it’s a threat,” she said.
Near-death experiences
Size 8 has had a brush with death at least four times in her quest to be a mother. One time she suffered paralysis on the left side of her body.
She narrated how she nearly died while she was pregnant and suffered at least two miscarriages because of high blood pressure.
“Wambo I almost miscarried because of high blood pressure inaitwa extreme preeclampsia. The after Wambo nililose mtoi hapo katikati because of it and then nkazaa Junior. Junior kidogo iniue nlikua naparalize hii yote (left side of her body) but by the grace of God nilizaa but nilizaa early kalikua kadogo nini.
“And then after that nkapata ball last year hio karibu iniue I think all of you saw. But unfortunately mtoi wangu hakusurvive. And then even this year March tarehe 7 pressure ilikua imefika 236 so nka advisiwa mambo ya watoi for me…. By the way mi napenda watoi ata ningekua na watoi 10 but health yangu. But napray God atanitoa kwa mambo ya kumeza dawa za pressure to the glory of God,” she narrated.
Miscarriages, complicated pregnancies
Size 8 struggled with her first pregnancy due to high blood pressure. Doctors advised her to deliver before nine months, it was the only way she could save her baby’s life. She gave birth to her daughter Ladasha Belle Wambo in November 2015.
In 2018, Size 8 got pregnant with baby number two but unfortunately, she lost her unborn baby after months of enduring a complicated pregnancy.
She got pregnant again in 2019 and she managed to pull through despite developing serious complications. She gave birth to her son Samuel Muraya Junior in November of that year.
The gospel singer however nearly died while giving birth to her son. The baby was born through a Cesarean Section after she developed serious complications.
A few days after giving birth to her son, Size 8’s blood pressure shot up causing her to have a minor stroke. She was paralysed on the left side of her body.
Two years after giving birth to her son Junior, Size 8 got pregnant but then again she suffered a miscarriage in 2021.
Size 8 and her husband DJ Mo announced on social media in October 2021 that they had made a bold decision to undergo a medical procedure that resulted in them losing the baby.
In March 2022, Size 8’s blood pressure shot up again and she was rushed to the hospital where she was admitted for two days before being discharged.
She was in the hospital for two days but her situation was critical. The mother of two said that she was alive by a miracle.
Size 8 opened up about her hospital admission in a lengthy post on social media, she stressed that God healed her as she was staring at death.
