‘I pushed a still baby’ – Auntie Jemimah recalls heartbreaking loss of her unborn child
By Valerian Khakayi, November 18, 2025Media personality and stand-up comedian Mercy Wangari Nguri, famously known as Auntie Jemimah, has recalled a painful experience after losing her unborn child.
Speaking during an interview with Chris the Bass, Auntie Jemimah described the ordeal as one of the most heart-wrenching moments of her life, noting that she lost her unborn child at 34 weeks.
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She went on to say that she experienced labour and pushed a stillborn.
Reflecting on her grief, Jemimah revealed the questions that raced through her mind.
“I laboured and I pushed a still baby, no crying, the first moments that you want them to hold you, nothing. It was painful,” she narrated.
“What was running through my mind was that God was unfair because why would you let me carry a child to 34 weeks and then take the child, 34 is a full baby. I asked him so many questions.”
Traumatic experience
The former radio host added that after she delivered, she took photos of the child.
“I remember once I delivered, I stayed with the baby for a while, I took photos, and then I left her in the delivery room and went to the labour room,” she said.
Even though she had received good treatment from the hospital, the comedian disclosed that the way her child was handled left her traumatised.
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She says that since she had no burial plans, the body of the child was collected by staff from City Mortuary, who carried the remains in a black garbage bag
“The way they handled my baby left me traumatised. The hospital did it very well, and I applaud them for that, but since I did not have burial plans, they told me that City Mortuary comes to collect the babies that have died. They handled me very well; they put me in a labour ward alone,” she narrated.
“Then the lady from City Mortuary came and knocked at my door the next day, akaita ‘Mercy’. I said that is me. akanirushia receipt ikaangunga chini kuenda kuchukua nikanotice amebeba mtoto wangu na garbage bag the black ones.”
According to her, seeing the body of her child inside a garbage bag was the most inhumane experience she has ever gone through.
“It was the most inhumane thing I think I went through,” she added.
Advocacy
She further advised that mothers should know they can arrange a decent burial for their child, noting that she did not have this information at the time and did not know she could take her baby home and bury them.
“Now we are trying to push for decency in the way they handle stillborns, and I tell mothers, if you go through that, you can arrange for a burial for your child and be able to do it decently,’ because I did not have that information, and I did not know you could go home and bury your child,” Auntie Jemimah said.
Lessons
In addition, Auntie Jemimah added that she learnt valuable lessons from the loss.
“Two lessons from the loss: we are not fully in control, whoever you believe or greater power you pray to, that is who is in control, and the other lesson is that I accepted death,” she added.