Real Housewives of Potomac 's Candiace Dillard Bassett and husband Chris have welcomed their first child together, a boy named Jett. But while the birth went smoothly, complications afterwards left her paralysed in pain and struggling with her mental health . The new mum explained it started with "horrifying lower abdominal pains" in the days after giving birth in an interview with People .
"It was so bad that I couldn't walk, I couldn't move, I couldn't do anything. And it just kept getting worse," she said. READ MORE: Influencer's husband gifts her insane $54k 'push present' At the time, Candiace and Chris were staying at the Sanu Postnatal Retreat, a luxury wellness center in McLean in Washington, and was taking painkillers to manage the pain, although it wasn't getting better.
When she and Chris headed home with Jett the problem continued and she developed high fevers too, but her mental health began to suffer too. "I was really depressed because you have to understand: I couldn't get up – literally, I was stuck in the bed, doubled over in pain," she explained. "I couldn't take care of my baby.
If I didn't have a husband, me and my child would be dead because I could not do anything. READ MORE: Aussie mums warn against 'nightmare' popular toy "I was just like a literal vegetable, laying there like a bump on a log." It was her dad who pushed her to go back to the doctor and a CAT scan found a blood clot in her left ovary.
Fortunately, she doesn't need surgery at this.