Why Sophia Grace Brownlee Has ‘No Regrets’ About Becoming a New Mother at 19
The old one The Ellen DeGeneres Show a child star Sophia Grace Brownlee she has no regrets about being a young mother.
“I was very young when I had River. I was 19, which I feel like I’m young,” said Brownlee, 22, on Wednesday, February 25, episode of the podcast “Private Story”, referring to his son. “I have no regrets, I like to do anything because I am very happy where I am now.”
Brownlee announced in October 2022 that she was expecting her first child before giving birth to River in March 2023. The social media star revealed the following year that she was pregnant again. Brownlee gave birth to daughter Athena in January 2025. (Brownlee has not publicly disclosed the father of her children.)
“When I was with Athena, I was 21, which is a little old,” he explained on Wednesday’s episode. “It’s too young to have kids, but I don’t think there’s a right age to have kids as long as you’re ready and you’re old enough, that’s all that matters.”
Brownlee also admitted that, because of his experience The Ellen DeGeneres Showhe was “financially stable” enough to support his family without struggling.
“If I wasn’t like that, I would have struggled a lot,” she said. “So, yes, I’m blessed to be in that position.”
Although Brownlee found a good rhythm as a mother of two, she did not have an easy pregnancy and delivery journey.
“Actually, Mfula was very upset. “I went into labor naturally, and it was only a week away, which is normal. [babies] what is right.”
Brownlee continued, “Plenty of doctors and surgeons [came into my room]very scary. I was like, ‘What’s going on?’ They were like, ‘We think we’re going to have to do a C-section because the baby is in distress.’ I was very afraid that they would put me to sleep because that is one of the things that I fear the most because I think that I will not wake up.”
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According to Brownlee, her emergency surgery was “one of the scariest moments” of her life.
“I’ve never had a good night’s sleep in a hospital for anything in my life, so I’m laying there in a room full of people,” explained the YouTube star. “I put this curtain in front of me because they don’t want to see it, I was numb too.
River was finally delivered safely, which was a stark contrast to the birth of Brownlee and Athena.
“Because I had a C-section, it was like, ‘We’re going to book you in for another one,'” she said of giving birth to her second child. “That’s what they like to do, but the midwives were like, ‘No, we think you can have her naturally, so at least try.’ I did, and it went very quickly. … I was very proud of myself, and I was happy that I had a natural birth, which I would have always chosen instead of a C-section.”
