Toolz confirms birth of baby boy, recounts loss of first child

Celebrity broadcaster, Tolu Oniru-Demuren, popularly known as Toolz, has finally confirmed the birth of her son, weeks after the news broke on social media.

Narrating her journey to motherhood in an Instagram post on Monday, the 36-year-old said to God: “For this child I have prayed and You heard my cry. For this baby I had faith and You gave new life.”

Recalling the pain of losing her first child, she added: “This time last year, I would often cry myself to sleep thinking about the baby we lost, but now I can’t sleep because I can’t stop staring at the most precious gift God has given me this year.”

The post comes with a video of her in different stages of pregnancy.

It also shows her husband, Tunde Demuren, holding the baby, whose face has not been unveiled.

“I still can’t believe I’m a mummy,” she went on.

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'For this child I have prayed and You heard my cry. For this baby I had faith and You gave new life'… This time last year, I posted my most vulnerable and honest post to date after my miscarriage. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES!! This time last year, I would often cry myself to sleep thinking about the baby we lost, but now I can't sleep because I can't stop staring at the most precious gift God has given me this year….MY SON.❤❤❤ I look at my little prince and I am in complete awe! I still can't believe I'm a mummy. I can't wait to teach him everything I know and learn so much from him too. I can't wait to show him how much every inch of me loves him. I also can't wait to "Patience Ozokwor" his future girlfriends 😁😁 The biggest lesson I learnt this year is to NEVER…EVER GIVE UP ON GOD. Since last year, we prayed, fasted and prayed some more for God to bless us with a healthy baby in 2018. Towards the end of the first quarter, I started to think that our prayers wouldn't be answered in 2018. I stupidly got impatient and frustrated with God. One day in April, Captain came home and found me in bed crying my eyes out because I thought we wouldn't have a baby in 2018. Little did I know that as I was crying and getting upset and frustrated with God, I was actually already pregnant. While I was being weak and doubting Him, He had already answered our prayers! For our family, friends and every single one of you that remembered us in prayer….Thank you so very much. May God overwhelm you with incredible blessings this coming year. For women dealing with the loss of a child like I did last year, know that the story doesn't end there. God has already completed your testimony, and I pray that you (just like me) will be celebrating sooner rather than later. For anyone waiting on God to answer their prayers, please remember that God's delay isn't His denial. Thank you Heavenly Father for always showing that you've got me! Lots of love and Happy Amazing 2019 from Toolz, Captain and Chairman 👶🏾 #GodsGotMe #TreeOfUs #Testimony #We2019Ready

A post shared by Toolz Oniru-Demuren (@toolzo) on Dec 31, 2018 at 8:51am PST

Toolz opened up about her miscarriage in an interview with Genevieve magazine earlier this year.

She described her harrowing experience: “From the point we found out something was wrong till when the process was over was quite harrowing, but the parts that really broke me were going through the pain of labour knowing my baby was already gone.

“I also had a mini-break down when I had to get a death certificate so we could have a burial.

“I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much in my life.”

She launched a lingerie line named Sablier for plus-size women in May just about the time many were speculating that she was pregnant with another child.