Mother-of-five claims her boyfriend left to get his phone fixed after she gave birth to daughter

A woman has gone viral after sharing a video online claiming her partner left her to get his phone fixed after she’d just given birth to their daughter.

Social worker Erinjade Rand, 31, from Sydney,  is a mother of five to Cobi-jay, nine, Lukah, eight, Talea, six, Kiarna, two, but was left horrified when she underwent a ‘traumatic’ birth with her youngest daughter Reynah, now one.

Calling the birth ‘surreal’, she said the little girl had come out with the cord wrapped around her neck before doctors were able to help her breathe for the first time.

However, moments after the birth of her daughter Reynah, Erinjade claims her partner Jason Saavedra left her to go and get his phone fixed because of a cracked screen.

After the mother-of-five shared a video online after the experience, it quickly went viral, with many other TikTok users telling Erinjade she’s ‘better off without him’.

Erinjade Rand, 31, a social worker from Sydney, Australia, has five children and most recently gave birth to  her daughter Reynah (pictured with Erinjade)

Reynah’s birth was more complicated than Erinjade’s other water births as her daughter had the cord wrapped around her neck, which left her needing oxygen

Erinjade said her boyfriend and the father of her children Jason Saavedra (pictured) left after Reynah’s birth to get his phone screen repaired 

She said: ‘I’d just given birth in the birthing pool. The staff were attending to my daughter and I’d just got back on the bed when he said he was going to get his phone fixed.

‘The birth itself was extremely traumatic and surreal. Reynah had come out with the cord wrapped around her neck, so I had to keep her under the water which was scary.

‘There were alarms going off, she was staring at me completely blue not making any noise.

‘During this time my partner was filming it while I looked scared for my life.

Erinjade posted a video online depicting her traumatic experience, writing that ‘minutes’ after she gave birth, her boyfriend ‘left’ 

‘He cut the cord. She had no oxygen, so they were trying to get her to breathe. 

‘I was still in the bath left unattended without my partner comforting me.

‘He was still filming at this point and I was looking around thinking “am I really here?”

‘It felt so surreal but thankfully they got Reynah breathing. The midwife helped me out of the bath and into bed and I gave birth to the placenta. 

‘At this point my partner said he was going to take his phone to be repaired.

‘I think I probably just nodded at the time, in complete shock at everything that had just happened.

The mother-of-five, pictured with (left to right) Reynah, Cobi-jay, Lukah and Talea, said her midwife was ‘absolutely amazing’

‘All my kids were birthed naturally in the water and I’ve never had an experience like I did with Reynah. It was absolutely awful.’

She added: ‘My midwife was absolutely amazing and I really couldn’t have got through it without her. I don’t think she really liked him to be honest.

‘I say that because when I was in labour pushing away prior to Reynah, he was sat playing games on his phone and the midwife made digs at him.

‘She said “Are you going to come over and help her then?” 

‘He said “Yeah, I will do when I’ve finished playing this game”.

‘That’s not even the worst bit. He went home and I still needed to shower and get myself ready to leave the hospital.

‘Normally dad looks after the baby while the mother showers but he wasn’t there so I stayed in the unit while the midwife watched her.

‘He was supposed to pick Reynah and I up to go home at 4.30pm but he didn’t turn up until at least 5.45pm. I think that annoyed the midwife even more.’

She added: ‘It was just completely unnecessary. Why would you need to get your phone fixed just after the birth of your daughter?

She said giving birth to Reynah was ‘extremely traumatic and surreal’ but what made it worse was her boyfriend not helping her

The Australian woman said she and her then-boyfriend had couple’s counselling after the ‘awful’ experience of her birth to Reynah

A video of the mother-of-five detailing her experience went viral on TikTok and racked up more than a million views

‘It doesn’t seem surprising to me though, he always loved prioritising pretty much anything he could over me.

‘After the birth and all the chaos of the relationship, we decided to have couples therapy.

‘In the session we were asked to say what was at the top of our priorities and for me I said it was my kids’ happiness that meant the most.

‘My partner said basketball was the top of his, and even when the question was explained to him, he still said basketball!

‘The therapist said he was a narcissist, which he didn’t like whatsoever but thankfully those sessions made me see it all so clearly.’

Although this turbulent relationship was incredibly painful for Erinjade, she said she has come out of the other side so much stronger following their separation.

Talea, Lukah cradles Reynah as Talea (far left), Cobi-jay (second from right) and Kiarna (right) watch on

She said: ‘This relationship has taught me so much. It’s taught me how to be aware and not as trusting.

‘It’s also taught me that if people don’t want to be helped then they can’t be helped.

‘I feel stupid, I thought he could do better.’

Erinjade’s ex-boyfriend Jason Saavedra said: ‘I didn’t leave Erinjade after she gave birth to Reynah.

‘When she went into labour, I asked for her permission to go and get my phone fixed.

‘This is because I wanted to get photos of my daughter when she was born, and I was out for no longer than ten minutes.

‘Then she gave birth to my beautiful daughter Reynah and got heaps of photos too.’

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