On December 14, the media reported that blogger Aisha's son passed away an hour after giving birth in the swimming pool at home. Read more in the Moscow 24 article.
“Stop breathing”
Media reported that a home birth ended in tragedy for blogger Aisha Chigga (real name Aisha Rakaeva). According to journalists, she gave birth on December 14 in a high-rise building in Moscow.
“In the afternoon, on Polina Osipenko Street, a 27-year-old woman went into labor naturally. The child was born right in the swimming pool, initially he was alive,” telegram channel 112 said, later explaining that the woman in labor turned out to be a social network star.
According to the source, a baby boy was born: he was said to have been underwater for about 30 minutes and about an hour after birth, he stopped breathing. The woman in labor had to be hospitalized, but despite resuscitation measures, the child could not be saved.
The blogger's sister Sofia confirmed to MSK1.RU the news of the baby's death. However, according to her, the cause of death was not water.
“We will tell everything after she is discharged from the hospital. Everything written about the swimming pool, that the child was in the water for an hour, is not true. I don't want to say anything. The correct information is that the child died.” Sofia, younger sister of blogger Aisha
The fact that Aisha and her husband are expecting a baby boy became known in the summer. The couple shared videos and photos of the gender reveal party on social media.
By the way, Aisha's previous accounts on Telegram and Instagram (this platform belongs to Meta and is considered extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) became inaccessible after the incident. However, on December 15, a new telegram channel “AI SHA CHIGGA” appeared, in which an article appeared dedicated to the tragedy.
“With a heavy heart, I write this letter to you… During a home birth, a tragedy happened… My newborn did not survive. I was hospitalized and now I am in unspeakable pain, that night was terrible. This was the most difficult time of my life and I don't even know how to find the strength to continue. In addition, there are still many trials, consultations, investigations and funerals to come,” the post read. write.
According to the author of the article, after the incident, she began to receive threats and hate.
“I received a lot of threats and hate, but received more attention and support, thank you for your love and kindness, you give me the strength to hang on,” the author wrote, adding that “she will definitely be in touch later.”
Blogger career
Aisha is a blogger with an audience of over 1.4 million people on TikTok. The first video on her account is dated March 17, 2020. She is less active on other social networks: more than 9.6 thousand people subscribe to her Instagram page (this platform belongs to Meta and is considered extremist and banned in the Russian Federation), the audience of the telegram channel is less than a thousand.
Aisha was most popular in 2021–2022: then her videos collected from a few thousand to a few million views. Her most popular video has more than 29 million views, and in one of her 2021 videos viewed by more than 5 million people, she shaved her head.
The girl is also known as a choreographer, dancer, model and actress under the pseudonym Aisha Chigga. According to press reports, she was a team member of the “Mask” project, worked with “New Star Factory”, starred in the TV series “Patriot”, and also appeared in the videos of Instasamka (real name – Daria Eropkina), Marie Kraimbreri (real name – Marina Zhadan) and other artists, collaborating with Polina Gagarina and the group “Hands Up!”.
