'16 & Pregnant' star woke up from heroin-induced coma to learn she was pregnant
“16 & Pregnant” star Jessica Danielle Cunningham is opening up about the struggles she faced after appearing on the reality series, including drug addiction, and a shocking second pregnancy.Jessica Danielle Cunningham in ID’s “Hollywood Demons: Surviving 16 & Pregnant.” (Credit : Investigation Discovery)Cunningham details her issues in ID’s “Hollywood Demons: Surviving 16 & Pregnant.”After criticism following her time on the show, Cunningham says she got into drugs."I just started partying. And then all of a sudden pills started going into the parties and we're doing Xanax, and then it was Percocet, and when I was 17, I had somebody shoot me up with heroin," she recalled, per a clip shared by People magazine.Cunningham thought she was managing the addictions well, recalling being a “functioning addict” because she was able to maintain a job, a house, a car, and care for her child.But she admitted, “It's not like he wasn't getting fed or clothed, but emotionally. I just wasn't there like I should have been."In 2012, she overdosed on heroin the backseat of a friend’s car."Back then, Narcan wasn't a thing like it is today, where you can just Narcan, send you on your way. So, I'm like, choking on my tongue. She doesn't want to call the cops, so she drives me all the way to the hospital. By the time I got to the hospital, I was black and blue, and they're saying I was gonna be brain dead,” the reality star shared.Jessica Danielle Cunningham overdose on heroin in 2012. (Credit : Investigation Discovery)She woke up from her coma to learn truly surprising news: she was pregnant with her second child with then-boyfriend Jamie."Jamie and me, we found out we were going to have another kid. I was pregnant, very early. Four weeks pregnant with my daughter,” she said.The couple welcomed Jayleigh in 2013, who arrived healthy and happy.Cunningham got clean after the incident, saying she “never touched” heroin again, and Jayleigh is her “miracle baby.”Follow us on Instagram @WeArePauseRewind for all your pop culture obsessions.
