The TikTok star is being credited with saving her husband, Dan Matthews, after sharing footage of a terrifying choking incident involving mozzarella sticks.
Samantha Matthews shouldn’t be solely an influencer — she’s additionally a lifesaver.
The pregnant TikTok star is being credited with saving her husband, Dan Matthews, after a terrifying choking incident involving mozzarella sticks.
“That one time I used to be six months pregnant and needed to give my husband the Heimlich…” Samantha wrote in a TikTok posted Tuesday, alongside safety digicam footage capturing the near-death second.
Within the clip, Dan could possibly be seen having fun with a snack on the household dinner desk earlier than immediately operating to the trash can. As soon as Samantha realized her husband was choking, she instantly stepped in.
“Principally I used to be on this insane battle towards a mozzarella stick, and Sam was like, ‘Faucet me in,'” Dan defined in a separate TikTok. “I used to be simply chewing on mozzarella sticks. Cheese was nonetheless hooked up, so a part of the mozzarella stick was down right here [near my neck], half was nonetheless in my mouth.”
Issues rapidly escalated.
“Then it totally received caught and I went to breathe and Sam goes, ‘Babe, are you OK?’ That is after I was like, Oh, that is unhealthy. I am really choking now,” Dan recalled. “It is not simply annoying and in my throat.”
Regardless of being in her third trimester, Samantha jumped into motion along with her two youngsters standing close by. She efficiently carried out the Heimlich maneuver, dislodging the meals and saving Dan’s life.
“We snicker about it now however within the second, it was very traumatic,” Samantha admitted. “I used to be so in shock of what simply occurred, however I needed to flip sideways as a result of my stomach was in the way in which. I knew I needed to rise up beneath there.”
The couple, and revealed authors, who’ve amassed a following on TikTok beneath the account Dan and Sam, have used their platform to share a take a look at their household’s life in addition to Samantha’s journey as a surrogate for 2 {couples}.
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Whereas Samantha as soon as revealed she was completed having kids of her personal, she shocked followers in April by asserting she is anticipating her third baby with Dan later this 12 months. In June, the pair revealed they’re having a child boy, with one in all their surrogacy companions current on the gender reveal.
“Nonetheless feels bizarre that this child is ours however we’re so excited!” Samantha shared in a TikTok on September 6. “Solely 74 days to go! 🥹.”
