Last November, Carmella and Corey Graves welcomed their first child into the world together.
The couple previously dealt with miscarriage, as Carmella had battled depression after dealing with an ectopic pregnancy. The couple’s son is named Dimitri Paul Polinsky. The WWE star endured a 60-hour labor.
Fans have been wondering when Carmella will make a return to WWE television. While appearing on the Nikki & Brie Show, the former SmackDown Women’s Champion noted that she misses the fans, but she’s dealing with drop foot, an injury she suffered while giving birth.
Carmella said, “Of course. I’m sure you guys can relate….I miss the fans. I miss performing. I fell in love with that and have been doing it for 11 years. More than anything, I want to prove to myself, ‘I can go through this insane experience of labor, delivering, pregnancy, and my body is completely different from the inside out,’ but I’d love to go back and prove that I can. No one else, just to myself, but unfortunately, I’ve been dealing with what is called drop foot. I have an injury from labor and delivery and pushing the baby out. I have herniated discs in my back, which push on this nerve that is connected to my right foot. The top of my foot it’s hard to lift. I’m literally limping around everywhere. It’s gotten better. I’ve been wrestling for 11 years, and other than some concussions, knock-on-wood, never had any injuries. Now, I have a major injury from delivering my son.”
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