-
Finally, my own baby 3
I got married in the month of September 2009, got pregnant in November the same year but miscarried 2 months later. After the miscarriage, I did not conceive again till late 2010. This pregnancy was closely monitored. In the 6th week, late November 2010, my doctor, a consultant gynaecologist performed an ultrasound and noticed that my uterus was empty, he suspected that the pregnancy was ectopic and advised to go straight home, stay in bed and return the next day to see a consultant radiologist for a confirmatory test. Unfortunately, it ruptured the following morning and an emergency surgery was carried out. God saved my life because I lost so…
-
Finding another baby…
Happy Mother’s day. As promised, here is our first story. It is a story of a journey of secondary infertility I had a difficult time after I had my first daughter. Labor was painless, delivery seemingly simple but two days after I started bleeding. I ended up in the ICU with a number of complications. I came out of hospital several days later a completely different person. Looking back, the trauma I experienced dealt with me but I didn’t realize just how much. The first and obvious sign of trauma was my aversion to going through the childbirth process again. At least not for the foreseeable future. I had…
-
Finally ,my own baby
While we were growing up ,we lived in a close and we had a couple who were also church members on that close .They were our adopted “auntie and uncle”. My brothers and I almost by default went to their house whenever possible and if my memory serves me well, we spent some holidays especially during the weekends with them. We accompanied them to places and they had a very active social life. We were like their children as they did not have kids at the time . I remember a visit to Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos and visiting other notable places with them .I did not really understand the…
