Please, if a new mom complains of any discomfort, take her to the hospital straight. I don't mean chemist, aunty nurse or pharmacy, I mean a standard hospital.
The process of labour and delivery is very complicated.
Inside the womb, the foetus feeds on whatever the mom eats. It is attached to the mom, shares the mom's blood, water and nutrients with her..Labour is the process that occurs when the foetus wants to detach itself from the mom, it involves a lot of painful and complex processes.
Then comes delivery which is the most complex and risky The foetus comes outside and the umbilical cord which joins it to the mom is cut, the placenta which carries blood too is detached. This delivery process that we look down on can move from zero complication to 100 in minutes, whether CS or 'normal delivery' as some call V-birth..
Years ago, a friend's sister gave birth via V-birth and after a few hours, she started bleeding uncontrollably, suddenly. She was even sitting on the hospital bed, breastfeeding her baby when it started. She sadly bled to death that day.
So you see how unpredictable it is?
Mind you, it can happen anywhere in the word, third world countries like Nigeria only have higher rate.
Now to my main point, a new mom is very vulnerable, her system is not yet balanced, anything can go wrong at anytime from delivery to a few weeks after delivery.
We lost a family friend recently.
She gave birth to her third baby three months before and they were gearing up for church dedication. That week, she started complaining of feeling sick. They called a neighbourhood "nurse" to come treat her at home.
Aunty nurse came and administered intravenous fluid(drip) on her, gave her injections and medicines to treat malaria, typhoid and infection, without doing tests.
After three days of taking injection and the medicines, she was still sick and they told Aunty nurse, she told them to keep giving her the medicines, that she will be fine(the injection had ended).
The woman died two days later, leaving behind two kids below 6yrs and a new born baby.
She gave birth to her third baby three months before and they were gearing up for church dedication. That week, she started complaining of feeling sick. They called a neighbourhood "nurse" to come treat her at home.
Aunty nurse came and administered intravenous fluid(drip) on her, gave her injections and medicines to treat malaria, typhoid and infection, without doing tests.
After three days of taking injection and the medicines, she was still sick and they told Aunty nurse, she told them to keep giving her the medicines, that she will be fine(the injection had ended).
The woman died two days later, leaving behind two kids below 6yrs and a new born baby.
Husband was lamenting that if he knew it would lead to de#th, he would have used the money they reserved for dedication ceremony to treat her in a hospital. They are from the part of the country that fancy dedication party the way Yorubas fancy 8th day naming ceremony.
Rest in peace to her.
Rest in peace to her.
And then u will see some people beating women that actually just gave birth. My God!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell done Sir.
ReplyDeleteSuch a sad one. May her soul rest in peace. Amen.
Women are really trying..
ReplyDeleteFrom pregnancy to labour to delivery to nursing d baby...Ko easy rara
May her soul rest in peace 🙏
Child birth is not a walk in the park. May God bless and keep all mothers safe. And bless every woman that want to have their own children amen.
ReplyDeleteOh Lord Rest in Peace to the Lady oooo
ReplyDeleteGod save Us women ooo
Father please keep protecting us oooo🙏🙏
I Remember when I gave birth to my son ,I was still seing blood but Normally I dey do period if I born.
I gave birth to him September 27 2020.when I left the hospital My elder sis came around to help she massage my tommy with hot water as she finish I enter room wanted to wear pad.. as I bend down the next thing I saw was so much blood cussing like tap water
Ahhh I couldn't move ooo
I called my sister she was shaking me self dey shake
I just manage enter back toilet stand the blood was still cussing out ooo
After awhile shaa it now started coming out small small
I just use pad wear undies jare come out
I still saw blood for like A month and two weeks
Just small small
So Second week of November it stop finally..
Dec I saw my Normal period..
I no go hospital but I was fine ooo
ThankGod ooo..🙏🙏
Hello iya Boys
Who massaged a woman that just delivered stomach, as in the same day u put to bed? Very wrong, thank God u didn't die because it can actually kill u..
Delete@sharonlicious not same day ooo
DeleteAfter three days of delivery was already back home..
Normal delivery do massage hot water nah
I did dat with my first child..
Nothing of such happen
Anyway ThankGod...
Hello iya Boys
Chika thank God for you o because you really took risk by not going to the hospital. Good to know you are okay now.
DeleteThank you dear
DeleteI pray bless for his mercy🙏🙏
Hello iya Boys
God abeg
DeleteI bless God for his Mercy
DeleteWhen trying to save money goes wrong. Not everything in this life should be about saving money. That is one sad story🙏🏾
ReplyDeleteWhat should men married to women who dislike hospitals and even medicines do?
ReplyDeleteCard to a quality hospital plus an ATM card enough to meet bills provided. But Madam says no.
What should a submissive husband (the type Naija women covet to have, Lol) do?
And in passing -
"They are from the part of the country that fancy dedication party the way Yorubas fancy 8th day naming ceremony."
Why not balance the naming since it is relevant?
We already know that south south and south east value child dedication more.
DeleteMay her soul rest in peace
Child birth (C'S or natural birth) is not a child play.
ReplyDeleteThe day I saw a woman in labour, I knew it is not a child's play.
ReplyDeleteSo sad a story.
Kai so sad.
ReplyDeleteKai.... really sad. May her soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing, may God help us all.
This is so sad!
ReplyDeleteI remember having CS after two V-births and the explanation was that my womb was no longer oval but round and the baby couldn't engage. Hence, I had the CS birth and was discharged three days later. A day after i was discharged, i started feeling feverish and a neighbor who runs a laboratory came to run a test on me and said i had very high infection. I reached out to my gynae to ask if he could recommend antibiotics, he said it is best i come back to the hospital (God bless him!!). I got to the hospital and was diagnosed with Sepsis. I was admitted for almost a week!. I thank God for my life. Before then, I never knew sepsis was deadly!!. I thank God for my life and that i listened to my doctor despite what my ex and his mom said!!!......
Thank God for you Anon. Your testimony will be permanent dear 🙏
DeleteThat up there is such a sad story, an avoidable death 🥺🥺
Jesus.
ReplyDeleteThe Most Complex B
I lost a customer at 37 due to complications from child birth recently. After 3 children. Giving birth to the fourth one and this happen. It's painful. May her soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteThis story just remained my of my late neighbor and friend Yemisi. She gave birth safely and we were all happy. On the day of the naming she collapsed and was admitted in the hospital. One week after she died leaving her child Feranmi😪
ReplyDeleteChei....may her soul rest in peace 🙏
DeleteSee what is being disclosed on this post; the death may not be immediate. it is probably important for a new mom not to be left alone at anytime and asked and encouraged to speak up if she feels unwell.
DeleteWhen I tell people that childbirth is a near-death experience, they won't understand. May God protect mothers
ReplyDeleteChild birth is not child's play
ReplyDeleteNo woman deserves to lose her life in child bearing
Reminds me of a relative who Lost her life 13yrs ago...
So sad
ReplyDeleteGod bless all women
ReplyDeleteGod bless all mothers. Childbirth is not childs play. Some men will say their mothers gave birth to 10 children without problem, so the wife cannot even give birth to only 1 without issues. I shake my head. Hmmmmm. Rest in peace to the woman.
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