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Do not mock my journey. I lived through years of barrenness until I finally took a bold step.
The longing to have a child of your own can push many into desperate decisions. Yet, sometimes, there is little you can do to change your situation immediately.
I choose to share this part of my life—not because I am unaware that in Africa discussing personal matters publicly is uncommon—but because many young people need to learn from it.
My name is Janet, a 40-year-old woman. Fifteen years ago, I married my husband in a stunning and memorable wedding ceremony. Friends and relatives came in large numbers to witness us exchange our vows. I had no idea that greater challenges lay ahead of me.
In our African societies, once you get married, people immediately begin expecting the first baby, and the same happened to me. Six months into the marriage with no pregnancy, I tried to remain calm, telling myself it was too early to worry, yet the fear that something wasn’t right slowly crept in.
Life around me started feeling heavy; close relatives and family members viewed me differently. A year later, my mother-in-law called my husband and bluntly questioned him about why I was still not expecting, since she had been eagerly looking forward to becoming..TO READ MORE, TAP HEREa
