The World Health Organisation, WHO has launched a new Labour Care Guide to reduce complications during labour and help every woman have a positive childbirth experience. According to WHO, over one third of maternal deaths, half of stillbirths and a
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A woman, Mrs Bunmi Muri, has died along with her twin babies, around a park on Ogooluwa Street, in the Oke Oshodi area of Bariga, Lagos State, on Sunday. PUNCH Metro gathered that Bunmi was on her way to visit
Giving birth, for most women, is an incredibly painful and personal experience; most stories around it center on the pain that it can cause. But some people say you don’t have to suffer to bring new life into the world—and
Nigerian-American writer and public speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has captured the fears and pains women face at childbirth in ‘Zikora’, her soon-to-be-released novel on pregnancy. The 35-page book, which is available to Prime members and Kindle Unlimited subscribers for free,
Your first postpartum poop: Many mums, often find themselves in this confusing loop, you want to poop, but you’re too worried you’d put extra pressure on your pelvic muscles, or worse if you had tear, (no matter how little) you’re
For many women, sex after childbirth can be scary even though childbirth makes them to have all it takes to make their husbands want more sex on mere sighting them; talk of larger (milk-filled) breasts and pointed nipples. It is
The vagina is a muscular tube. It has many folds which allow it to expand during sex and childbirth. According to medical practitioners, there are very few changes to the internal vaginal structure after birth, as it’s designed to stretch
A Nigerian man, Prince Iyase Kelvin Osawaru has called out his late sister’s husband for allegedly causing her death. According to Osawaru, his late sister’s husband turned his wife to a punching bag for reasons best known to him, to
Makoko is a slum neighbourhood across the 3rd Mainland Bridge located on the coast of mainland Lagos. A third of the community is built on stilts along the lagoon and the rest is on the land. Life in Makoko is
All hopes were given up on 26-year-old Aisha Abubakar of Bajoga community in Funakaye Local Government Area (LGA) of Gombe State, ever surviving Vesico Virginal Fistula (VVF), a medical complication she had during her first childbirth some 10 years ago.
Uchechi Nwachukwu, the Assistant Chief Dietician with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, (FETHA), has given insight into why some nursing mothers add weight a few months after putting to bed. According to the medical expert, the extra weight added was
The woman pictured above, Alia McCants, 35, was close to becoming a statistic in what has become an alarming trend in the U.S., woman dying during and after childbirth, often in instances that could have been prevented. In the case
We women know the drill: we start menstruating as teenagers, or earlier, and have the ability to become pregnant, and then as we age we lose both our period and childbearing abilities through menopause. According to experts, these life changes
A very heartbreaking story has been told of a woman whose internal organs were ripped out accidentally by a doctor. Alisa Tepikina, pictured above died in ‘excruciating pain’ when a doctor tried to remove her placenta that had not been
A Nigerian woman, Oma Okechukwu, who claims she died for some hours during childbirth has taken to Twitter to share her bloody experience. Narrating her near death experience, said she was admitted in a hospital in Aba sometimes in 2016
Hollywood actress, Claire Holt is getting real about her birth story. The Originals star, 31, opened up on Thursday’s episode of Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy Podcast, just over four months after she gave birth to her first child, son, of
Photographers teamed up with families to capture the beauty of birth and the results are breathtaking. In an act that truly celebrates the awe-inspiring act of nature -childbirth, photographers from all over the world have been welcomed into the delivery
The death or loss of loved ones or siblings can be very devastating. A Nigerian woman is completely heartbroken following the sudden death of her sister, who passed away while giving birth. The grieving woman, Tonia Anyingor who took to
One of the mysteries of life is how there’s always something new to discover, so much we never knew existed, even in this present ageAfter a visit to the village of Mamfe Dove, Ghana, BBC News Africa has unveiled a
Kafayat Olawale Some women have no clues when labour is around the corner, but as your OB-GYNs will tell you, in order to give birth, your cervix first has to begin dilating. The cervix plays a crucial role in pregnancy
Rapper Cardi B is not conforming to any of the modest representations of the travails of motherhood and childbirth that the social media very often depicts. And she bared her mind with Jimmy Kimmel’s audience on his show. Nothing can
C-Section or natural birth! At the end of this story, it is hoped that you will understand that none is superior or inferior to the other. In some quarters, some women would do everything against having their babies through C-Section,
A new mom got a surprise gift from her husband, an excited new dad, following the birth of their baby. The surprise gift- a brand new Mercedes Benz was given to her the same day she was discharged from the
Pregnancy and childbearing are beautiful gifts from God to women. The idea of birthing another human being is exceptional. Now, as beautiful as pregnancy and childbirth are, they sometimes come with complications that varies from one woman to another. Just
There’s a trending discussion on Twitter regarding women and childbirth, and this debate has led to a lot of shocking revelations. Some moms took to Twitter to narrate all the complications that childbirth entails and how they do not intend
