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False labour
According to Dr. Blasio Omuga, an obstetrician, false labour is a condition where a woman has labour pains that may not increase in intensity or frequency, and where labour does not progress. The contractions are weak and irregular and may not cause the cervix to dilate. Labour pains in a natural delivery increase with time…
Work impeded my conception
‘I resigned from work and two months later I conceived.’ Ann Ngunjiri wished to fall pregnant so much that she resigned from her job to make it happen. She spoke to our staff writer about her pregnancy. I really wanted to be pregnant. But six months of trying with no success made my husband and…
Roadside delivery
First-time dad, Henry, talks about his tribulations when his wife, Julia, went into labour in the city streets and almost delivered at a dirty sidewalk. WHEN Henry left home with wife, Julia, they were going to do the last minute shopping for the soon-to-be-delivered baby. His wife was due in two weeks time so they…
Jacinta Chege – I have really changed!
How did you discover you were expectant? We had not been together for a month. When we did, the excitement was very high, and I got the hunch that I had conceived A week later, I experienced an unusual backache. When my periods did not come at the regular time. I went for a test…
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Diana Wanjiru Preparing for the next ‘Calvin Klein’ How did you discover you were expectant? I realized my sense of smell had heightened. All of a sudden, I hated my lotion. It was after I shared this with a friend, and she suggested I take a pregnancy test. And boy, wasn’t she right! Was it…
Couple loses baby to prolonged labour
It can be avoided, says Dr Sikolia Wanyonyi, an obstetrician-gynecologist at the Aga-Khan University Hospital The birth of a child brings with it unspeakable joy and that is why every expectant couple looks forward to this day. But what happens when prolonged labour dashes this joy and instead casts a cloud of anxiety? Michael Ochieng’…
