Sandra* lay still in her hospital bed looking frail. She had lost track of days. She couldn’t even remember whether she had taken a shower or not. The only time …
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Motherhood
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The first time I walked through a public cemetery, a chill went up my spine. I had to walk past a neat row of freshly dug little graves that had …
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Picture courtesy of Wikipedia It was an agonizing week, most of which I spent in a daze. The cycle would start with a chills, my whole body shaking uncontrollably as …
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With a maternal mortality ratio of 388 per 100,000, Kenya is still abysmally swimming in a very muddy pond. We are way off the mark in achieving out Sustainable Development …
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The birth of a baby is an exhilarating experience. The birth of more than one baby at once is positively electrifying! Karen* was my first ever multiple birth experience. She …
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It is that time of the year and we are up in arms again. The media has been awash with stories about our children sitting for the national examinations while …
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I have a lot of respect for fathers who have walked the pregnancy journey with their partners. These men spend 40 weeks of extreme unpredictability, riding on an adrenaline high …
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Two weeks ago, I spent an afternoon with real life heroines. Moms who were brave enough to go on daytime television and tell the world their real life struggles in …
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Jeruto* was a lively four-year old whom we were all trying really hard not to stare at. She was definitely in the wrong ward, carrying a diagnosis we all flocked …
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