Motherhood

One big advantage of being born and raised in a little town in the 80’s is that the whole town is like one big family. I spent the first decade …

Karen* and Jonah* met in college. They sat next to each other during the orientation week and by the time classes started in earnest, they were an item. Like many …

A few years ago, towards the end of an absolutely crazy 24 – hour shift in a fairly busy private maternity hospital, we received a patient in the wee hours …

One of the most intriguing things about working with women is the ease with which rapport is established once they feel comfortable with the topic at hand and do not …

As the holidays come to a close and the endless January starts, we all shake off the nostalgia and get back to work, school or whatever it is that we …

Lucy* is a distressed mother. A single mother for the past 13 years, she has worked really hard to get where she is today, alongside bringing up her son by …

Nathan* was a sweet six-year old boy who walked into our acute gynaecology consulting room at the national hospital four years ago. He was escorted by a distraught mother who …

Happiness* and Leone* were a lovely West African couple in my care a few years ago. They were new to Kenya as Leone had taken up a post in a …

Eileen* is a new mother who has been seeing me for ante-natal care. Her pregnancy is progressing well and she has enjoyed the process so far. Eileen is 24 years …

Never has political bickering in this country been this loud. Between devolution hiccups, grand corruption leading to loss of millions and a contested presidential election, the economy is so severely …