Nigerian food blogger known simply as Ajoke of My Active Kitchen has shared her story on her Instagram page of how she dealt with labour complications and how she eventually had her baby in good health.
She wrote: “On the 11th of Nov 2017, I found out I have incompetent cervix. I was 21 weeks pregnant, after my consultant broke the news to me, I became numb and angry at my body at the same time. Now it’s beginning to make sense, I had my first child 10 weeks early, no warning signs of labour at all, I woke up one morning with premature ruptured membrane… My poor child, my body failed her but God had bigger plans for her… Aduke will be 6 next month (my oga madam)
My consultant asked me to come back after a week and she sent me home with some homornal medication to see if it would help improve my diagnoses. All I could think about was viability… I can’t afford to miscarry at 20 weeks plus, I went home, read up on incompetent cervix (Google is your worst enemy when you are down). I prayed to God, I told Him he’s promised me nothing but at least 37 weeks of healthy pregnancy and baby on this journey ( I now wish I had asked for 40 weeks)”
