By Roseline K. Njogu Nairobi Hospital area. If I found myself in that neighborhood, my heart would pound, my chest would tighten, I’d break into a cold sweat and I was sure I was going to die. But death and thoughts of death were now constant companions. I thought of my dead baby every waking…
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Unexpectant: Losing My Pregnancy and My Mind (Part II)
By Roseline K. Njogu The nausea woke me up. I shuffled to the bathroom and threw up. My hands went instinctively to my belly. Then I remembered. Slowly like bits and pieces in a dream, the goings on of the day before Unexpectant: Losing My Pregnancy and My Mind (Part I) came together. Dr Kinyua….
Unexpectant: Losing My Pregnancy and My Mind (Part I)
By Roseline K. Njogu Blighted ovum. That’s what Dr Kinyua said. Blighted ovum. I started thinking about potato blight. Suddenly Mr Karani’s voice, from another lifetime, talking about crop pests and diseases in science class, was crystal clear in my head. Blight. My mind was desperately looking for an escape, like a deer caught in…
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