While I had a pretty easy pregnancy, my daughter was born by emergency C-section after her heart rate dropped dramatically during contractions. The surgery went smoothly. Before I knew it, Olympia was in my arms. It was the most amazing feeling I’ve ever experienced in my life. But what followed just 24 hours after giving birth were six days of uncertainty.

It began with a pulmonary embolism, which is a condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs becomes blocked by a blood clot. Because of my medical history with this problem, I live in fear of this situation. So, when I fell short of breath, I didn’t wait a second to alert the nurses.

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Oyibo una lazy... What do u now want my aunt who gave birth to 11 kids to say? or her elder Sista who dropped 9?

U know how many pikin my mama born and she ain't athletic.
Abeg those who gave a phuck ..

haywire07:
U know how many pikin my mama born and she ain't athletic.
Abeg those who gave a phuck ..

eTECTIVe:
Oyibo una lazy... What do u now want my aunt who gave birth to 11 kids to say? or her elder Sista who dropped 9?

And you know Nigerian maternal mortality index? Do you know that it is the one of the highest ..if not the highest in the whole world? Your mama and aunties are lucky but a whole lots of other woman aren't so lucky.

Pulmonary embolism is a silent killer same at it's brother.. thromboembolism.

MrBottle:
And you know Nigerian maternal mortality index? Do you know that it is the one of the highest ..if not the highest in the whole world? Your mama and aunties are lucky but a whole lots of other woman aren't so lucky.

Pulmonary embolism is a silent killer same at it's brother.. thromboembolism.

U do know poverty and grossly inadequate healthcare systems are to blame for dat...