My name is Ifunanya Lilian Igweze, a medical doctor by profession and an advocate of a more convenient and a safer maternal care for women, especially career women.

I am an author of two books, The First-Time Mom and Week by Week tracking of pregnancy.

My secondary school education was at Loretto Special Science School,Adazi.
I obtained my Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital Awka.

My advocacy has always been about women and children below 5 years.

I lost my younger brother when he was below 5 years to excessive vomiting and diarrhoea. And 20 years later, children in Africa still die in their numbers every day for the same cause.

In my effort to see that no family buries their child due to avoidable cause, in 2018, I establish a non-profit organisation; Live Mother and Child Initiative to educate women in rural areas in Anambra state on proper early child care.

In 2020, I moved to Lagos Nigeria while I was pregnant with our son. It was one of the difficult moments of my life. The Covid19 lock down made access to hospital care very difficult. As one who is asthmatic and pregnant, I lived every day in fear of uncertainty. What would happen to me if I needed an emergency care?

This was the fate of many pregnant women in Nigeria, especially in Lagos state.

Luckily for me, as a medical doctor, I found my way around it and delivered safely. Can this be said of other women out there?

In 2021, after my client lost her baby due to an avoidable cause. Her excuse being that she didn't have time to attend pregnancy classes and hospital care due to her job schedule. Another of my client became severely anaemic (shortage of blood) in her last trimester. According to her, she found it difficult to refill her drugs or even remember to take the ones she had at home. This was attributed to her busy schedule as a business owner.

Burdened by this, I asked myself 'how can we make the current pregnancy care to be more convenient and timely for women who dedicate their time building wealth?'

In 2022, the loss of my pregnancy forced me to resign from my job. During my time at home, I came up with an idea on how to solve more than 85% of the problem facing career/businesswomen who are raising their own family.

In the same year, Preggify was birthed.

At Preggify, Our vision is to create a world where pregnancy and childcare are not barriers to a successful career.

In the last 10 months, through technology, we've bridged the gap in accessing convenient pregnancy care across 6 countries (United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Niger Republic, Ghana and Nigeria).


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5 Things To Do After An Immunization!!!

Mothers believe in the long tradition of giving babies paracetamol before and/or after every immunization.

The truth still remains that, in most babies, paracetamol is unnecessary as they won't need it.

Your baby is expected to have a mild reaction after the vaccination and it's perfectly okay.

That small little fever won't kill the child.

This is another reason I always advise mothers to keep a thermometer at home.

The thermometer will help you to know when the fever is above the normal level.

Do the following immediately after an immunization;

📌 Breastfeed your baby: position your baby very well for breastfeeding. Make sure the baby is well fed by following rules and techniques of breastfeeding. (you can read more on recommended breastfeeding techniques in my book - The First-Time Mom).

📌Expose the child. This is not the time to wear the baby all the inner and outer clothes you bought to show off.

In fact, if the weather is hot, allow the baby to be in her diaper only. Otherwise, a light cotton inner wear plus a diaper is just fine.

Well, except if you are in the very cold zone.

📌Apply cold compress to the injection sites within an hour. In the absence of a cold compress bottle, you can soak a clean towel in cold water and damp the area for a few minutes.

Repeat this process multiple times within 24 hours. This helps to alleviate pain and swelling.

📌Allow the child to rest or play at will. Don't impose your fears on this child. Some of them can play without reservation.

📌If the temperature (measured with a thermometer😉) is persistently above 37.5 degrees, expose the child by removing the clothes. You may want to tepid sponge repeatedly or bath the baby with tepid water. (I have talked about this many times on my wall. It is also in my book).

📌Give paracetamol if;

🤱Temperature is persistently above 38 degrees despite the above interventions.

🤱If the child becomes persistently irritable or inconsolable despite the initial approach.

In case of continuous high grade fever (>38.2) with or without other reactions, speak to your doctor for proper evaluation and possible intervention.


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