Must Read: My Teenage Mind (18+)

Episode 6 years ago

Must Read: My Teenage Mind (18+)

We got to the hospital and surprisingly,our appointment has already being booked,I think mum called our family doctor from home because we were sent into his office immediately.

He wasn’t happy with me and then again,mum cried. Doctor Tobe said all the things he could say about how I’ve hurt my family including him. But after all said and done,he promised that I was going to be taken care of. He asked that I lie down on the couch and a scan was done.

The scan revealed that I had passed the due date for my labour because my baby wasn’t positioned well,reason being that I hadn’t gone for antenatal care and that I’ve being eating all manners of junks. The remedy was going to be an induction of labour. He gave me some drugs which I was to take for three days. He sent us to the lab where I was to run all manner of tests. Before 12pm,the hospital staff knew they had one new patient. My card was ready and they all kept pretending to be angry with me; that I got married without inviting them and to even think that my husband was abroad………lols….(think that’s what the doctor told them because we were regular attendants of the hospital). My mum kept telling them that they will get everything when I put to bed safely.

We got home and mum helped me to run a bath.
We ate together and each time I wanted to apologise again,she would ask me not to,that there was no need for that. She rushed off to the market immediately and came back with a big box late that evening. It was filled with baby accessories. My joy knew no bounds as she kept showing me all the things(clothes,pampers,shoes,towels, a lot of things even the ones I’ll use in the labour room). I couldn’t thank her enough. She revealed to me that she’ll be travelling to the village the next day to inform our kinsmen.

I was scared. She asked me not to be,that she and my dad would handle the situation. My sister kept calling to know what was happening,even my friends. It was that day that I called Vivian and she told me that she had already heard it. We cried together and she told me not to worry,that everything would be alright.

Mum travelled the next day, I also started taking my drugs that day. Later in the day,I called Raymond and told him the situation. I don’t know his reaction but he promised to see me the next day before going to work. That morning,he called that he was outside. My siblings had all gone to school but I went outside to see him. We didn’t talk. He just gave me some money and asked that I take care. I counted the money and it was #4000.
I called my mum and told her a friend of mine came to see me and that he gave me money.

She asked that I keep it properly. As I was taking my bath,I noticed that my stomach was kicking(first time ever). I called my mum again and she said it was the drug repositioning the baby and that kicks were normal to show that the baby was alive. I was grateful for the love of a mother and swore to always appreciate my mum forever.
Nothing much happened that day just that I walked round the house,did some skipping (advised by the doctor) and used hot water to take my bath that night.