18/08/2025
Immediately your wife gets pregnant, I want you to know this from experience. Even if you’re not married yet, this might help you. You are free to bookmark this.
1. Start saving, even if it’s ₦1,000 every day. What’s ahead is heavy. Even your father, friends or mother might disappoint you. When it’s time for childbirth, no one is coming to save you. It’s better to have money set aside than to depend on people. Prepare for your child.
2. Ladies, there’s a high chance your first pregnancy may not last or be miscarried. It happened to us. Olaedo wasn’t our first child we lost the first.
Most first pregnancies are “womb openers,” so if it happens to you, don’t think village people are behind it.
3. Women, don’t assume oga has it all unless he’s an odogwu. Once you take in, start saving for your baby as a backup because oga’s money may fail. During pregnancy anything can happen. Save for your baby, nne. You’re the one carrying the child, and your life and the baby’s life are in your hands and God’s. Many women make the mistake of depending only on their husbands and end up stranded in the hospital.
4. CS is not bad. If it will save you and your baby, accept it. Don’t push and d!e. If the doctor says you need CS, listen to them. During childbirth, the doctor is like God to you. Faith is good, but use wisdom.
5. Go to a hospital you can afford. In fact, it’s better to choose one with a track record of safe deliveries than one with fancy packaging. AC doesn’t save lives experience does. Don’t stress yourself because Adaobi gave birth in one “fine” hospital. Be wise. The journey ahead is long oo. Life no dey end for fine hospital birth oo. Baby milk still dey come, feeding still dey come, and school fees dey wait for you.”
6. Take your wife for scans. Know the baby’s position. Many women have d!ed from ectopic pregnancy, something that could have been avoided. Stop being over-religious with the life of your wife and child.
7. This one is personal: I’ve lo
