21/03/2025
I woke up with the thought of this lady who used to work with me some years back.
I genuinely donât know why her thought was in my subconscious when I was half awake and half asleep.
Thereâs a part of me that feels she would have still been alive todayâŠ
I guess the universe wants me to write about her. Maybe, it can speak to someone today .
This lady in question was just 3 months postpartum when she died. She developed a complication from her delivery which she was managing with her specialist.
A day before her death, she knocked on my consulting room and begged that she wants to use the examination couch in my office to rest.
The morning rush was over and there were no more patients waiting for me, so I obliged her.
I looked at her and saw that she was highly stressed ,then I asked about her health, family and her baby.
She was struggling to take care of her children and her health.
Her mum who had earlier come to Omugwo has just suddenly kicked the bucket, leaving her and her husband to take care of their newborn and their older baby.
She said her husband is trying but I saw that she was still very stressed.
So I asked her to take some time off work but my work place has already given her 1 week paid off so she was worried about taking more time off.
So I told her itâs better she quits or takes a longer time off to care for herself. She can discuss her options with the management.
She said she was going to think about it.
I comforted her and asked her to rest in my office.
The next day, when I came to work, I heard she was dea*d. How! I was shocked to my bone marrow.
I learnt she had come to work & after work, she went home, picked her Bible and some things to go to church, she slumped on her way and before she was rushed to our facility, she was de*ad.
Everyone was in shocked. The tears flowed. We mourned and sorrowed but no amount of tears could bring this hardworking lady back to life. She left her 3months old baby and a toddler behind. The husband automatically became a widower.
I donât know who this message is for but please, take it easy.
Be deliberate about your health. Your body communicates to you a lot. Listen to it. Are you tired? Rest. Are you sick? Take some time off. If the sickness continues, discuss with a loved one for support on how to take a longer leave from your work to concentrate on your health.
Men, please be deliberate about your women. Look at her. Notice her especially during pregnancy and after delivery. Keep a closer look at her up to 1yr after delivery. I realized some women donât know when to stop or relax. They call it , âbeing a strong woman .â Itâs a very dangerous notion .
Sometimes, when I want to admit a woman,the first thing in her mind is, âwho will take care of my husband and children?â
The thing is often surprising to me because I believe a man should be able to take care of his children and home.
I also realized many women are doing so much to be at the workforce, at the detriment of their health for many reasons .
Please ,If you have a wife who enjoys taking good care of the home , give her a monthly salary so she doesnât have to be pressured to work when her body and mind is not fit to.
The dangerous notion that a housewife is not bringing anything to the table should stop already.
Whether as a housewife, a working woman, etc, we should all be respected.
It is this lack of respect people have for women who love to tend to their homes that pressure many to be at the work place, then the bad economy.
We can start it one step at a time by first of all, respecting all house wives. Child birth and child care is a lot already.
Marisa Bate wrote, âDescribing women who clean and run a house, look after multiple children and source and prepare food for a spouse as "not working" is surely one of the most successful conspiracies of the 20th century.â
A woman shouldnât be pressured to do this when she has a lot on her table, unless of course, she genuinely loves to be at the workforce and she is physically and mentally capable to handle it all.
Originally Written by Omokaro Precious Akpesiri Oruo
Me:
Thank you doc for this
Please lets help ourselves as women and mothers
The other day at my kids school, a woman who just put to bed the day before came to school the next day for school runs
I was shocked to hear
Like how
And someone was busy calling her "strong woman"
Make we nor dey carry ourselves play abeg
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