After 17 years of
childlessness, Nurse Hadiza Ndayebo has given birth to quadruplets at the Jumai
Babangida Aliyu Maternal and Neonatal Hospital in Minna, Niger State.
Hadiza
underwent an artificial insemination after waiting for many years, resulting in
her pregnancy and eventual delivery of two males and two females.
However, one of the
females died immediately after delivery.
Hadiza
had been on admission in the hospital for over seven months in order for her
health to be monitored.
“Although
I had normal pregnancy 10 years ago, I gave birth pre-term at 28 weeks and the
child died after some days,” she told journalists at her hospital yesterday.
Nurse
Hadiza who is the second wife of her husband, said, “I went through artificial
insemination because I have been battling with infertility for long. By
December 28, it will be my 17th year in marriage.”
She
said the family members did not take her seriously when she announced to them
that she would likely give birth to quadruplets.
She
averred that although one of the kids died at birth, she was grateful that she
had been compensated for waiting so long.
“Losing
one of the females is the will of God,” she said, smiling. “There were a lot of
challenges over those 17 years because a couple without a child is naked. Being
patient was not easy because there were some things that you will not be able
to tolerate, that you will react to.”
Her
husband, Alfa Mamood, was also full of joy over the birth of the babies, saying
that 17 years of endurance, patience and prayers had paid off.
The
Staff Affairs Officer of the Human Babangida Aliyu Maternal and Neonatal
Hospital, Nurse Comfort Tsado, said that the birth of the quadruplets was
the first of its kind in the hospital.
- Daily Trust
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