Post by BLESSING’S SHORE (@blessingreminder)
I received a DM today that broke my heart and made my blood boil at the same time. A sister shared how a 'Family Ideology' almost cost her her life and destroyed her marriage.
In 2010, she was in labor, exhausted and in pain. The doctor advised a CS to save her and the baby because of her BP. But her husband and Mother-in-Law blocked it.
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BLESSING’S SHORE: Their reason? 'In our family, women don't do CS. Only lazy women do.
She says 'My husband and his mother insisted I must push naturally, even though I had no strength left. My husband even said "In our mother's day, women birthed naturally." Thank God for my brother who rushed to the hospital and s...
She says 'My husband and his mother insisted I must push naturally, even though I had no strength left. My husband even said "In our mother's day, women birthed naturally." Thank God for my brother who rushed to the hospital and s...
BLESSING’S SHORE: Instead of comfort, I got blame. My husband and his mother called me lazy and blamed the baby’s death on me. My marriage became a desert. My brother had to take me into his house just so I could heal in peace while they made my life hell. It took years for my husband to realize his mother had plante...
BLESSING’S SHORE: He eventually came begging. He realized that a "natural birth" isn't what makes a woman strong—survival and wisdom do. Today, we are okay, but I will never forget that an old, wrong idea almost put me in a grave. I thank God for the brother who stood by me when my own husband wouldn't.
BLESSING’S SHORE: Family traditions are beautiful, but when a tradition starts costing lives, it is no longer a tradition—it is a trap. Being a 'strong woman' isn't about how you give birth; it's about the wisdom to stay alive for the children you already have or will have
BLESSING’S SHORE: Mothers, be careful what seeds you plant in your sons. Wives, thank God for the Brother’s and support systems that see the truth.
Ink & Soul ✒️✨: Some ideologies are archaic na.
The mother in law is heartless to be honest and to say she still blamed the lady after her loss of the baby.
At this age and time, we need to do better ✨
Thank God for her brother and the fact that the husband came around
The mother in law is heartless to be honest and to say she still blamed the lady after her loss of the baby.
At this age and time, we need to do better ✨
Thank God for her brother and the fact that the husband came around
Funmilayo: Wrong idealogy is part of our problem in the world
Oluwadamilare: What did I just read 🙄 some people are not humans at all.
Koko: Wow 😮
LekeeLekee User: Her husband and the mum are wicked