A couple with five children was
recently blessed with a set of
triplets. The couple, now with eight
kids – five boys and three girls –
never envisaged going that far in
child bearing. But since
circumstance had made it so, Mr.
& Mrs. Ifeani Benjamin Amadu,
from Ukpo in Dunukofia Local
Government Area of Anambra
State, have no option but to accept
their fate.Mrs. Amadu told our
correspondent that three months
into her pregnancy, she had gone
for scan only to be told that she
was carrying three babies in her
womb, a revelation that threw her
into fright.
Soon after she was delivered of
the babies at Ajeromi General
Hospital, Ajegunle, Lagos, on
Saturday, October 27, 2014, the
woman and her husband found
themselves in a tight corner. They
had no money to offset their
hospital bills, which stood at N150,
000.
Mrs. Amadu, while narrating her
experiences during and after her
pregnancy, pointed out that it was
a serious battle. “The pregnancy
was not business as usual,” she
began. “At a point, my whole body
became too heavy that I could not
do even very common things. I
could neither sleep well nor walk
freely. Also, bending and bathing
were tough for me. In fact, it was
as if I was carrying excess load.”
She told Daily Sun, however, that
all the problems disappeared
immediately after she was
delivered of the babies. People
kept trooping to the hospital to see
the bundles of joy. It was
discovered that the triplets were
the first to be delivered in the
hospital this year.
Though she had a safe delivery
and her triplets were in sound
health, paying her hospital bills
and taking care of the triplets have
become a daunting task. Following
failure of the couple to foot their
hospital bill more than two weeks
after delivery, the triplets and their
mother could not be discharged.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Amadu, a
National Certificate of Education
(NCE) holder and a teacher in a
private school earns a very lean
salary. Her income and that of her
husband are nowhere enough for
them to cater for the delivery. “I
could not save enough for this
delivery because my salary is
poor,” she said. “I tried to get a job
in a public school as a teacher, but
none came my way. So I decided
to manage with the one that I have
right now. My husband too
planned as much as he could for
the task ahead, but we never knew
that things would work out this
way. Unfortunately, earlier before
my delivery, robbers visited us and
carted away some money that my
husband had planned to invest in a
little business. So, that is why we
have found ourselves in this tensed
situation.”
Mrs. Amadu wants financial
support from men and women of
goodwill who she believes would
have a share in the special
blessings being brought by the
triplets. “At the moment, we cannot
pay the hospital bill due to our
severe financial constraints. We
are therefore calling on men and
women of goodwill like Governors
Wille Obiano, Rochas Okorocha,
Babatunde Raji Fashola, corporate
bodies and other groups and
individuals to come to our aid so
that we can leave the hospital. I
am tired of staying here; I want to
go home with my babies,” she
said.
Her husband, Mr. Ifeani Amadu,
also expressed his feelings. “We
have been married for 14 years,
and since that time, my wife has
been fruitful. In fact, we had
closed child bearing after four
children. But the pregnancies
continued to come. After having
five children, we never planned
having another, yet the sixth came.
As a child of God, I have been
feeling so bad to encourage
abortion or family planning. But
now, we have been forced to do
it.”
He believed that the triplets would
serve as a point of contact for
others. He described the situation,
as a serious one and called on
Nigerians to come to the rescue of
his family. “I have been thinking
about how to get out of this
situation. My wife and the triplets
have spent close to three weeks in
the hospital because I have no
money to pay their bill. I am
appealing to those who are
touched by what my family is
going through to assist us
financially so that we could pay
the hospital bill and cater for the
babies too.
recently blessed with a set of
triplets. The couple, now with eight
kids – five boys and three girls –
never envisaged going that far in
child bearing. But since
circumstance had made it so, Mr.
& Mrs. Ifeani Benjamin Amadu,
from Ukpo in Dunukofia Local
Government Area of Anambra
State, have no option but to accept
their fate.Mrs. Amadu told our
correspondent that three months
into her pregnancy, she had gone
for scan only to be told that she
was carrying three babies in her
womb, a revelation that threw her
into fright.
Soon after she was delivered of
the babies at Ajeromi General
Hospital, Ajegunle, Lagos, on
Saturday, October 27, 2014, the
woman and her husband found
themselves in a tight corner. They
had no money to offset their
hospital bills, which stood at N150,
000.
Mrs. Amadu, while narrating her
experiences during and after her
pregnancy, pointed out that it was
a serious battle. “The pregnancy
was not business as usual,” she
began. “At a point, my whole body
became too heavy that I could not
do even very common things. I
could neither sleep well nor walk
freely. Also, bending and bathing
were tough for me. In fact, it was
as if I was carrying excess load.”
She told Daily Sun, however, that
all the problems disappeared
immediately after she was
delivered of the babies. People
kept trooping to the hospital to see
the bundles of joy. It was
discovered that the triplets were
the first to be delivered in the
hospital this year.
Though she had a safe delivery
and her triplets were in sound
health, paying her hospital bills
and taking care of the triplets have
become a daunting task. Following
failure of the couple to foot their
hospital bill more than two weeks
after delivery, the triplets and their
mother could not be discharged.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Amadu, a
National Certificate of Education
(NCE) holder and a teacher in a
private school earns a very lean
salary. Her income and that of her
husband are nowhere enough for
them to cater for the delivery. “I
could not save enough for this
delivery because my salary is
poor,” she said. “I tried to get a job
in a public school as a teacher, but
none came my way. So I decided
to manage with the one that I have
right now. My husband too
planned as much as he could for
the task ahead, but we never knew
that things would work out this
way. Unfortunately, earlier before
my delivery, robbers visited us and
carted away some money that my
husband had planned to invest in a
little business. So, that is why we
have found ourselves in this tensed
situation.”
Mrs. Amadu wants financial
support from men and women of
goodwill who she believes would
have a share in the special
blessings being brought by the
triplets. “At the moment, we cannot
pay the hospital bill due to our
severe financial constraints. We
are therefore calling on men and
women of goodwill like Governors
Wille Obiano, Rochas Okorocha,
Babatunde Raji Fashola, corporate
bodies and other groups and
individuals to come to our aid so
that we can leave the hospital. I
am tired of staying here; I want to
go home with my babies,” she
said.
Her husband, Mr. Ifeani Amadu,
also expressed his feelings. “We
have been married for 14 years,
and since that time, my wife has
been fruitful. In fact, we had
closed child bearing after four
children. But the pregnancies
continued to come. After having
five children, we never planned
having another, yet the sixth came.
As a child of God, I have been
feeling so bad to encourage
abortion or family planning. But
now, we have been forced to do
it.”
He believed that the triplets would
serve as a point of contact for
others. He described the situation,
as a serious one and called on
Nigerians to come to the rescue of
his family. “I have been thinking
about how to get out of this
situation. My wife and the triplets
have spent close to three weeks in
the hospital because I have no
money to pay their bill. I am
appealing to those who are
touched by what my family is
going through to assist us
financially so that we could pay
the hospital bill and cater for the
babies too.
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