Pregnant women lament hardship as COVID-19 compounds poverty situation - Healthwise

As the economic hardship triggered by COVID-19 bites harder, some pregnant traders in Lagos State share how the situation is taking its toll on their health.

Mrs. Adeola Rabiu, a catfish seller, says she was excited when she became pregnant in March this year without knowing that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will make the pregnancy stressful. Sharing her experience with our correspondent, Rabiu said, “I learnt catering, but there was no money for me to start my own catering outfit. So, in 2015, my mother helped me to start a catfish business. Since that time, I have been on it even after I got married in 2018.

“The whole load of providing for the family since June has been on me. This is seriously affecting me. I no longer sleep well at night and from Monday to Saturday, I am busy.Rabiu, who said this was her first pregnancy, said it was not easy for her to raise the N13,500 she used in registering for antenatal at Shomolu General Hospital.

Another pregnant trader Mrs. Geraldine Okoh, 32, who sells vegetables at Oworonshoki said she was just struggling to do the business everyday in order to feed her family. She further says, “My husband’s painting job was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. I had to register for antenatal in a traditional birth attendant because of financial constraints.

Many countries have provided various forms of support for struggling families and businesses, but few have considered the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on women, particularly pregnant women –Experts“I never knew things will be this rough. The situation is putting a lot of pressure on me. When the nurse checked my blood pressure during my last antenatal visit, she told me to watch my blood pressure that it is beginning to rise.

“It is not easy my sister. Sometimes, we scarcely feed twice a day. Last time, I almost fainted in the market. Researchers from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, say if an expectant mother is strongly stressed over a long period of time, the risk of the unborn child developing a mental or physical illness later in life — such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or cardiovascular disease — increases.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

Don't you know where you can download free images of BLACK pregnant women?

But Covid did not stop the activities that led to their pregnancy.

Follow for instant follow back I’m online now and following all!😊😊🌸

Covid-19 Please Go back to where you came from. HIV/AIDS came and did not return, please COVID-19 make sure you return back to where you came from 😞

Them for met martin looter king snr for PALIATIVES

God find them a helper

ONIONS IS NOW 100 PER ONE😩😰😭.. WHAT IS OUR OFFENCE 😴.

Why you allow your husbands do?😂

Follow me I will follow you back asap 💯💯

You're on twitter and we ain't following each other, o wrong now, common. Let's grow together. Ifb ASAP ❤️❤️

Ifb guys

🥺💯IF 💯Your 🙌Looking🥺 for🥺 Followers 🙌Follow 🥺Me I 🙏Follow Back 🥺Immediately 🙏💯💯promise 💯🙏 SEE HOW FAST 💨I FOLLOW BACK 😞😞🙏🥺⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

‘COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Rolled Out Within Weeks In UK’The NHS is ready to roll out a coronavirus vaccine within weeks “in case everything goes perfectly,” Matt Hancock has said, but the Health Secretary warned that his “central expectation” is that the process would not be completed until mid-2021.
Source: LeadershipNGA - 🏆 4. / 77 Read more »

Direct officials, states to share COVID-19 palliatives now, NLC tells FG🤣🤣🤣if you don't share, we will loot😭😂 Follow me I will follow you back asap 💯 🙄
Source: MobilePunch - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »

School reopening: CMD advocates strict rules against COVID-19 new infectionsNo restriction; no condition!🔥🔥 I'm following back every single person that follows me💯☑️☑️ Who talks about Covid 19 this days? Ifb GoodBadBoy101
Source: MobilePunch - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »

#EndSARS: Why distribution of looted COVID-19 palliatives was delayed - CACOVID'Unfortunately, the very large size of the order, and the production cycle required to meet the demand, caused delays in delivering the... You're on twitter and we ain't following each other, o wrong now, common. Let's grow together. I follow back ASAP try my speed 🛩️ It was because people were not really hungry and they refused to accept the covid-19 palliatives. Ndi Ara. endsars 'Projected second wave of the Corona Virus'. Are we expecting another wave to hit the country? CACOVID you meant it for good, but the NigeriaGov are not to be trusted.
Source: PremiumTimesng - 🏆 3. / 78 Read more »

COVID 19: Concerns As More Test Kits Fail ValidationBY PATIENCE IVIE IHEJIRIKA | Test to diagnose viral infection like the SARS-CoV-2 is key to controlling the pandemic, but achieving testing target has
Source: LeadershipNGA - 🏆 4. / 77 Read more »

COVID-19: Expect protests’ consequences in two weeks, NCDC warns'We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with it's conscience'. –Martin Luther King Jr. We won't forget 20–10–20🕯️✊🏾 EndSARS EndAsuuStrikeNow EndAglophoneCrisis CongoIsBleeding Ifb please ❣️ Make them go find chair Sidon.. another set of looters..expect consequences koor
Source: MobilePunch - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »