As many Nigerian women continue to embrace family planning as a way of enhancing their children's quality of life, Martins Ifijeh examines the experiences of mothers who are using birth control methods to choose the number and timing of children born into their homes
Morenike Lawal had no inkling that her fourth pregnancy would result in complications. The 32-year-old mother of three and trader resident at the Ijesha area of Lagos State had taken it for granted that the seamless births that transpired during her previous pregnancies would play out again. Her earlier pregnancies were near perfect, as she never experienced any health challenges apart from the normal pregnancy blues.
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