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Fear and risk: How Kenyan women fight to survive in labour rooms

Kenyan women confront risks and fear during childbirth. [File Courtesy]

So naive about motherhood, Branice* was rushed to a private hospital when she experienced the first signs of labour—cramps and her water breaking at home.

Being her first pregnancy at 37 weeks, she was terrified. Fear and anxiety consumed her as she prepared to give birth.

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