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When 34-year-old Anne Opondo from Bondo discovered she was pregnant in 2019, her heart overflowed with the joy every expectant mother knows.
But what began as a journey of hope quickly spiralled into months of fear, uncertainty, and heartache. Her pregnancy was riddled with complications, painful scans, and difficult medical conversations that tested her strength as a mother.
“It’s every woman’s joy to learn she’s pregnant,” Anne begins. “But right from the start, my pregnancy was complicated. I was constantly at the clinic, and during one ultrasound, the doctors said they sometimes couldn’t see the baby’s legs, or even a head. They suggested abortion as the only way forward. I was horrified. How could I end a life that had already begun inside me?”
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