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The joy of motherhood
Amaresh was full of joy to become a mother. But when she went into labour, something went wrong. At the end of the first day, her baby had not arrived. ...
Amaresh was full of joy to become a mother. But when she went into labour, something went wrong. At the end of the first day, her baby had not arrived. ...
Eshe dreamed of a big family but suffered multiple miscarriages. During her tenth pregnancy she had a very difficult labour. She laboured at home for three days....
Alemtsehay laboured at home for seven days. On the seventh day she could not push anymore and was unable to move her legs. Exhausted, she blacked out....
Semira grew up in the Amhara region, a rural area in Northern Ethiopia. It was during this pregnancy that she endured an obstructed labour and was left with an obstetric fistula....
Asrebeb weighed just 22kg when she came to the attention of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, and had spent seven years lying in bed in a small hut, unable to walk after suffering severe childbirth injuries. ...
In March, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia was covered by one of the world's most respected humanitarian commentators, Nick Kristof from the New York Times, in his article 'The World's Modern-Day Lepers: Women With Fistulas'....