I have just become a father and wonder how single mothers do it, as I have experienced what goes into preparing for a baby – and it is no child’s play.
I take my hat off to all new mothers in lockdown during this pandemic as it seems our government has forgotten about them. I know, because My wife and I went from being excited, to panicking about whether we had enough food and clothes for the baby that was due in a month. We worried about whether we might need permits to make the gynaecologist visits and if our...
We worried about whether we might need permits to make the gynaecologist visits and if our explanation would be enough if we were stopped by the police on our way there. I swear she sat in front of the TV for every lockdown restriction briefing and not once did our president or any of our beloved ministers speak about pregnant women.We had planned to have my mother, who lives in another province, to come and help for a couple of weeks once the baby was born, but it quickly became clear that we were going to have to wing it.
But the new plan was much more complicated, because we now had rules and restrictions with less time and not enough resources.
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