NEW YEAR BABIES

NEW YEAR BLESSINGS
AS KENYANS USHERED IN THE NEW YEAR, A NUMBER OF CHILDREN WERE BEING WELCOMED INTO THE WORLD AT VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY. A VISIT TO PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL AND MAMA LUCY KIBAKI HOSPITAL SAW OVERJOYED MOTHERS FEELING ECSTATIC ABOUT GIVING BIRTH TO THEIR CHILDREN ON NEW YEAR. THEY SAY THE BABIES COMING IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR SYMBOLIZE BLESSINGS TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES
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IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS, OUR JOURNEY LEADS US TO OUR FIRST VENUE…NATS…PUUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL…NATS… CONFETTI DORNS THE ENTRANCE TO THIS PLACE, LETTING US KNOW THAT EVEN THE DELIVERY ROOM HAS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS
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AT THIS HOUR, THE ATMOSPHERE IS INCOMPREHENSIVE AT FIRST, BUT WHEN YOU STEP INTO THE WARDS… IT IS AN OVERWHELMING FEELING OF GLADNESS AND GRATEFULNESS
A DIFFERENT KIND OF CELEBRATION IS TAKING PLACE HERE…NATS… MOTHERS CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THEIR CHILDREN BARELY MOMENTS TO THE NEW YEAR…
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FRESH FROM THE LABOUR ROOM, THEIR EYES ARE FILLED WITH LOVE AS THEY GAZE UPON THEIR NEWBORNS, FEELINGS OF HAPPINESS AND AMAZEMENT ENGULFING THEM…NATS…THEIR BLESSINGS HAVE ARRIVED
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ONE WOMAN STANDS OUT IN PARTICULAR… SHE HAD PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED AND TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE DELIVERING HER MIRACLE BABY, MOMENTS BEFORE MIDNIGHT
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THE NURSE ON DUTY EVEN SAYS SOME OF THE MOTHERS WANTED TO DELAY OR HASTEN THEIR DELIVERY, JUST SO THEY COULD GIVE BIRTH AT THE STRIKE OF MIDNIGHT.
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AS WE EXIT PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL, OUR EYES ARE SET ON MAMA LUCY KIBAKI HOSPITAL IN EASTLANDS, NAIROBI.
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HERE, THE FEELING IS THE SAME. THEY MAY BE TIRED AND EXHAUSTED BUT THE FEELING OF HOLDING THEIR NEWBORNS ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR IS PRICELESS.
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AS ALWAYS, WITH SUCH AN EVENTFUL NIGHT, THE MOTHERS HAVE TO CHOOSE NAMES FOR THEIR PRECIOUS BABIES AND EACH NAME HAS A MEANING.
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HUNDREDS OF WOMEN HAVE DELIVERED THEIR BABIES DURING THE NEW YEAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH PUMWANI HAVING 5 DELIVERIES WITH MORE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS
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THIS JOYOUS OCCASION WILL FOREVER BE IMPRINTED IN THE MEMORIES OF THESE WOMEN AND ONE MIGHT WONDER IF IT WAS GOOD PLANNING OR IF THE STARS JUST ALIGNED IN THEIR FAVOR TO GIVE THEM A REMARKABLE NEW YEAR
VERA ALBERTA, TV47, NAIROBI
CGS…
A number of mothers delivered their babies' moments to the new year
Some were hoping to deliver at exactly midnight
The mothers consider this a blessing for the year 2024
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