LOCKDOWN: THE SERIES
The Newscaster rambled on about the rising number of people that the global pandemic, Corona virus had affected in the country despite the lockdown rule, spewing forth huge figures that would have had me in fear in days past.
But today was different. Today I wasn't concerned about getting killed by the deadly Corona virus. I was scared of getting killed while aborting my own baby.
My first child.
After suffering from what was supposedly PMS but now pregnancy symptoms for days, and practically begging my period to come, I finally summoned the courage to buy a PT strip.
And your guess was as good as mine.
I was pregnant with a child that I didn't want to keep.
In fear, I pondered how to get rid of this unwanted mess when there was a lockdown and no movement rule everywhere.
Yanking off recipes from Google, I made a concoction and drank it, laying in my bed, gnashing my teeth and crying as the first bout of pains hit my stomach so hard.
I laid there. Eyes shut as I await what would either by my death or relief...
Aderonke Adeyeye 2020
The Newscaster rambled on about the rising number of people that the global pandemic, Corona virus had affected in the country despite the lockdown rule, spewing forth huge figures that would have had me in fear in days past.
But today was different. Today I wasn't concerned about getting killed by the deadly Corona virus. I was scared of getting killed while aborting my own baby.
My first child.
After suffering from what was supposedly PMS but now pregnancy symptoms for days, and practically begging my period to come, I finally summoned the courage to buy a PT strip.
And your guess was as good as mine.
I was pregnant with a child that I didn't want to keep.
In fear, I pondered how to get rid of this unwanted mess when there was a lockdown and no movement rule everywhere.
Yanking off recipes from Google, I made a concoction and drank it, laying in my bed, gnashing my teeth and crying as the first bout of pains hit my stomach so hard.
I laid there. Eyes shut as I await what would either by my death or relief...
Aderonke Adeyeye 2020
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