Joyce Mwangi

After the loss of my second child, my son Thayu Kiheo, I almost lost it. And maybe I actually did. I was devastated. My body was physically bearing the marks of carrying a baby for 20 weeks, striving to keep that baby alive through medication most of its injectables and still losing that child.

A year before my little bundle of joy was born, I had a miscarriage at 14 weeks. To say it was devastating is an understatement.

As happens when a loved one, a friend, a colleague, a parishioner or a neighbor has lost life appropriate words are not easy to come by. Many people feel the urge to break the silence and in so doing end up saying such injurious things to the bereaved.

Going through a myomectomy does not mean that you will never have fibroids ever again. These are the important things to know beforehand.

The first time I heard the name ‘fibroids’ was around the year 2002, my memory fails me with the exact date. So you see, fibroids to me meant an unhealthy reproductive system. And I wasn’t far from the truth!

I am a stay at home mum; by choice. That’s what I have always said but maybe the job chose me. Most people don't understand. Here's why I say this...

In 2011, I went under the knife to remove the numerous fibroids in my uterus that had caused me two painful miscarriages and endless visits to the doctor.