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Olori Janet Afolabi, the Queen of Apomu Kingdom has officially flagged off "Initiative to Stop Teenage Pregnancy" on August 13, at the Alapomu Palace Hall, Apomu.

The initiative is aimed at curbing the rising rate of teenage pregnancy in the community.

Natural births still possible after cesarean - Study

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A new study has shown that women who had a cesarean section in a previous pregnancy are much more likely to have a safer vaginal birth if their antenatal care is led by a midwife, according to a new study from The University of Manchester, reports ITRealms.

Experts noted that although cesarean sections are safe, research is increasingly showing that vaginal birth and labour protects against long term-risks such as impaired immune response, asthma, obesity and type 2-diabetes in the baby. As a result there is a growing emphasis placed by health authorities on promoting vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) where it is safe to do so.

The new Manchester study, published in the journal Birth, is the first to evaluate the influence on VBAC rates of midwife-led antenatal care as opposed to care led by an obstetrician.

ITRealms gathered that using patient records, 405 women giving birth at one hospital after a previous cesarean were examined in two groups. The first group was from 2008 when antenatal care was led by obstetricians and, following a change in hospital policy in 2009-2010, the second group was drawn from women who had received midwife-led antenatal care in 2011.

The number of women who intended to give birth by VBAC in 2011 was 90.3 percent, against 77 percent in 2008. Those who actually achieved VBAC was also higher in the midwife-led group with 61.2 percent instead of 46.9 percent. Both represented significant increases in VBAC when antenatal care was led by a midwife.

Dr Helen White, a midwifery lecturer in the University’s School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, led the research.  She said: “There were few differences between the two groups of women we studied, so the main variance was the professional responsible for their care.

“Where it can be achieved safely, vaginal birth is preferable, but there’s a real issue with women who have had a cesarean once, opting for the same again.  There aren’t many initiatives out there to break this cycle so this finding is important for providing evidence that midwives are best placed to promote vaginal birth.”

The authors of the study are not proposing that women should reject cesarean birth when they are advised to do so, but suggest that midwives are important figures in promoting VBAC in suitable women.

There is a three year gap between the two groups of women but in terms of age, socio-economics, ethnic group and other variables, the groups are similar.  The only significant change was the change in policy to midwife led care in the hospital. The results are also unlikely to be due to cultural changes over time as the VBAC rates across England more generally did not change during the study period.

Dr White added: “The more we understand the role of the microbes living in the vagina, the more we are uncovering the protective effects of labour and natural birth against conditions such as diabetes and obesity.

“Midwife led care is cost-effective and, if it safely reduces the number of repeat cesarean sections, then it’s even more beneficial for mothers and babies.”

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Woman delivers child after 4years pregnancy

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 A woman,Nkechi Muojike, alias Mama four years has testified that she delivered a bouncing baby boy after carrying her pregnancy for four years, reports ITRealms.

She said this while glorifying God in the presence of a teeming congregation on Saturday, at the 3^rd anniversary celebration of the Mercy of God Covenant Prayer Ministry in Aguda, Lagos, saying that her case defied solutions until she met Prophetess Orjiugo Onyekwere who called God on her behalf for safe delivery.

She said her ordeal began six months into her pregnancy when a scorpion bite her on the belly while she was sleeping and from that point on, the pregnancy began to diminish until it finally vanished.

The woman who is now a proud mother of a two and half years old boy,ITRealms gathered, said it was a harrowing experience for her as hospital after hospital with their scans could not trace any living fetus in her tummy. She said, however, that she was not deterred by doctors’ reports because she steadily felt movement of the child in her back and immediately she came to the Mercy of God Covenant Prayer Ministry, the child whom she has already named Chiziterem meaning ‘I’m sent by God’, was repositioned and delivered safely.

Another testimony came from Comrade Chinedu Agina who said that the ministry delivered 

him from “wicked landlords who made themselves pharaoh and took me to court without my knowledge until the prophetess revealed my case”. He said they did not end there rather “they inflicted me with a strange sickness called elephantiasis but I was healed by God through the prophetess and today I can wear my shoes” adding that he has sworn to announce the woman of God to the world.

In an exclusive interview with ITRealms, Prophetess Orjiugo Onyekwere,the Founder of the Ministry, said that her ministry is purely a prophetic ministry while explaining what made her ministry different from others. Onyekwere emphasized that she always obey the voice of God, that once you obey the voice of God you will not make mistake, even as she prophesied that the insurgency currently terrifying the northeast part of the country must end before this time next year.

She said that women come to the ministry and get children and singles find their partners, adding that as a prophetic and deliverance ministry she works according to the direction of the holy spirit, saying that she also administers medication to people where necessary.

The message of the day, ‘Divine Open Door’ was delivered by Evangelist Okechukwu Elisha Divine who said that God is God of principle and order stressing that once you are with Jesus Chris, He will trouble your enemies and settle you  with the right key to multiple blessings.

Highlights of the ceremony, ITRealms reports, included cutting of anniversary cake, divine gift from prophetess Orjiugo Onyekwere, drama and recitation of bible verses and unveiling of the ministry’s almanac.

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