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okay

Okay.

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toh # na well

Good, it's good.

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# make I talk { as m~ || about } my life { as moder now || as eh motherhood now }

Let me talk as a m-... about my life as a mother now as uh... motherhood.

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# I just born now # eh like seven months

I just gave birth uh... like seven months ago.

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# kai when I dey pregnant < e no dey easy o

Kai, when I was pregnant, it was not easy at all.

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# pregnant woman dey hear am chai !

Pregnant woman go through some tough times, man!

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# if I no vomit today < if my eyes no dey turn me < &

If I don't throw up today, if I don't get dizzy...

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mtschew # e no dey easy { at all |r at all } kai !

Mtschew, it was not easy at all, at all, man!

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# dat time eh < # ah # na so >+ any &

At that time uh... ah that was how, any...

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I no fit do anytin

I couldn't do anything.

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my husband just dey pity me

My husband felt really bad for me.

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na im >+ dey help me do some tings

He was the one helping me out with some things.

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# kai our mama dem < de dey try o

Man, all our mothers work really hard.

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de dey try { well |r well }

They are really working hard.

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# but as I con born now < immediately I born < see as I con well

But ever since I gave birth... immediately after I gave birth, look at me feeling so great.

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everytin { f~ || eh # con } be like sey [ I no dey pregnant before ]

Everything's f-... uh, it's like I was never pregnant.

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everyting con dey a'ah

Everything's great now.

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# all di { headache |c { everyting |r everyting } |c every sickness } just stop kpai !

All the headache, everything, everything, all the sickness just stopped, okay?

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I say [ ehn na so >+ e be ?]

I said, 'uh, is this how it is?'

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# so we con born di pikin now < # drama con start

So now that we had the kid, the drama started.

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# yes now < okay you born baby

Yes now, okay you had a kid.

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baby < as I { f~ || born } am sef < for { f~ || two } days < I no see di baby

The baby, as I f-... gave birth to her, for f- two days, I did not see the baby.

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# because na # pretime

Because it came early.

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di baby no reach time wey I take born am

The baby came earlier than expected.

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so de keep am for like one week

So they kept her for... almost a week.

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# as I con see di baby now < see di tiny ting con small

When I finally saw the baby, see, the tiny thing looked small.

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# con start to breastfeed

Then I started breastfeeding.

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ah to dey wake up for night < anoder work

Ah, waking up in the night is another job.

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# anoder big work o

Another big job indeed.

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I just dey wake up for night kai

I was just waking at night, man.

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# sometimes ( my mama dey dat time ) she go help me carry small

Sometimes... my mother was alive at the time, she would help me carry her a little.

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my husband too go carry small # { sotay |r sotay } &

My husband would also carry her a while, until, until...

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# because na only breastmilk >+ I dey give am

Because I was only feeding her with breastmilk.

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I no give am any &

I didn't give her any...

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# I no give am formula

I didn't give her any baby formula.

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# so { small |r small } < # as three months reach < # di time wey she take dey wake up for night con reduce

So little by little, by the third month, she was waking up less at night.

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# I con still dey &

I was still...

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I still dey give am only { food || breastmilk }

I was still just giving her food, breastmilk.

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I no give am formula

I wasn't giving her any formula.

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e con reach six months ehen

When she was six months old, ehen.

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# when we reach six months < na she >+ no even collect breastmilk again

When we got to the sixth month, she stopped taking breastmilk.

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one day < I con try am give am pap

One day, I tested her by giving her baby food.

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e collect am

She took it.

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I say ah

I said ah.

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# okay !

Okay!

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# so after some time < she con start to collect breastmilk again

So after some time, she started taking breastmilk again.

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so # she { dey chop |c dey sleep |c everyting }

So she was eating, sleeping and everything.

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na so >+ we con { dey do am |c dey rough am } { small |r small }

That was how we went on, going bit by bit.

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# but even till now sha < she still dey wake up for middle of di night o = still dey wake up

But even up until now, she still wakes up in the middle of the night, she still wakes up.

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but her hair don grow now

But her hair has grown.

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na girl

She's a girl.

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so I don dey plait im hair # { { small |r small } |r { small |r small } } = dey buy cloth

So I have started plaiting her hair little by little, little by little, and I'm buying clothes.

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we dey take photo

We take pictures.

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di girl < # she like to play with phone o

The girl, she likes to play with phones.

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{ phone |c laptop |c telly } < all dose tins dey attract am

Phones, laptops, television, all those things attract her.

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# I no know # { wheder she wan do || { wheder na entertainment >+ she wan do now |c or wetin } }

I don't know if she wants to do... if she wants to go into the entertainment industry or something.

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I no know

I don't know.

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we never know but &

We never know, but...

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# she never even start to talk sha |c but we dey play |c we dey laugh

Well, she has not started talking, but we play, we laugh.

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# we just dey &

We are just...

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we just dey

We are just fine.

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we just dey like dat |c dey enjoy

We are just fine, enjoying.

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# as my mama stay with me one month < she don go

After my mom stayed with me for one month, she left.

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na { me |c and my husband } >+ con dey do am # { { small |r small } |r { small |r small } } together

Me and my husband started doing it little by little, little by little, together.

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I don even start work now

In fact, I've started working now.

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so I don even dey carry am go creche

So I have started taking her to daycare.

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# so at least < sometimes < me too < I go say [ I dey go { on || # on } break ]

So at least, sometimes, me too... I'll say I am going on, on break.

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# when she go creche < I go fit work

When she goes to daycare, I'll be able to work.

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# I go come back for house for afternoon

I come back to the house in the afternoon.

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evening time < we go continue # wetin we just dey do

In the evening, we continue as usual.

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# me < I dey work for local government

Me, I work for the local government.

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I be government worker

I'm a civil servant.

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# ehn so for local government dere sha < if I go &

Uh... so there in the local government, if I...

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# but di good ting be sey [ as I born pikin < e get as government take do am ]

But the good thing is that since I gave birth, the government has a procedure.

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# I born pikin = I get eh &

I gave birth, I got uh...

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# I dey # maternity leave for three months

I was on maternity leave for three months.

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# I go three months

I was away for three months.

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when I come back three months < for dat three months now < as I resume work < # if oder people dey close for four o'clock < de gree make I dey close two o'clock

When I came back, three months... for those three months now, immediately I resumed, if others finish by four o' clock, they let me finish by two o' clock.

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# so I go close on time |c go carry pikin go house

So I finish on time, go get my child, and head home.

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# so dis two o'clock one { go go f~ || go run } for six months

So this arrangement of two o' clock will go f-... will go on for six months.

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after six months < # I go con start work again

After six months, I will start working again.

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so e good as government do am

So that government procedure is good.

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my pikin go don almost reach one year # before I go con dey do work fully

My child will be almost a year old before I start working fully.

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# so she go don dey strong { well |r well } like dat

So she will be very strong, like that.

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# even dat three months wey dey give us &

Even those three months they gave us...

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but we still dey pray make de extend dis eh leave # as eh { doctor || hospital } say [ meh we dey do exclusive breastfeeding for six months ]

But we're still praying that they extend this uh... leave as uh... the doctors... the hospitals say we should breastfeed exclusively for six months.

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# so if de fit make dis eh # leave meh e dey enter six months < for dey good because # even dat time < God con help me sha

So if they can extend this uh... leave to a period of six months, it will be better because even that time... well, God has helped me.

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e get creche beside my office

There's a daycare next to my office.

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# I carry my pikin go

I take my kids there.

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so # as I dey work < # { I go go feed am |c go fin~ } so dat I go fit do dis { eh six months || # ehn six months } { full t~ || eh mtschew exclusive } wey de talk

So while I'm here at work, I'll go feed her, go fin-... so that I will be able to do this uh, six months ehn.. six months full t-... uh mtschew, exclusively like they recommend.

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but # e get some people now < de no go fit do am

But some people won't be able to do it.

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# de no go fit do am because of deir work

They won't be able to do it, due to their work.

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# { e || people } wey even dey private < na im >+ I pity pass

It... those who work with private organisations, are the ones I pity the most.

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# but ev~ &

But ev-...

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some people ( even some government people ) no fit do am if creche no dey your office

Some people... even some government workers, cannot do it if there's no daycare in the office.

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wetin help me be sey # [ creche dey my office ]

My saving grace is the fact that there's a daycare in my office.

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creche no dey my office now < e for no dey easy

If I hadn't had a daycare in my office, it wouldn't have been easy.

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# but na wetin help me sha = so < I con fit do am

But that's what helped me, really, so I've been able to do it.

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# di pikin don grow now

The child has grown now.

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she don dey chop now

Now, she eats.