Women with disabilities in Bauchi State, have accepted Child Birth Spacing (CBS), as the best option for the moral, educational, physical and healthy upbringing of a child.
Some of the women who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Bauchi, said CBS had helped them in keeping a healthy lifestyle, as well as for their babies.
Mrs Maryam Ibrahim, a mother of three said that CBS was the best option for a mother who intended to nurture her children to grow fit and healthy.
Ibrahim said that healthy children required quality time from their mothers during all stages of growth and CBS was the method that provided such platform.
“I space my children three years in between; and i do that with the consent of my husband because we need the children to support each other now and in the future.
“As the mother, I feel stronger when I allow my body to rest for a period of three years before planning for another baby.
“This is bearing in mind that one is physically challenged and needs assistance from other persons to take care of the home and the children; so if you do not space your children, you will suffer the consequences alone,” she said.
On her part, Mrs Haulatu Umar, said that health workers were doing a good job of educating pregnant women on CBS during antenatal clinics.
Umar, who gave birth to her first child recently, told NAN that she accepted the CBS method immediately after child birth to ensure that the baby was breastfed adequately as advised by health workers.
Also Mrs Maimuna Yusuf, another physically challenged, said that spacing her children would enable her train the children morally and academically.
“I need someone to help me, even to carry my baggage or help in looking after the younger ones.
“So, I space my kids to give me the time to train each of them and allow them grow up to carry out simple tasks for both I and them, without being a burden to neighbours or the community,”she said.
Mrs Yelwa Shuaibu, Chairperson, Women Wing, Bauchi State Association of People with Disabilities, said that members were attending antenatal clinics to access relevant information on reproductive health.
According to Shuaibu, this is in spite of the lack of friendly infrastructure for people with disabilities in some public offices.
She called on the state government to run an all inclusive government to ensure that people with disabilities were adequately represented in all sectors of governance. (NAN)
