Made of butter?

Forward: This is a prequel to I AM MAJ AND I AM MEE,read,enjoy and do leave a comment and see! i debuted on the blog,lol,finally!

"Baby I've been complaining about my pregnancy discomfort to you and the inconveniences am going through and you don't seem perturbed in the slightest,this is so unfair and cruel of you!"

Mom spewed,engaging dad in a diatribe over the telephone who was in faraway kaduna on an educational course of 3 months.

"Oh yeah?! The pregnancy is causing you a lot of inconveniences? So what am I to do? Huh? Fly over cities to come hold your back or what?massage your swollen feet? Mtseew"

Dad retorted,totally getting Mom so incensed.


"Is that what you should say to me you this silly man! Am carrying your baby and you have the nerve to tell me bullshits over the phone? Did I put myself in the family way? How could you be so insensitive! Am making you a man by giving you children and you know during this period am very hormonal and instead to comfort me with your words, you thought it was wise to talk to me as you please?"

Mom voiced her disappointments at dad who wouldn't take it lying low,he spits!

"Look woman! Am sick and tired of all your complaints,are you the first woman to be pregnant in this world? Huh? Tell me...see! If the pregnancy is giving you lots of blues,I suggest you terminate it"

"WHAT? Ahmed! I should terminate an eight month old pregnancy eh! I should terminate your baby right?,you asking me to kill your child!"

 Mom reiterated for emphasis with an emotional laden voice,Dad was quiet,obviously regretting what he had just said,Mom continued

"Am so so ashamed of you and you know what Ahmed,I would terminate this pregnancy and the sin would be on your big,garbage-filled head since as my husband,you asked me to and once you get back here,just be rest assured you would be meeting an empty house,am taking Qatari with me and that's it,it is just so over"

Mom ranted as Dad tried to cut in and apologise but Mom had dropped the land line,she hissed and heaving a petrified exhale,she started crying

"Mommy, mommy,mommy,why are you crying?"

A little QT cried,tugging at mom's blouse,almost punching her big belly containing...well....me,lol,she wiped her tears with the back of her palm,sniffed a couple of times and rocking QT's head,she said she was fine,forcing a smile to reassure QT that she was fine,she stood up and went to take a bath and afterwards,she sat..perched on a stool facing her big mirror,cradling her tummy as she pondered over the unborn child she was getting prepared to go and terminate.

 Mom and Dad had been rowing a lot lately and when the opportunity came for him to travel for an educational course in kaduna,he took it,leaving his wife heavy with child and a little boy and going away,at first,Mom thought it was a good idea for both of them to get a breather and be away from each other so both would use the alone time to evaluate things and calm down but they kept rowing over the phone,they just couldn't agree on a lot of things and Dad declaring now that Mom should get an abortion was not just the last straw that  broke the camel's back but also killed it. The pregnancy had been giving her a lot of stress,she had recurring boils which always comes in twos at once making her believe she was expecting twins,she was always feeling flushed and so hormonal almost all the time and ohh,my kicks were epic.

Mom got dressed,took a last look at herself in the giant mirror as if to reassure herself she still got some shred of self-confidence left,she had already bath and dressed QT up,so grabbing his arm,they locked the house and went to the hospital...ready to take her baby out! Hmmn!


"Madam! I heared all you said and it is perfectly normal for young couples to row at this time in their marital journey, a kid and one on way,your hormones roaring and conflicting inside your body,the stress of tending to a small precocious and restless boy and not getting the full support and attention from your husband,it is like you are about to loose your mind but trust me when I tell you, your husband loves you much more than you can ever imagine,he does"

Mom's GP tried to reassure her and calm her frayed nerves down but Mom didn't agree,she thought her GP was so further from the truth,she protested

 "No no doctor,you are wrong,this man is such an ingrate,see how he's paying me for all of my devotion,loyalty,unblemished love and letting go all of my aspirations and wants to help create and build his own family...now he told me to get an abortion...it's fine,totally fine with me,so doctor,my husband and I have agreed to do away with this pregnancy and that's what we would do"

Mom said amidst tears,the GP smiled and squeezing Mom's hands to reassure her,she said

"Most women have been there,I have been there,has it occured to you that your husband could also be under a lot of stress trying to figure a way to give his little family the very best and life's stress generally,it is just a month left for you to have a bundle of joy placed in your arms and you would totally forget all the pains and inconveniences you experienced during this time,good things, mrs Adagiri, comes to those who wait,so just hang in there,I've checked you BP,the baby's heart beat and position in your belly,every thing is perfect which only means if you are having all these discomforts,you have a warrior on the way,lol but if you insist on having this baby terminated,we only have your word against your husband's,so we can't do this unless your husband is physically here to assent to the procedure  but if you would take my advice? The kids whom a husband asked to be terminated when in the belly are the ones they end up loving the most...mark
my word!"

She said soothingly,spliced with generous smiles totally making Mom feel relieved and her breathing stabilised,she nodded and said she would keep the baby ( YAY!!) .

 It was a cold harmattan evening a month after she had the heart to heart with her GP when while Mom was busy fixing dinner for Qatari and herself,her water broke,it took her by surprised as she let out a shrill cry which jolted little QT who was having an appetizer of bread and stew as he couldn't wait for dinner to get ready since he has had a fun day of playing around earlier,he ran to meet Mom in the kitchen ,who held the zinc for support,tightly shutting her eyes out of the sharp pain that shot through her belly.

"Mommy..did you pee on yourself?!"

QT asked in a child's innocence,totally surprised to see mommy "peeing" on herself

"Qatari..oh lord! Go now and call our neighbor, mama israel,tell her to come and fast...be quick!"

She said,gesturing with her hands to be quick whereupon QT,sensing all wasn't well,he dashed out. Upon opening the door,he ran into Dad who was just coming from his trip to kaduna,he thought QT had seen him through the window and had rushed out to meet him but in a clash of emotions at seeing his father and also Mom being in a state of emergency,he pranced about,confused on whether to hug his father or just blurt out what Mom was going through but I guess,the love of a mother is greater in a son's life than the father,so in a matter of seconds,he recovered from the prance as Dad wondered what was wrong with his little boy,as QT made to talk,Dad heard groans coming from the kitchen and he knew instantly what that meant,his baby is coming.

He dropped his bags on the floor outside as father and son dashed into the kitchen with maddening speed and screeching to a halt at seeing slippery fluid all over the tiled floor of the kitchen

"Oh lord baby! Is it time?"

Was all Dad could say,Mom eyeballed him with fury

 "Ofcourse hubby! You keep asking such silly questions and I would squirt your baby on the floor here"

Dad smiled and throwing one of Mom's arm around his neck and supporting her back with his other arm,he led Mom to his car,he was clearly in confused state,going back and forth,he would dash in to bring the hotwater flask then basket and oh,he forgot to bring a bale of newspaper to lay on the car seat so her fluids won't mess the car seat which he quickly fetched and laid on the chair....Dad tho! Lol

The traffic was clear,so he dashed to the hospital,QT kept jumping up and down in the car,wondering why Mom was acting strange but he was quite content knowing his superman daddy was doing something about it,lol.

Minutes later,they were in the hospital and the nurses took over and Mom was taken to the labour room,screaming at each push,she felt as though her private part was bombed,it was hell but eventually,the baby pushed its tiny head out and out the body came!

The cry of a baby was heard,the umbilical cord was cut and with blood all over the baby,he was shown to Mom

"What sex is your baby ma'am"

She was asked,Mom gasped!

"Oh lord thank you,a boy..he gave me a boy,oh lord,thank you" She exclaimed

Mom asked that the baby be given to her,as she was cleaned up,the baby,all wet with blood was given to Mom as she kissed the baby,blessing and praying for the child and as they both felt each other's bodily warmth so was the bond between son and mother thickened and got fused together..forever....I was born!

"Huweeeen, Huweeeen, Huweeeen"

 I cried! Lol, Dad was informed and he came in,kissing Mom and thanking her for the amazing gift which God had given her for safe keep and had just given him

"I thought you wanted the baby killed"

She said,looking at Dad condescendingly, he smiled and told her he acted out of annoyance,holding me close to his breasts as I had my first yawn and purred! Lol,

"I want him to be called Abdulmajeed"

Mom cut in

"So shall it be my love,he looks so cute...he was born out of pure love,hence his cute looks"

That was over two decades ago,I grew up fast and was this uber intelligent,neat precocious little tot,went to school and was growing up into this amazing chap but here's a snag!
 I was such a softie,had a rather pretty look and it made people assume I was raised with butter,given I was always neat looking,didn't play football much especially after I broke an arm and pretty much kept to myself. People talked and gave varied reasons why I was the way I am

"I think it is because you pampered him too much,you should push him away from you to help him find himself as a man"

Mama ndidi,a friend of Mom opined,a lot of other people,friends of Mom,neighbors,etc gave their opinions ,some thought I was psychologically disturbed because of the vacuum Dad left at his loss,the list was endless and it began to get to Mom such that she began to think they were right and she thought to "toughen" me up,she felt the best thing to do was send me to a boarding school and yeah! I did get toughened up,you want to know how?

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