Prominent Ghanaian journalist, Gloria Akpene Nyarku, commonly known as MzGee has candidly stated that she isn’t ready to bear children and that she is fear gripped whenever the idea of pregnancy crosses her mind.
MzGee who accepted that childbearing is important in marriage went on and averred that what really frightened her the most is carrying the baby for 9 months.
According to the relatively beautiful journalist, when one gives birth, there is a need for the person to take very good care of the child and as at now looking at her profession (journalist), it will be quite difficult for her to get such ample time for her children.
“I think I am afraid, the 9-month period and the kind of job I do and having to. you know I keep telling people that I don’t want to give birth to children and leave my kids at night and say I am going to chase after an artiste for interview. I don’t want to live my life that way so I say to myself that do it now and get to the point where you don’t have to chase an artiste or chasing Stars for an interview and at night, you’ll have to be at a show. Because I feel like my child should have all the attention.”, Mzgee averred.
“I can’t be pregnant also and be jumping here and there with my pregnancy. Yes I will work but I feel like getting to a point where you don’t have to go through all that stress and then you can a child”
She was then quizzed on if this is something she has agreed on with her husband? In response, Mzgee said again:
“We haven’t started to plan o. But I keep saying it so I think he’s beginning to buy into the idea. You know no matter how old people may think we are. I keep saying we’re a young couple and I don’t want the stress. If the child comes along the way, why not? we’re married. But I won’t rush”.
Speaking on whether she gets pressure from family, she said:
“My father has never asked me for a day neither has my step-mum ask me for a day that when are you gonna have kids. So if anybody else who says it, it’s their wahala me I don’t even feel bothered”.
“I wish I can just wake up one day and get pregnant and the next day, I give birth. I wish it can work like that cos I can’t eiii the 9-months thing scares me”, she stated.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
