During the interview with the magazine, Benita shares various life lessons that affect mums of all ages – from labour to postpartum depression to having a support system and more, declaring that having a baby has changed her life “changed forever for good.”
Her words: “I think the early stage, of course, was overwhelming, I knew that my life had changed forever for good. I had to share my time with the new baby. It wasn’t easy because it was not something I was used to, it was a new experience for me and I thank God for the Joy of being a mother. It can be also be challenging and I understand why people have postpartum depression because if you don’t have people there with you the feeling might be overwhelming for some people.”
Benita revealed that her mother and sister were with her during her labour explaining that having “families supporting us (she and husband) with prayers meant a lot.”
“My mum and my sister were there with me during labour. My husband was also there but had to go get some items. I don’t even want to talk about labour. I was just really glad when the baby came out because I was there for 17 hours. I looked at my baby and I was like that huge guy came out of me but I thank God for counting us worthy of such a great blessing and there were times the reality of being a new mother set in and I would go quiet. My mum would say baby blues and smile. I’m grateful for an amazing family system. Everyone was helpful one way or the other. Thank God, baby A and I have grown since then.”
According to the singer, she didn’t have postpartum depression, because she had people around her to support and encourage her.
“I didn’t have, that’s why it’s important to have people around you. There were moments where I had people around me and I’ll go quiet for a while and when they asked what was wrong with me I’d tell them, ‘nothing’. Then I didn’t really feel like talking because I felt when they are done gisting I’ll go back inside and face my own joy and at the same time the challenges that come with it. But because I had people around me those quiet moments didn’t last.”
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