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How to register for the Minet Teachers’ Cover

Last month my son and I were admitted in hospital. It was a really scary experience on how we got to the point of admission. Thankfully, he recovered very fast and in 2 days we were discharged and back home. During the discharge process is when we realized we had not added him to our NHIF cover as a dependent. And so once we were back home my husband went to the NHIF office with the baby’s birth…

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Death: A conversation we need to have

The other day I was in the middle of a conversation and I said “when I die, I would want Still A Mum to stay solid, running and growing many years after I am gone”. I was in a group of seven people and immediately I said that I saw four of them gasp, one of them audibly. As soon as shock left her eyes she said, “Don’t talk like that, you’re not going to die soon”. I immediately asked her how she…

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#death #dying #funeral cover #minet

Minet covers psychiatric and counseling services: A huge win for mental health

In November last year I had just concluded a support group session for moms who’ve lost a baby at our office. You know how it is after a meeting – people don’t leave immediately. Instead, we stayed and chatted about a myriad of things. Then as we were about to leave, one of the women walked up to me and asked “do you take insurance for payment of counseling?” I said no. And I did not give that…

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IVF (In Vitro Fertilization): An emotional, physical and financial rollercoaster

I have shared briefly on social media that I went through an IVF cycle that failed but for so long I did not feel ready to share my story in detail. For many reasons really. The first is because I did not feel ready to go back to that time – the emotions were still raw. Another reason is I got some backlash about being a Christian and having done IVF and to be honest I just wasn’t ready to go…

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Maternity insurance: A necessity for every mother

Last week we had one of the quarterly Mama Zawadi events that Still A Mum organizes. The Mama Zawadi eventsstarted as baby showers for rainbow moms (moms pregnant after a previous baby loss). The August one was our 7th event and I am so happy to have met over 100 pregnant through these forums. You may wonder what exactly happens at these events. There is definitely some eating, photos and cake…

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#Maternity insurance #Miscarriages in Kenya #premature delivery #stillbirths in kenya

Sarova Panafric Brunch: A tantalizing way to end the week

Yesterday I was going through some of my photos and I stumbled onto one that made me extremely hungry. I know you know what I mean. Photos have a way of making you relive the experience – you remember the atmosphere, what led to the moment the photo was taken and even what happened after! That is how I felt with this particular photo. This photo was taken at Sarova Panafric Flame Tree Restaurant…

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#"#Sarova hotels #Sarova Panafric #Sunday brunch

Love your natural hair? Use Mizani True Textures Range

For the longest time, I had long flowing hair. For the better part of my adulthood this hair was relaxed, long and straight. Then over time it got thin and weak. And I didn’t like it at all. So about 2 years ago I cut my hair. All of it. We will not talk about how I looked like a boy for 2 months. No. We will instead focus on how over the next few months I got my good hair back. It was thick and…

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#Bond pHorce #Mizani #Mizani Kenya

#PressforProgress: Starting Small on International Women’s Day

Tomorrow marks the worldwide celebration of International Women’s Day. Stakeholders from all over the world come together on 8th of March each year to acknowledge and celebrate the social, economic and political achievements of women and also call for actions that will promote gender parity in the world. This year’s theme is #PressforProgress and is a clarion call to all of us to keep up the…

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#pressforprogress #International Women&039;s Day #women empowerment

5 Struggles You Will Experience When You Are a First-Time Mother

Women with more than one child generally agree that they were far more anxious the first time they had a baby than they were with subsequent children. There are things that a first-time mother struggles with that mothers with more children may not. It’s not necessarily that motherhood gets easier but rather that after having two or more children, you become surer of yourself as a mother. As with…

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#first-time mom #motherhood #parenting

Imposter Syndrome: What It Is and How to Tell That It Affects You

Despite having written eleven books, won five grammys for her spoken recordings and been nominated for a Pulitzer, Maya Angelou felt like a fraud. She said, “I’ve run a game on everybody and they are going to find me out.” Lupita Nyong’o in 2016 also talked about feeling like a fraud with every role she took on, and that winning an Oscar may have made it even worse. In the same year, Tom Hanks, a…

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#Confidence #growth #imposter syndrome #womanhood

Year of Yes: On being a woman and learning to take up space

My brother is one of the most confident people I know. In fact, I often tell him that he straddles the line between confidence and arrogance. From time to time he steps fully into either side because he is human and balance is a hard thing to achieve. Throughout our lives my mother has told him to be more like me; to be more responsible, more organized, more focused in school. What can I say, I…

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#book reviews #Confidence #fear #growth #reading #womanhood

The Struggle to Exercise and the 1% Rule

We are midway through February and most of the people who resolved that 2018 is the year they finally get into shape are dusting themselves off after falling off that bandwagon. I don’t blame them. Been there, done that, and yet somehow still there, still doing it. Vowing to exercise is no longer just a good intention; it’s something of an addiction. We do it several times every year. Each time…

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#1% rule #exercise and healthy eating #growth #habits #healthy living

Valentine’s Day: Rethinking How We Celebrate Love

It’s here. Valentine’s Day is upon us and as many as are giddy with anticipation are those giddy with apprehension. It’s a fact that some people enjoy Valentine’s a bit more than others, and others a bit less. Who doesn’t have that one friend who must wear red to mark Valentine’s? Or that other friend who does the most to act like the day doesn’t even exist, and scoffs at anybody who even…

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3 Ways to Make Going Back to Work Easier after Having a Baby

The period when maternity leave ends and you are going back to work is usually filled with a lot of anxiety. You’ve been home with baby all this time, you were probably personally in charge of everything in the life of your child, from feeding to play time. And now you have to relinquish some of that control to someone else, perhaps a nanny, because you will be at work for most of the day. Many…

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#going back to work #motherhood #working moms

Keeping Your Memories Close

Children grow up so fast. It seems like one minute they are breastfeeding and the next they are through with high school. Or at least that’s what my parents say. On each of my birthdays, every year without fail, one or both of them exclaims, “How can you be this old? You were in baby class just the other day!” Their surprise always brings one point home for me: Our busy lives often cause us to…

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Your Body is not a Problem to be Fixed: The Weight Struggle After Pregnancy

A friend of mine was once fretting over her weight. She had been living her best life for a while and had gained some and was now going through that crisis that almost every woman goes through when she realizes suddenly that some of her clothes can no longer fit. Her mother, who was around, happened to overhear our conversation and she laughed, saying that we were stressed now about our bodies…

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#body changes after pregnancy #body insecurities #Confidence #motherhood #self-esteem #womanhood

It’s Not About You

A friend of mine has been looking for a job for a while. You know how uniquely horrifying the experience of tarmacking can be. Especially when you’re at age where everybody is piling pressure on you to…well, advance. Get married. Have kids. Have a car and live in a nice neighbourhood. Your peers are there but you are stuck here looking for work. That kind of thing has every ability to convince a…

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