The evicted BBNaija All Stars housemate and entrepreneur, Uriel Ngozi Oputa, popularly called Uriel, has shared details about a four-year-old condition that may hinder her the ability to procreate normally and biologically.
In a recent interview with media personality Hero Daniels, Uriel revealed that she suffers from amenorrhea, a condition characterized by a woman not having periods from puberty through menopause.
Uriel has viewed this period as the most challenging in her life, as doctors told her she might not be able to conceive.
She said: “Before I decided to embark on a health journey, I had health challenges. One of them was that I didn’t see my period for four years. And I remember going to the doctors in the UK, and they told me that there was a high possibility that I would never be able to have children. That time, my niece was two years old and I remember leaving the office thinking, ‘Oh! I will never be able to have a child.’
I went into a state of depression. I was so depressed that I couldn’t watch kids on TV. I hated going past schools or parks because I would be reminded constantly that I may not be able to be a mother. So, it reached a point where I said, ‘Okay, if I can’t be a mother, I would have my niece as mine.’ And that is why, till today, we [my niece and I] are very close because she looks at me as a second mother.”
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