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I cried everyday and lost hope, says father after losing babies

Couple Elizabeth Apondi (wife) and David Wanjala (husband) who lost their unborn child during pregnancy. [David Gichuru, Standard]

In 2016, Ouma Ragallo took all his savings and went to India with his wife Bibian for reconstructive surgery and In Vitro fertilisation after doctors said her fallopian tubes were blocked. Bibian had experienced two miscarriages.

“All was well after our daughter was born in December 2011, until we had the first miscarriage in 2013. My wife was critically ill after the miscarriage. It hurt, but we had hope. In 2015 she had her second miscarriage,” Ouma says.

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