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10 years of childlessness: Stigma, cost and hope

So, when are you going to start a family? Editah Trip and her husband, Ken Trip Okoye have been asked this question countless times over their 10-year marriage. Sometimes it is asked in jest, sometimes pointedly and followed by discussions about ticking biological clocks, sands of time draining through the hour glass, and the ideal African nuclear family setup.

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