My auntie didn’t struggle with infertility. She struggled with something quieter.
She married young, 21, to a man everyone described as stable. Good job. Polite. From a decent family. Within a year, she was pregnant. Everyone congratulated her like she had unlocked the next level of life.
But the pregnancy was difficult. She was constantly exhausted, dizzy, in pain. At every appointment, she said something felt wrong. Every time, she was told, “That’s normal. You’re just anxious.”
During labor, there were complications. She remembers alarms going off. Nurses rushing. Then silence.
She survived. The baby survived. After that, she was never the same.
She lived with chronic pain. Severe fatigue. She could not stand for long without feeling faint. Yet every follow up visit ended the same way. “You’re fine.” “You just need rest.” “It’s probably hormones.”
Her husband began complaining that she was not the same woman he married. He called her lazy. Moody. Dramatic. He said other women recover faster.
Years passed. She forced herself through it. Cooked. Cleaned. Smiled at family gatherings while taking painkillers in private.
In her late 30s, after collapsing at work, a new specialist finally ran proper tests.
Untreated complications from childbirth. Internal damage that had been missed for years.
She was not weak. She was not dramatic. She was not failing.
She had simply been dismissed.
Some women are told they are overreacting.
Sometimes the truth is someone chose not to listen.
Saddened that this graphic is relevant again, but:
What is Rape Culture? Why are rape jokes harmful? Tingkah laku anda, meskipun kecil atau tidak berniat jahat, ada akibat. Kita perlu mencegah amalan ini dari akar umbi, barulah kita melihat perubahan.
Malaysian government put Artstation on their blocklist because they found copyright violated contents on it. It's so ironic because our government is famous for using AI to make posters
And now they implemented DNS ban, in their words it's to protect people from harmful content
Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at the age of 76. I still can't believe it.
A few weeks ago he was giving his final concert. I hope you came home, Ozzy ❤