New books set to address infertility issues, proffer enduring solutions
In a bid to address the issues couples go through as a result of infertility and proffer enduring solutions, Oluwatoyin Bode Abass, a wellness consultant and a medical doctor has launched her books: Range and Wellness Found Me.
The book Range sheds light on the plight that people go through as a result of infertility, the stigma attached and the troubles that come with infertility. The book also promises hope and teaches one how to go through the journey without losing one’s self or marriage.
Bode Abass, a mixed heritage of Benin and Yoruba who told BusinessDay that she was also introducing the range foundation explained that the books and foundation are intended to provide support for couples that are battling infertility.
“Range foundation is going to be an offshoot of the book in itself. We seek to provide support financially, emotional, social and physical support for couples that are battling the same kind of problems and cannot afford it.
“We want to help people who are of low social economic status to benefit from medical intervention and from fertility treatment but are not able to afford it. We seek to be able to assist them to fund their fertility treatment. One of the key things that is paramount in our hearts is to be able to dispel the stigma that is associated with infertility because it took eight years for us to have our son and I know how it feels the way people look at you because you do not have a child and the things that are said behind your back,” she explained.
The doctor explained that through these books and the Range Foundation, she can lend her voice to this fight so that other people who are going through the same thing can also benefit in treatments that are available.
“I hope with our partnerships, we will be able to support mothers to have their own joy of motherhood. My desire is to see the woman who sells pepper in the market to be able to get her own fertility treatment so that she can have the joys of motherhood,” she added.
Speaking on the books, Bode Abass said “Range is the first book that I wrote. It chronicles our journey through infertility, our struggles and challenges and how we fought through. It basically talks about resilience and the role of faith.
“The second book is ‘Wellness Found Me.’ This is more of what I do because in my journey through infertility, I had health issues that arose because of fertility treatments and when I finished the whole process and I had my baby, I had developed some medical problems.
“As a result, I needed help and I knew conventional medicine would not help me. This book teaches that prevention is cheaper. While people might think it is an expensive option, at the long run, it is not because with prevention, you do the right things. This way, you keep yourself in good health and diseases are far from you.”
Ifeoma Okeke