‘‘I had my only child at 40 with one fallopian tube’’ – Nollywood veteran, Mama Insurance
Nollywood veteran Binta Ayo Mogaji, known as Mama Insurance, shared her experience of having her first child at 40 on the ‘Talk To B’ podcast. She revealed that she had surgery to remove one of her fallopian tubes due to an ectopic pregnancy.
Despite this, she was able to conceive and give birth naturally. Mogaji recalled that she had decided to adopt if she hadn’t had a child by 40, but she gave birth to her son just weeks after turning 40. At that time, she didn’t want to get married, and the father of her son also had no interest in marriage.
The actress said, “Unfortunately enough, the pregnancy was ectopic. They took me to seven different hospitals. The doctor said he wasn’t sure I could survive until the next day. The operation took them, like, seven to nine hours. Some of my colleagues who visited me at the hospital were crying.
“The surgeons had to remove one fallopian tube. But I’m living with one and I had my child through natural birth.
“I stopped looking for a husband; I wanted to make a baby. I said if I don’t have a baby until I’m 40, then I’ll adopt a child.
“[My partner], Jibola came shortly before I was 40 because I had my baby six weeks after I became 40 years old. But he didn’t want to get married as well.”
