The wife of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja ii, Olori Silekunola Naomi Ogunwusi, recently shared how the societal pressure made conceiving a child hard for her.
She spoke during a recent interview with TVC’s ‘Your View’.
She said, “It was like I was supposed to start popping babies almost immediately when I got married. The whole world was just looking at me.
“Thank God for a supportive husband, he would always tell me not to bother. Think it was something I was challenged with from the first day I got married.
“One thing that society does not yet know is that when a woman is under pressure, it becomes very difficult to conceive because it messes up with her brain and then it goes into her hormones and it becomes more difficult.
“The more you abuse a woman about childbearing, the more it becomes difficult for her to conceive.
“For me, it was really difficult but thank God for God, thank God for the Holy Spirit, and thank God for my husband. There was no pressure at all from my husband’s family, they were all very supportive.
“I would say from the public, there was a little bit of pressure but because my husband didn’t actually care about what gender, it could be a girl, a boy, or even twins he didn’t care.
“My mind was not on whether it was a girl or a boy, there was no reason to go for a scan, and there was no reason to find out what I was having. Whatever it is, I knew he was going to celebrate me and celebrate the child.”
Meanwhile, the royal family welcomed the arrival of their baby boy in November 2020, two years after they tied the knot.