A very powerful dua......
    "La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minzzalimin"(do not miss the opportunity to recite this dua on every single chance you've got especially during this holy month of Ramadan.May Allah SWT accept all of our ibadat)

Ramadan Mubarak ❤️

🥀Flaws of a wife🥀

      🥀chapter 17🥀

It's been four weeks since I visited the Islamic herbalist,days kept passing by as time went by.As they say,life is a biter-sweet experience sometimes bitter and sometimes sweet.

During the first week that I had started taking that medicine,I made sure that I didn't missed every single opportunity in other to be close(physically)to Mahfouz,especially when I heard that there are more likely tendencies of getting pregnant immediately after the menstruation period.I tried to take advantage of that and decided not to waste even a single day but yet it was to no avail and I started to become worried again.Mahfouz tried his very best to cheer me up but it was to no avail cause i wasn't even ready to listen.He suggested that we go see another gynecologist again and the results came out still the same as the previous ones,instead of this to cheer me up it made me became even more worried.

Seeing how worried I was,Mahfouz decided to involve my parents and asked them to try and make me understand that getting myself worried won't solve the problem.My father being the strict man that he was refused to involve himself in the matter saying that I was old enough to know if whatever I was doing was right or wrong.

That day my mom called me and talked to me for over thirty minutes trying to calm me down and told me to stop worrying too much or else I could cause harm to myself.She made me promised her that I would stop worrying and live everything to Allah and I did.But deep down I knew I had promised her only for her sake,I didn't want her to start worrying herself because of my worries so I did promised her.

Zulaiha's pregnancy was also at its peak,everyone is expecting the baby in the existing day or the day after.Mahfouz visits her everyday before he goes to work in the morning and after he's done with work before coming back home.And sometimes he would be back home earlier then we will both go visit her at mama's place.Mama had stopped taunting me while Zulaiha acted nice whenever we visited. Mahfouz still shopped the baby's clothes with me either online or at baby shops and that helped in keeping me busy cause whenever I became bored then I would open my Instagram and explore some accounts that sells baby clothes online,whenever I found something good I would screenshot and send it Mahfouz and then he would buy it and sometimes he sends me some money and asks me to buy anything good for the baby that he trust my taste.

For a while I got carried away and forgot about my flaw until one faithful day,Zulaiha was nine and the half months pregnant around 11:00am shortly after Mahfouz had come back home.He had taken his bath first as usual and then ate the fruit salad that he had asked me to make for him earlier on when he called to tell me he won't be coming back home earlier I shouldn't bother to cook dinner and just when we were about to go to bed his phone rang.

He hesitated to pick the phone for a while because we were already started to get lost in our own sweet worlds but then I insisted he picked up cause it might me an important call and just as I had presumed,it was important!Mama was the one calling and she clearly stated that Zulaiha's water had broke,she was having her contractions and that it was her time to give birth.

I couldn't read Mahfouz's facial expression cause everything was happening very fast,he had already gotten dressed and was about to leave but then I offered to follow him,he hesitated for a while but I insisted I would go with him and he gave in.I grabbed the fastest thing that I would use to cover myself up and it was a jilbab, i wore it as fast as I could and followed Mahfouz that was already suiting in the car very tensed. I was equally as tensed as he was but I tried calming him down trying to assure him that everything was going to be alright.

In less than a thirty minutes drive we arrived at the hospital which was very quiet since it was a private hospital and not very affordable for all so very few and high class people visits there.We rushed passed the reception where the receptionist directed us to where the labor room was.Mama was sitting on one of the waiting chairs that where place few meters from where the labour room is.She also looked a bit worried as she was lost in thoughts

"Sannu mama."Mahfouz said moving closer toh her.

"Yawwa...you came earlier than I had expected."she answered dryly.

"Well yes ,the hospital isn't that far from the house and it's quite late so the roads are empty."he answered pacing back and forth.

"Good day mama."I greeted her moving closer.

"Thank you ."she answered warmly.

"How long have they been in there."Mahfouz asked after a while of being silent.

"They've been there for a while,I can't say how long."mama said coldly reciting to herself some supplications slowly as if she was murmuring something.

After countless minutes of waiting,pacing up and down and our minds very restless,the doctor finally came out smiling warmly.

"Congratulations are in order as a bouncing baby girl has been born,both the mother and baby are very fine.The child is been cleaned so is the mother,they're going to be transferred to their ward in no time,congratulations once again."the doctor said shaking Mahfouz's hand.

I felt relieved that they were both fine and alright.I was happy very happy in fact but deep down I was restless and anxious.I couldn't help but think of what would now become of me at my husband's house.Since I wasn't able to give birth to a child for all those years and now in less than a year,another woman had gave my husband what I couldn't give him for so many years.Now I know that it would never be the same for me in that house as well as in Mahfouz's heart.I need not to be told that the woman who bears the children in a house earns the respect,automatically owns the house as well as the hearts of her husband and also her in-laws!

"Masha Allah Mahfouz she looks just like you."mama said smiling vividly as she held the baby tight in her arms.

"Yes she's just like me..she's my bundle of joy."he said after he had collected the baby that was now crying.

Zulaiha and the baby were discharged a day after the delivery.Mama insisted on Zulaiha to go back to her house for some time but Mahfouz objected for a while before finally giving in after making it clear that she would be back to her house immediately after two weeks.

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And it did happened Mahfouz's way,just like he had said after two weeks Zulaiha came back home and I know it shouldn't be right to say this but this two weeks made the worst days of my life.

Not a single day went by that I wasn't taunted of not being able to give birth as if it was my own will.
Whenever Mahfouz's relatives visited or even Zulaiha's friends came.I felt like running away or just disappearing into the thin air,maybe the I could find some peace of mind.

The naming ceremony was held two days after she had return and the baby was named after Mahfouz's mother "Maimuna"and she was to be called maimoon as her nickname.My family had came over for the occasion also,my mom's junior sister Anty lauratu came along with clothes meant for the Zulaiha and her baby.Though I've made up my mind not to involve myself in the ceremony Anty lauratu advises me otherwise.She said me not involving my self would cause nothing for me but more problems and sadness.

She later explained that Mahfouz would only continue to love and respect me when I show love to what he loves the most and at the current situation the baby is his priority and he loves everyone  that cares for her.I adhered to her advice and went and meet him later that day,two days before the naming ceremony.

He was seated in Zulaiha's sitting room with maimoon on his laps his hands entangled in hers.I smiled warmly looking at their positions so lovingly and adorable,Zulaiha wasn't there so I felt a little bit more comfortable.I asked him about the preparations of the naming ceremony and he told me about the plans,from the decorations to the vendors that were hired for every job needed.I couldn't help but notice how happy he was just talking about it.

"Baban baby how do I look."Zulaiha came out wearing a beautiful purple lace that looked great on her.It complimented her skin so beautifully that I thought I could never be a match to this damsel.
Well maybe before I could but now I could never dare to compete with her...not when she's given birth!

A thing I couldn't do in years....

"You look beautiful."he said smiling while looking towards her direction for a while.

"Thank you Abban baby."she said smiling mischievously while walking towards where we were seated.

"I didn't see you there, Ina wuni."she greeted me mockingly as the brought out a box that looked more like a jewelry box.

"Thank God you are here,I was confused on what jewelry to match with this outfit tomorrow,should I wear on this purple one or the silver one or better still I think I should wear it with the gold necklace Abban baby gifted me yesterday."she said looking straight into my eyes trying to convey a message to me with them.

I was still seated when she went back to her room and came back with a black and golden necklace box that looked extremely beautiful even from the outside and she brought out a very beautiful and huge gold necklace that am sure was worth millions of Naira if not more.

I felt like exploding,it's not as if Mahfouz had never bought me a gold necklace before,in fact I have three gold necklaces.The first one was put inside my lefe,  and it was a very beautiful necklace although it wasn't huge.Then the second necklace he bought for me was practically to show me how much he really loved me when I was not able to conceive and people had started gossip about it making me afraid that he might leave me someday.And the last one he bought was when he was going to get married,again that was also to console me and it was the biggest of them all.

Now Zulaiha also had two necklaces,first one was also put inside her lefe while this was the second one which I assume he gifted it to her for giving birth to his baby.

"It's a really gorgeous necklace and it would look superb when you wear it with the clothes." I said faking a warm smile before giving Mahfouz a look that I myself wasn't aware of what it means before I left the place.

My feelings and emotions were running wild at this moment,I wasn't even aware of what am thinking but one thing I was sure of is that am not angry or jealous because he had bought her nice gold jewelry,what made me so pissed off was he didn't even cared to inform about it,I had to find out through Zulaiha rubbing it right through my face!

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Jamaaaa ya Ibadan?

I know right it's been a while😂.

How is Ramadan going?

Allah ya karbi ibadunmu 🙏

Allah hafiz❤️