59 BABIES BORN ON DECEMBER 25

MANZINI – The celebration of babies born on Christmas Day was met with mixed emotions as there was a concern on the increasing number of teenage mothers.

This was evident on Christmas Day when the Minister of Healthm Sibongile Simelanem visited the country’s largest hospital, the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital, to spread the holiday cheer.
Some of the mothers who gave birth to the Christmas babies were aged between 17 and19.

However, this did not stop the minister from giving them motherly advice as it was discovered that some of them have even dropped out of school. She advised the young mother’s to accept the situation and take care of the children by breastfeeding them. 
A total 59 babies were born in 2017 which shows a decrease of 25 babies because in 2016 there were 84 babies born with the highest, just like this year, being born at RFM.    

 “You may be young too and still see yourself as a child, but you have a new responsibility and I encourage you to take care of the baby and breastfeed her until you are ready to go back to school,” said Simelane to one of the mothers who had dropped out in Grade VII. 

By Monday at noon, only 15 children had been born countrywide with the highest number (five) who were born at RFM.    
However, the young mothers put that aside as they were happy to see the minister who showered them with lots of gifts.
The mothers at RFM had a lot of mixed names for their children as some of them were named Blessing, Hope, Phiwayinkhosi and Thembelihle among others.

A set of twins was also born at the hospital, but at the time the minister visited the hospital, they had not been named as the mother was still recovering from surgery.

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