The heavy toll of early motherhood

Rani was married at age 11 - her ID card was doctored to say she was 18. She and her husband started trying for a baby but it took seven years for her to fall pregnant. She suffered complications during labour and needed several blood transfusions. Four months later, she has still not fully recovered.

“I felt very stressed. I have been trying for a baby for seven years. So this time when I was expecting, I felt worried for the baby. I had so many expectations to meet but I am only 18,” says Rani.

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