Nollywood actress Ini Edo has for the first time spoken about her experience as a mother and what she has had to put up with.
In a recent interview with her colleague, actress Lilian Afegbai, the mother of one noted that motherhood has taught her that she could actually love another human more than herself, when asked how parenting has affected her.
Speaking on learning to love someone else, she said,
“The fact that you can actually love somebody else more than yourself. All of a sudden, somebody else is more important than yourself.”
“I’m somebody who just really loves myself and my space. But then, you realise that before you start to think about yourself, you wake up in the morning and you’re not thinking of yourself. You’re thinking of your child.”
The actress concluded saying,
“There’s a consciousness that comes with the fact that you’re responsible for somebody else’s life.”
The actress revealed that she had welcomed a child via surrogacy speaking with Stella Dimoko back in December.
Also, responding to critics from some people at the time she said,
“Yes I do have a daughter and I had her through surrogacy. The Eggs are mine and so genetically she’s my blood. I chose this path to fulfill my dream of becoming a mother.”
“I still have a good number of eggs frozen in case I decide to do surrogacy again or carry my baby myself. Who knows.”
When asked about the identity of her child’s father, she revealed that she had opted for a donor for “peace of mind.”
“I opted for a donor for me and my baby’s peace of mind. Another major reason I opted for a donor is that it scares me so much when I see banter and controversies between a mother and a father over a baby in public forums or when I see the man insisting he wants his child if things don’t work out between both parties.”
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