Mercy Kyallo has recounted how she almost lost her life donating her egg through IVF.
She was 18 years old when her friend told her about In vitro fertilisation.
Speaking in Kyallo Culture, Mercy said she did not study much about the procedure until it left her admitted in hospital for one month.
"After the procedure is when I realised it was a bigger thing than I expected," she said.
Mercy had not talked to her mum about doing the procedure until when the whole process failed.
Her sister Betty said when Mercy told her she was doing it for charity, she did not think about it.
"I was struck by her passion to help someone," Betty said.
"Inside my heart, I thought I needed to talk about charity to my mum after it was complete," Mercy said.
Without disclosing the hospital she did the procedure in, Mercy said the institution just asked them for their IDs.
"I had to start medication immediately one week before the procedure," she said.
"I remember going to the room and wearing the hospital attire.
"The first thing that shocked me was when the doctor told me to open my legs and started inserting things inside my private parts for the extraction process."
Mercy said when she started shaking, the nurses held her hands and legs very tight and asked her to stop being stubborn.
"I even thought I was in a quack institution. I vomited in that bed and when leaving, a lady came into the room and said, 'Here is your money, I don't think it is as hard as you are making it look.'"
Mercy left the institution frustrated and after she started feeling unwell, she informed her mum, who took her to the hospital immediately.
"The doctors said that water was accumulating in my lungs and that would easily suffocate me, and so they called a specialist and they decided to operate me the same night," she said.
Mercy said she wanted to help a couple but the procedure turned into a nightmare.
Her mother said, "It reacted with her body in a very bad way. Actually it was like I was losing her."
Betty added that as a family, they did not know what to expect.
"She was in the hospital for so long and we would just go to visit with fear of what the doctors would say."
Mercy said the toughest time was when she could not leave her hospital bed.
"I prayed to God for a second chance. IVF is not a bad thing for someone who is having trouble to conceive, but I think there is need for some education about the consequences," she said.
"I felt I should have given it a lot more study and research and I would also have shared it with my mum. I think the age was also not the best to make such decisions."
Mercy said nine years later, she is afraid of becoming a mum.
"I feel a bit traumatised about babies. Every guy who comes into my life and starts talking to me about babies, I feel traumatised."
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