BBNaija All Stars: Doctors said I may never have children – Uriel

Uriel Oputa, an evicted Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, has spoken out about her four-year battle with amenorrhea.

Amenorrhea is the medical term for the absence of menstruation during the reproductive years, between puberty and menopause.

The 35-year-old singer said the health challenge was “the lowest point” of her life, stressing that doctors told her that she may never be able to have a child.

She disclosed this in a recent chat with media personality Hero Daniels.

She said: “Before I decided to embark on a health journey, I had health challenges. One of them was that I didn’t see my period for four years. And I remember going to the doctors in the UK, and they told me that there was a high possibility that I would never be able to have children. That time, my niece was two years old and I remember leaving the office thinking, ‘Oh! I will never be able to have a child.’

“I went into a state of depression. I was so depressed that I couldn’t watch kids on TV. I hated going past schools or parks because I would be reminded constantly that I may not be able to be a mother. So, it reached a point where I said, ‘Okay, if I can’t be a mother, I would have my niece as mine.’ And that is why, till today, we [my niece and I] are very close because she looks at me as a second mother.”