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‘One son is not enough’: Doctor raises alarm over 22-year-old expecting her sixth child
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‘One son is not enough’: Doctor raises alarm over 22-year-old expecting her sixth child

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Repeated pregnancies at a very young age can place significant physical and emotional strain on women, particularly when pregnancies occur with little recovery time in between. A recent case from Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district drew attention after gynaecologist Dr Pragya Tomar shared a video from her clinic on Instagram. The case involved a 22-year-old woman who was five months pregnant with her sixth child. During the consultation, the woman revealed that she already had five children, four daughters and one son, and had been married as a teenager in what she described as a child marriage. In the video, the doctor questioned the husband, “H ow old was she when she came to your house?” He replied, “ She came to my house when she was 15-16 years old.” According to the conversation, the family continued planning pregnancies partly because of the desire for more sons, with the husband reportedly saying that one son was “not enough” and that more children would mean more earning members in the future.…

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