Dear GhanaWeb: I slept with two of my teachers, got pregnant by one and contracted HIV

Dear GhanaWeb,

I am a 26-year-old woman. When I was in Senior High School, I had encounters with two of my teachers. I became pregnant but did not know which of them was responsible.

Both of them refused to take responsibility and instead blamed me for being involved with them. They threatened that if I told anyone the truth, they would shame me for allowing two teachers from the same school to sleep with me.

I was shy and afraid, so I never told my parents who was responsible. My father became angry and did not speak to me again until a year before he passed away. My mother took care of me on her own and helped me return to school.

The thing is, the child and I are both HIV positive. I was not visiting the hospital when I was pregnant until I delivered.

They found out after delivery but then I had started breastfeeding the baby. They gave him medicines and he is okay. He can even test negative now because I have taken his health issues very serious ever since.

He is currently seven years. I have a job now and I am doing my best for us.

My issue is, I have been feeling like the teachers planned whatever they did to me. One proposed and eventually slept with me.

The other one also proposed to me and I told him I was seeing the other but he forced to have an affair with me till I got pregnant for one of them.

Aside that, I only told one I was pregnant and before I could tell the other, he already knew. I know where they’re both teaching now.

They have probably forgotten about me because I never reached out again after their threat.

I want to take them to court and make them pay for destroying my life, I want them off GES’ list and sent to prison.

They infected me with HIV, left me to suffer and take care of the child alone till today. I wouldn’t be here without my mother’s support. I want justice.

I was 17 years at that time. I was a smart student. I was studying science in school and what they did to me hurt my father because he was so proud of me. He died with high blood pressure so I sometimes feel guilty that I might be the cause of his death.

Is it late to get justice? I don’t want to invest money and later be ignored. I want to be sure I have a case. I need your suggestions, please.

FG/EB

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