My wife was inconsolable – MOGmusic details how he and his partner handled child loss

Gospel musician and pastor Nana Yaw Boakye, known as MOGmusic, has detailed the sequence of events that followed the news of his baby’s death.

The two-time winner of the Male Vocalist of the Year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards says that, contrary to the perception that his baby was growing healthily in his wife’s womb, a visit to the hospital after his wife’s frustration over not feeling the usual kicks revealed that the baby had died.

“We will have to induce your wife and let the baby come, and probably if you want to do an autopsy, we can do it and find out what happened to the baby. It is quite unfortunate; I am very sorry. The nurse will take you to the ward and prepare you for induction,” MOGmusic quotes the doctor as having said.

According to the songwriter, when he sought clarification on what possibly led to the demise of his baby, the doctor replied, “Young man, these things happen. You are not the first, nor will you be the last. I am sorry.”

Narrating to MzGee on Just Being Us how his expectant wife received the news of their child’s demise, the ‘Be Lifted’ hitmaker revealed that she was simply inconsolable.

“My wife was off. I don’t know the words to describe it, but I have never seen her in that state. The kind of feeling that came with the message and the impact of what happened to us, I would not even wish that for my enemy,” he told MzGee.

“We’ve been through this process for seven months. Every morning I hold her stomach, and we pray. I get home, hold her stomach, play with the baby, the baby kicks here and there, and now, just at the crossroads, we lost everything. It wasn’t easy,” MOG added.

The couple now has children and hopes to have more.