Nollywood actress Mo Bimpe has opened up about a painful experience she faced before becoming a mother, revealing that some people deliberately left her out of baby showers, naming ceremonies and children’s birthday celebrations because she had no child at the time.
The actress shared the experience on social media while offering encouragement to women who are currently waiting to have children. She said the exclusion was particularly difficult because she loves children and would have preferred to share in other people’s celebrations rather than be treated differently.
Bimpe said she eventually realised that some of those who excluded her were people she personally knew and cared about. The experience, she suggested, showed how easily women without children can be made to feel isolated during social gatherings centred on motherhood.
“There was a time when I wasn’t invited to baby showers, naming ceremonies, children’s birthdays, or anything related to kids,” she said.
The actress urged people to be more considerate towards women who are waiting to become mothers. She argued that not having a child should never be a reason to withdraw friendship, affection or social inclusion.
“Please don’t make it harder by excluding people. A woman without a child is not less deserving of love, friendship, inclusion, or celebration,” Bimpe said.
Reflecting on her own journey, the actress encouraged women who are trying to conceive not to lose hope. She pointed to the change in her own circumstances as a reminder that difficult seasons can eventually give way to better ones.
“There was a time I had no child. Today, I am a mother of triplets,” she said.
Bimpe ended her message with words of encouragement for women still waiting to have children, telling them that their current circumstances do not define their future. “The same God who remembered me has not forgotten you,” she added.
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Imagine being left out of your friends’ baby celebrations simply because you didn’t have a child.
Nollywood actress Mo Bimpe says she experienced exactly that before becoming a mother.
She revealed that she was excluded from baby showers, naming ceremonies and children’s birthday celebrations by people she knew and cared about.
Today, Bimpe is a mother of triplets. Her message to women still waiting is simple: don’t give up hope — and don’t make someone’s journey harder by excluding them.
Do you think people should stop treating women differently because they don’t have children?
