The baby was promptly and aptly
christined Miracle. And why not? If the
mother had delivered at the expected
time the child would have been a
teenager by now and possibly in
secondary school at the JSS 3 level.
Mercy, a single parent, said of her
ordeal during the 14 years she was
pregnant but could not give birth:
“When I first took in, I knew that I was
pregnant with signs and test that
confirmed that I was. Four months later,
I went to hospital for another test, the
result showed that I wasn’t pregnant,
but had fibroid.
Subsequently, I began to experience
bleeding, at least once a day.
Sometimes, my tummy would protrude in
the semblance of pregnancy. I went to
different hospitals, and I kept on
receiving the same result that nothing
was wrong with me. But deep down
inside , I knew that all was not well with
me.
Churches and native doctors
“So I was taken aback when a midwife
told me I was pregnant. But considering
the test which showed I had fibroid, I
was angry with the midwife for giving
me what I felt was a false prophecy of
hope. Thereafter, I started going from
one church to another and from one
native doctor to the other. The results
that I got from them all remained the
same. I became more feeble and
confused that I prayed for death to
come.
“I went again to the midwife two years
after and complained to her about the
pains that I was going through, she told
me again that it was not fibroid but
pregnancy; she advised me to be more
prayerful so that God will deliver me
from the hands of the devil. I kept on
praying and at the same time asking
myself that if truly I’m pregnant, why is
it that the baby was not kicking?
“I bought many concoctions that they
said could cure fibroid and drank them. I
even drank 12 bottles of a local
cleanser but to no avail. This went on
for years. Then God took pity on me and
decided to wipe my tears.
On the day I gave birth to my baby girl, I
initially thought that worms were trying
to come out of my body not knowing
that it was a baby. This was what I told
the midwife when we came to her. But
after examining me she told me to push.
I ignored her. I became unconscious for
about 15 minutes and when I regained
consciousness, I heard the cry of a
baby. I was surprised and confused
seeing my baby. I couldn’t believe my
eyes. Hmm,I thank God for my life and
that of my baby Miracle. I named her
Miracle because she is truly a
miraculous child”.
Miraculous child
The midwife at the Celestial Church of
Christ, Kadoso Parish, Ajegunle where
Mercy gave birth confirmed the
development, especially the role she
played.
The woman who simply gave her name
as Mrs Ajetima informed thus: “She was
pregnant for 14 years and was unable
to give birth during this period. Then on
Saturday around 6:30am I saw two
persons carrying her to this place.
When she came inside, I laid her down
and asked one of my daughters to
examine her, after the examination, I
found out that it was a baby that was
about coming out and not worms. I
asked her to push and she refused. My
daughter gave her a hard slap on her
laps since she refused to push.
Behold a baby with placenta came out! I
started shouting, calling on people to
come and see for themselves that
Mercy was truly pregnant, because if
not, people will start to say that that
Celestial woman has given Mercy a
baby. Within a twinkle of an eye, the
whole place was filled with people. God
is wonderful”.
Also affirming the happy development,
Mercy’s closest friend, Odunayo
Odeyemi had this to say: “I have known
mercy for over nine years now. I met
her with the pregnancy . In fact, she did
not know that she was pregnant. I
followed her to many places but her
problems kept on increasing. Merely
looking at Mercy then before she gave
birth, you will notice that she wasn’t
okay. I kept advising her to have faith in
God because I had experienced the
same thing. I was pregnant for three
years and three months and God
delivered me.
“Mercy came to me on that fateful day
around 4am begging me to give her a
pain reliever, that she was having pains
all over her body. I dressed up and took
her to a man that sells drugs. After
taking the drug, on our way home, she
started having serious pains. I called
her brother and we both took her to the
midwife. Hours later, she gave birth to
a bouncing baby girl. We all were
surprised because we never expected
such a miracle to happen. She had a
complete baby.”
Robert Davidson, one of Mercy’s
friends, said that he concluded after
seeing Mercy with a protruded tummy
for three years that she had fibroid. So,
“it came to me as a shock to learn that
she delivered a bouncing baby girl.”
For Chidimma Ibe, a neighbour: “She
always complained to me that she had
stomach pains all these period. She told
me that she had fibroid and sometime,
she will complain of different things.
She was totally confused as to what
her condition was. I’m very much
surprised and happy she gave birth to a
complete baby girl. It was truly a
miracle. God was on her side. God is
wonderful because all the concoctions
she took were enough to kill the baby.”
On the father of Baby Miracle, Mercy
informed that they got separated on
account of the ordeal that attended her
pregnancy. “Friday is the name of my
baby’s father. Actually, we are not
married. He just proposed to me and I
became pregnant for him. He knew
about the pregnancy. He always gave
me money for tests and scans but he
got tired and left me after waiting for
me for over a year without seeing any
sign of a baby. I have no option than to
go my own way,” she informed.
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