Saturday June 7, 2014, will
remain the happiest day in the life of Mercy James. Reason? That was the day
she miraculously gave birth to a baby girl after 14 years of being pregnant.
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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