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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