Saturday June 7, 2014, will remain the
happiest day in the life of Mercy James as 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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