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.