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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 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, speak about her ordeal
for 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
According to Vanguard, 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.”
When asked about the father of Baby Miracle,
Mercy said 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.