Dorcas, who delivered the baby on 13 Dec in Abuja, said that she was confused and excited when her Pastor’s wife, a nurse confirmed her pregnancy.
“She (nurse) looked at my face and said, ‘Mummy, to God be the glory, you are pregnant”. I was very surprised”.
Dorcas got married to Mr Christopher Osiebo, now 64 years old, with both hoping to have a child in their 35-year-old union.
“But early this year (2019), I just felt in my body as if I was pregnant, but I thought how can that be especially when I have not seen my period since 2006,” she said.
“I got married in January 1984, but there was no child at all; people who got married the same year with us have children; even my immediate younger sister has grand-children,” Dorcas said.
She said they sought help from both the traditional and orthodox medical practices but there was no respite.
According to her, she entered menopause in 2006, and her younger sister, who got married after her, is already a grandmother.
“I drank a lot of concoctions (herbal mixtures) in my effort to get pregnant.
“One of the concoctions, I cannot withstand the smell; to drink it; I will block my nose, and close my eyes before I can drink it.
“I did all these to make things better for me but nothing good came out of it,” she said.
“We have gone to many places and hospitals that we cannot even number them all. In 2006, my husband took me for scanning at a hospital in Jos and obstruction was discovered (not fibroid).
“An operation was carried out at the hospital and I came back home but no solution, rather, since the operation was carried out, I didn’t see my period again.
“When I told my husband, he didn’t believe I was pregnant. But I discovered that I no longer like to eat my best foods and my clothes no longer size me,” she explained.
While her period of waiting for a child lasted, she said: “None of my in-laws disturbed me. My late father-in-law did not disturb me, although he once asked why we were just folding our arms and doing nothing about the situation.
“We then told him that we were not folding our arms but trying our best, but that the thing never worked out.
“But I and my husband were worried. My husband is the firstborn of his father and I am the first of mine also.
“We have younger ones who already have good number of children but it is only us that did not have children of our own. Whenever we remembered all these, we were not happy,” she said.
However, Mr Osiebo said after a long period of marriage and prayer without a child he decided to depend on God for a miracle.
“But by the grace of God today, a baby boy has entered this family; that is the cause of my joy. I am very happy, thank God,” said the excited husband.
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God of awesome wonders
ReplyDeleteOnise iyanu. I give you all the praise
DeleteWow! We serve an awesome God
ReplyDeleteGod be praised
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the couple
That's d finger of God in action.to God be d glory
ReplyDeleteI hope this story is true, and if it is, to God be the glory.
ReplyDeleteThank God for them!
ReplyDeleteGod of awesome wonders
ReplyDeleteThe story ended abruptly
ReplyDeleteDid you do assisted conception in the hospital?
The most important thing is " now they have a son of their own".
DeleteGod be praised.
Glory be to God
ReplyDeleteGod is truly great.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to them. But I don't pray for such if they had given birth since 1984. Their child will have clock 35 yrs. But only God understand how He works. His ways are not our way. Thank God.
ReplyDeleteWho prays for such? Sometimes, silence is golden.
DeleteIt wasn't their prayer point either but to birth a Samuel or John the Baptist, there may be some delay. Let's believe that these types of children are the ones celebrated by their seniors and recorded in history by those coming behind. There is wisdom in silence if you don't have something uplifting to say. There are those who have 35 year old children under the bridge half naked and others have their children under the ground in their backyard. They did not pray for such either.
DeleteLet us learn to be grateful for all things and rejoice with those rejoicing instead of injecting unhelpful opinions in the testimony of others.
Anon 0.06 thanks for this siul lifting reply. People ae so insensitive sometimes. Here am i at almost 50 rejoicing and looking for hope from this story. Its not for lack of trying and praying some of us found our lives like this. Madam Natacha..May God grant you and your likes wisdom to bristle your tongues and soften your hearts
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ReplyDeleteWow!! God is so great..even without periods again a baby came forth,only God can
ReplyDeleteAwesome God
ReplyDeleteDependable God... Thank You Jesus For Your Mavelous Divine Grace And Mercy..
ReplyDeleteA special child is born wow, wow! The Samuel of our generation.
ReplyDeleteOur God is so faithful and good.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Jesus
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