Labour Room Drama 310

WHAT!!!

THE JOURNEY THROUGH MY SECOND CONCEPTION. (A TRUE LIFE STORY)


DOCTOR: Madam, you’re pregnant

ME: No way! That is absolutely impossible. I mean who gets pregnant without knowing

DOCTOR: But your test result reads positive

ME: No it’s a mistake.

Then came boldly, Isaiah 55: 8-11
For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are my ways your ways, saith the lord.

It was a mixed feeling for me. Here am I preparing for an operation and God turned it into a sad-sweet testimony. Yes! I was preparing for an operation because I was diagnosed of having an ovarian torsion, (a twist around my ovaries that causes a sharp uncontrollable pain which only relieves me after the twist).

I was asked to go do an ultra-scan to find out the exact position of the ovarian torsion so a surgery can be performed immediately because I could no longer bear the pains. I could not walk, stand uprightly, nor even sit. My doctor insisted I did a pregnancy test before undergoing any operation just to rule out pregnancy. 

I insisted it was a waste of money for me because I was so sure I could not be pregnant. I mean I was not ready for another baby and I always calculate my safe period perfectly. He insisted I did the test which I reluctantly agreed.

Then the day for the scan came! As the device was placed on my stomach, I watched the doctor’s face for her expression. I was not disappointed when she shouted….

Doctor: when is your next appointment with the doctor?

Me: Today

Doctor: You have to see your doctor immediately.

I already made up my mind that I was going to undergo an operation like the doctor said because the pain I was feeling would not go away so I did not bother asking her what she saw. After the scan, on my way to see my doctor, I decided to pass by the lab to collect the result of the pregnancy test. I wanted to prove to my doctor that I was not pregnant after all.

My hands started shaking! The test read positive. I shamefully told my doctor that the test read positive. Nobody was talking about the ovarian torsion again or the fact that I had to undergo an operation. All the doctor was concerned about was the safety of the baby I was already carrying unknowingly.

I saw him write a referral letter referring me to an obstetrician/gynaecologist because he was not one. On getting to the gynaecologist, I explained everything to them then came another shock of my life!

The doctor said since I’m pregnant and also having an uncontrollable pain, it definitely might be an “Ectopic pregnancy”…. I was booked for a “Trans vagina” scan.

Meanwhile, while all these were going on, I refused to carry God along. I mean, how can he allow me get pregnant at this stage of my life when he knows I was not ready. I was working, running a master degree program which was already stressing me out and here comes pregnancy.

I went for the Trans vagina scan. And then I asked the doctor,

Me: Did you see any ovarian torsion or is it an ectopic pregnancy?

Doctor: Madam, the only thing I’m seeing is a healthy foetus growing in a healthy woman.

For the first time since the whole drama started, I felt “PEACE”. JOHN 14: 27
I felt “JOY” I mean after all I’ve been through, I still had joy! From operation, to ectopic pregnancy to a healthy growing baby. I made up my mind that this definitely has to be the will of God and I was going to enjoy every bit of the pregnancy. 

The devil was reminding me of so many reasons not to accept the pregnancy. The long distance I travel daily for my master’s program, stress of seminars, assignment, motion sickness, nausea, family, office work etc. I remembered James 4:7… “submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you”. Yes! It was not going to be easy especially at the early stage of the pregnancy but God did not abandon me. Yes he did not abandon me because there was a sudden lock down due to the pandemic and yes, it favoured me. No more school stress or office work so I had enough time to rest and watch my baby grow.

Fast forward to Labour Day, July 20th, 2019 the devil struck! The hospital I registered to give birth was closed. I mean no single personnel on ground. It was so strange. The doctor was not picking his calls either. When he finally did, he made some excuses that they worked all night due to an emergency so they decided to take a little rest. 

I was rushed into the labour room and then came the voice of the nurse, “Madam, your baby is presenting herself with her legs, and her head is up”. I knew I was in for a battle with the devil and my husband confirmed it because of the revelation he saw. All these while, baby head was down even till few days before labour so why the change?

I was in serious pains! My God! 

I’ve never felt any pain like that in my entire life. I started praying in the Holy Ghost and so did my husband. I was crying and reminding God of his words in Galatians 3:13 because Genesis 3: 16 no longer has effect on me since Christ had redeemed me.

 There was something special about the nurse handling me. She was so faith-filled and that increased my confidence in God. My baby had passed her first stool inside me which indicated danger. Then, I remembered 1 Timothy 2:15 “notwithstanding, she shall be saved in child bearing if they continue in faith, charity holiness and sobriety. And immediately strength came to push. At exactly 8:15 am, I pushed my princess out with her legs coming out first, with the help of God through the nurse.

 Immediately, I knew that LIGHT has prevailed over darkness. I could hear my husband blasting in tongues and ushering her into the world as he held her in his arms.

It was indeed a trying journey from the period of me being diagnosed of ovarian torsion down to the mysterious labour but God was faithful in all.

Today, my princess is ONE and I cannot but thank God for how far he brought us and from preventing the enemy from terminating this child of light.

So, I’m encouraging someone out there, be still and know that he is God. What you are seeing now may not be what you want just like I was not ready for another child but trust God and the process; he knows the end from the beginning. Even when things look scattered, trust him to be your ever present help in time of need. He’s good at turning our mess into a message. Just like he turned my twisted ovaries into a healthy ovary that produced my beautiful princess.

I leave you with this! “2 Corinthians 10:5
“Casting down imaginations and everything that exalted itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought of obedience of Christ.

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Congratulations indeed and happy birthday to your baby girl.