It had been 16 years I wanted another baby.
When I had my first baby I bled every month in pregnancy but unlike the
menstrual cycle the bleeding wouldn’t last the number of days. No one could
explain it. The only thing the doctor did was to put a circlage stitch in my
cervix to prevent the baby from miscarrying. When I was term I notice one day
the waters had burst and I went to the hospital. I delivered my daughter almost
immediately after the stitch was removed. It was then my doctor drew my ears
and told me to be very close to the hospital. In 2002 I was pregnant again. And
it was with twin boys. Since I was very strong I continued working on my bank
job. There was no problem until the last trimester. At 7 months I suddenly
started bleeding heavily and was rushed to the hospital. I mean I really bled.
The first twin died immediately and the second one was really bad. The doctor
said he would have a lot of deficiencies because of all the trauma and they
tried to keep him alive. But suddenly he died. And that was it.
Over the next few years all attempts to get
pregnant failed me. My husband and I visited renowned IVF clinics in Nigeria
which were of course very expensive. The best known was patronised by me yet no
baby. We went to United Kingdom to the facility where the first “Test tube
baby” was born. The cost in pounds sterling was so high, we had to sweat to
bring it out. For 2 months I was on hormone therapy and finally had the
fertilisation done. Tests proved I was pregnant! I then was discharged and
packed my bags to get back home. That day I lost the pregnancy again. I told my
husband I had had enough. It wasn’t the money really. The expectations, hopes
and sudden disappointments were too much of an emotional roller-coaster for me.
That was in 2007.
I decided to adopt and that was a long
process. Each time I was called I was told they had twins for me and I didn’t
want twins; they were too much trouble! By 2011 I had left banking for good,
was running a charity for street children with most of my earnings, and had a
life changing trip to Hawaii on Haggai institute for Christian women leaders.
After this I began working with an NGO charity helping raise awareness and
coordinate free treatment for children born with a facial deformity. I was on a
visit to Liberia for this in 2014 when the Ebola outbreak hit. I visited one of
the main centres. When I got to USA from there I was sick, so sick I was
vomiting. Had I contracted Ebola? I had no fever, but all tests to show what
was wrong with me were negative. I went back to Nigeria and visited the
hospital. After a number of blood tests one of the junior doctors told me “You are pregnant.” I told him he didn’t
know what he was saying and requested the consultant. But I was pregnant.
Pregnant with triplets without IVF or any planned intervention. I travelled to
USA and had them: two boys and a girl. My employers gave me on request 2 years
off work (and to my amazement paid me fully in the period)! So I now have 4
children. Glory to Jesus Christ! Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any
thing too hard for me? Jer
32:27(KJV) Nkiru is an international Haggai institute alumnus
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