Mrs Kate Fezigha, a 52-year-old midwife at the General Hospital, Sagbama, Bayelsa, gave birth to a baby girl on June 3 and brings to end her 19 years of marriage without child.
Fezigha gave the testimony at the child dedication and thanksgiving service of the baby christened Prudent, in Yenagoa yesterday.
She said she got married in 1994 and had supervised the delivery of many children and witnessed the joy and feeling of many mothers during labour and child birth.
According to her, an attempt to adopt a child from a Bayelsa-based Orphanage was fruitless as she was swindled by the purported coordinator of the home.
She said that her chances of conception were further reduced on attainment of menopause when she ceased to observe her monthly menstrual cycle.
She said that the arrival of Prudent changed her story and brought joy and consolation to the family.
The elated mother said that the conception and delivery of the miracle baby was “the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in His sight’’.
Fezigha said the pressure became unbearable during the 19-years waiting, and she took stock of her service as a midwife but she managed to remain steadfast in her trust in God.
“It was not an easy experience to see others through the child bearing process and not to have your own child.
“And it is particularly touching when I have had a very successful professional practice as a midwife.
Narrating her experience with childlessness Fezigha, explained that a stage in her life, her mysterious sickness led her to take a scan and it was diagnosed to be either a ‘fibroid or Cyst’.
