For This Child We Prayed…

We thought we would try for the next baby… 4 years later we were still waiting…then he came….Enioluwa (God’s friend,) Chukwuemeka (God has done great things), Kolaoluwa (The wealth and glory of God) Oluwatosin,… for this child we prayed.

My first son came after they noticed the fibroids, they said the lining of my womb was distorted by the multiple fibroids….”do you have children?”….my answer was “no” in response to the sonographer’s question when i went for a scan the first time to check out why i could feel a lump… “i think you are going to need to see a gynaecologist if you want to have any children”, she said. I am a medical doctor so I understood the picture.

I am so grateful to Abba that regardless of what was said my first son Fijinoluwa Zikorachukwu Oluwatosin was conceived. The fibroids being present when I was pregnant for him meant I was cared for under secondary level care because of possible complications and being considered high risk. Praise God he was born safely to God’s glory!.

The fibroids grew bigger afterwards.

We were ready to have another child but one month led to another, then a year led to another and nothing happened. I was well aware of the state of things but i didn’t have any peace about going to the gynaecologists for this situation.

Fibroids are growths that can occur in the womb on the outer parts of the womb, the middle parts or inside on the lining of the womb. The lining of the womb is the inner portion where the fertilised egg gets implanted so when a fibroid distorts the womb they can prevent you from getting pregnant. I had multiple, especially in the inner part.

I knew these ones had grown larger because i was experiencing more issues related to them and i could feel them more. Again i must reiterate i had absolutely no peace about going to see the gynaecologists. (This was personal and i’ve learnt it is always important to be at peace with your decisions)

Choosing to Believe

I am passionate about all Jesus has done for us including the price he paid for our healing. I’ve seen so much, experienced so much and desired so much and I knew God’s word was true over my experience.

I had received a word, actually multiple words that i was going to get pregnant and these fibroids will not be an issue, they were going to dissipate and disappear and i was going to stand and see these words through. I could never get past the scripture that says …

Behold children are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is his reward

Psalm 127:3 NASB

I am so convinced of the love of the Father for us all and for me, so when i would think about the scripture above and have a look at the one below…

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 kjv

Then I would say to myself, the word is true, God loves me, I walk uprightly because my righteousness in Christ’s righteousness as a gift, and the Lord will withhold nothing good from me, children are a gift…so he won’t withhold, this meant this was mine already!

I began to see that this baby was mine to have. I began to prepare for him/her/or more…

I asked the Lord about the scripture below …

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

¹⁵ And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

1John 5:14-15 kjv

I asked him a question, “if having a baby is a gift and no good thing will you withhold, then based on the scripture above, having a baby is your will, therefore I have this baby”.

I said “Lord If i do have the baby now based on the scripture then where is the baby if i can’t hold them physically?” . His response was, “You receive things in the heart first before you have them in the physical”.

Baby on the way

So I continued to see this baby in my heart with my imagination, I spoke to my older son like we had another sibling already, i would dance and thank Father God for the baby. If God’s word was true and it is, then it meant this baby already was in existence. I gave the baby names, i purchased items for the baby, I came into agreement with other believers. Then things began to happen.

I went for a scan to check on myself to see what was going on with these fibroids that ought to be done away with.

Glory to God!, the sonographer confirmed THEY HAD REDUCED IN SIZE and not only that, THEY NO LONGER DISTORTED MY WOMB! This is not the natural trajectory of fibroids. THEY DO NOT JUST SHRINK except the person affected is menopausal or is taking medications for the purpose of shrinkage which is usually a temporary measure in preparation for surgery following which they grow back.

Interesting things began to happen, i had 2 people call me to say they saw me in a dream with a new baby. Then in 2019 I had a very specific word i was going to get pregnant the next year and I did but then experienced a miscarriage.

The Lord comforted me, telling me he would restore. While praying with friends on 2 occasions i had one of them share a word of knowledge (very specific information) regarding my womb and they had no awareness of what was going on. The other friend described my family and where i lived and saw a new baby and she had no idea she was referring to me.

At the end of 2020 in November, i had a dream where the Lord told me i would have a child the following year 2021. and i even had someone reach out to me to tell me congratulations thinking I was pregnant when i hadn’t even conceived yet. He said he just kept thinking i was pregnant. He was completely oblivious to all that was transpiring with me.

I knew with everything going on, it was on the horizon, i could see this baby, i knew they were in existence, because God’s word is reality/truth. Not too long after this period, I CONCEIVED! AND THE LORD KEPT THE PREGNANCY TILL DELIVERY!

I thought i would need to deal with the challenges of going through the pregnancy with fibroids again especially being under consultant led secondary care the first time, but this time i was considered LOW RISK, THEY STATED THE FIRBOIDS WERE TOO SMALL TO BE CONSIDERED high risk. So i was midwife led and literally speaking, the fibroids that were such a big issue in the past were considered nothing! Halleluyah!.

And the Lord gave me a specific word for the delivery process…

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Isaiah 66:8

Just as the scripture above describes, I was done almost after just starting labour!, it literally took an average of 2 hours to go from 0 to 100! A quick and successful birth occurred and out came Enioluwa Chukwuemeka Kolaoluwa Oluwatosin.

Why Have I Shared This?

To let you all know God can be trusted! to say He is good, to say He is faithful.

Tell of All His Wondrous Works

 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
    make known his deeds among the peoples!
 Sing to him, sing praises to him;
    tell of all his wondrous works!

Psalm 105:15

Father God i want to say thank you! I want to say you are great!, I want to say you are faithful! You have done great things!.

I would like to encourage you dear reader not to give up on your expectations and to continue to have faith in our faithful God. His word remains true and he can be trusted. Never lose hope. Our God is a great big God! God loves us dearly and He longs to restore whatever the enemy has stolen.

I pray that whatever challenge looks impossible for you right now will become your reality as you hold fast to the word in the name of Jesus!.

I also pray that whatever you have lost in time or in any other way will be restored in the name of Jesus!.

May your tears be wiped away, may your joy know no bounds and may your testimony glorify the risen Christ!