A
Nigerian woman who couldn't give birth for 10 years after marriage has
gotten a bountiful blessing as she gave birth to five bouncing babies at
once.
Mr and Mrs Edet with their little babies
After 10 years of marriage without the fruit of the womb, Mrs Ekpo
Edet, a civil servant in Cross River State civil service has given birth
to quintuplets.
According to Leadership NG, Mrs. Edet is now full of smiles. The
three males and two females were delivered at the University of Calabar
Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar.
Despite the daunting challenge of nursing five babies in a harsh
economy, the middle-aged mother and administrative officer had since
accepted her fate, describing the babies as marvelous and previous gifts
from God.
Mrs. Ekpo disclosed that she didn’t pray to have quintuplets, but
has a family tree that has a record of a delivery of a twin babies. She
said at that conception she was only interested in having just a baby,
and not babies, especially having been unable to have one after 10 years
of marriage.
However, after the successful delivery of her babies, Ekpo noted
that she, alongside her husband, Dr. Edet Effiong Ekpo, had been full of
praises to God Almighty for blessing them with a set of quintuplets,
after waiting upon God over the past 10 years, amidst persecution from
different quarters that demand a child from her.
She reaffirmed that the babies, who are now four months old, were a
reward for her waiting upon the God over the years, adding that it pays
to be steadfast when trusting God for a child.
Mrs Ekpo told our correspondent that her greatest challenge in
bringing up the babies at the moment was that of finance, but expressed
confidence that God will always cater for them.
In view of the prevailing economic hardship and the enormous tasks
of catering for the needs of five babies at a time, Ekpo doesn’t wish to
have another set of quintuplets.
According to her, “It was marvelous having those babies. Even
though I didn’t pray for it, and it just came, I give God the praise.
But I wouldn’t want to have another experience. I won’t. The stress is
much with this present economic situation. I won’t. Remember that we
are all civil servants. I don’t have help from anywhere, except God.
“Finance has been the major challenge at the moment, but I
believe that with God all things are possible. God will always take care
of them.”
Ekpo, who expressed satisfaction over her post and ante-natal and
post-natal medical care, used the opportunity to advise pregnant women
to always adhere to the instruction and prescriptions of their doctors
in order to experience a safe delivery. She specifically commended Prof.
Davies Ekanem, of the UCTH, for his medical care before and after her
delivery.
Nevertheless, she narrated how she had a high blood pressure due to
anxiety on the day of delivery, but said God took control of the
situation.
Has any woman in her lineage had multiple births? She says, “Actually, my mom’s elder sister had twins.”
In spite of the huge financial implications of catering for the
children, all had been well with the mother and her “five bundles of
joy” health wise.
“Since after delivery, I have not had any course to take them
to the hospital, though I treat them of malaria, every two month. In the
course of all these things, I never had high BP, except on the day of
delivery, my BP rose a little out of anxiety. I was scared as a human
being. But, in the whole, we all have not had any health issue, so far.
We are hale and hearty,” she said.