Set Free from Pregnancy Fears

When my husband and I decided to have a baby, I was worried about conceiving. My mother had difficulties conceiving and I feared that it might be hereditary. Despite my fears, I told myself that I am in Christ and would inherit His genes. I went ahead to buy books on baby names and believed God for a baby.

God is faithful and I was pregnant soon after. But that also brought about fears of a difficult pregnancy with symptoms such as morning sickness, water retention, leg cramps and excessive weight gain. But I remembered Pastor Prince’s message about the power of our tongue so I reminded myself to speak good things over my body even though at that time, I was uncertain if it would work. I would speak forth that I would not have water retention, no excessive weight gain and so on in the name of Jesus. And it worked! God kept water retention at bay. I could wear my rings and shoes until I delivered and there was no persistent nausea or food craving. I also did not put on excessive weight from the pregnancy even though I did not diet or exercise. Talk about effortless success! This is only possible in Christ!

Whenever I shared with my care group about my pregnancy, I would tell them that I am expecting a supernatural pregnancy and it came to pass. The day I delivered my baby, I was still shopping for groceries in between contractions. Upon arriving at the hospital, I was warned by nurses that the first birth would take hours. But I told God that I want to be like the Hebrew women, who would give birth even before the midwives arrived. After that, I requested for the nurses to check my progress, the nurses said I was ready to deliver! Praise the Lord!

As we prepare to plan for our next child, I would proclaim and speak forth once again and ask God for bigger blessings because our God is a big God!

The writer has requested anonymity