Mum Who Gave Birth To Baby Without Hands Say It’s A Blessing From God

The birth of a baby brings joy to a family especially when the woman gives birth successfully with no complications. This is not the case for 20-year-old Blessing Samson, who gave birth to a baby without hands but instead has three fingers jutting out from a shortened arm.

Blessing an indigene of Lussa in Bogoro Local Government Area, was initially surprised and shocked but has now accepted the situation.

Narrating her experience when she found out she gave birth to her baby without normal hands, she said: “”Chongfilawos is a blessing from God . I call him a blessing child because his birth was easy . When I saw him like this at first, I was not happy. But later I prayed and told myself it is the will of God. I love him and I will protect him with everything I have.

I love my son Chongfilawos because he is a blessing from God despite the fact that he has a deformity in his body. His birth was easy as I did not experience any complications during his birth. The father of my child, Jehu Luka, a peasant farmer,  lives in Lussa  village, but he was away when my baby was born. When he learnt that I delivered, he came to check his child and left”.

Blessing’s mother, Mrs Diana Samson sharing her own experience, said: “My daughter Blessing was going for antenatal from home. Her labour started late in the night and we had to call a birth attendant to assist her to deliver. At first we were shocked when we saw the child without hands. But as Christians we believe God has purpose for everything, so we started thanking God.

This is the first time we are seeing this kind of baby in our community. We need the support and love of everyone to help this child lead a normal life. We are also appealing to NGOs and the government to help with the education of this child because the father is just a poor farmer and from what we have seen this child needs special support.”

Reacting to the situation, the Medical Director of Pahlycon Hospital, Hassan Garba Mohammed, said that a congenital abnormality is responsible for a baby born without limbs or it could be as a result of genetics inherent in the family.

He said: “Apart from the medical condition of a congenital abnormality  and genetics responsible for the birth of a baby with no limbs, there could be factors such as when the man does not produce good sperm cells, that makes the baby not to form normally in the womb.

Also, the mother could be taking drugs that could affect the normal formation of the baby, resulting to an abnormal growth of the limbs.”

Source: Vanguard