She then told me, ‘Your baby is not breathing.’ I was sh0cked. I said, ‘How can the breath of God not breathe?’ We had already named her ‘UmeChukwu’ before travelling, and I knew it was a moment that required faith. At 34 weeks, how could my baby not be breathing?

The next thing they told me was that my baby didn’t have a nose. After that, they said I needed to do a Down syndrome test. With all the negative reports coming one after the other, I decided to call my husband and tell him what was happening.

When I spoke to him, he said, ‘You will not go for any test. Tear that slip.’ So I tore the slip. From that moment, we entered a season of thanksgiving. Every day, we thanked God and declared His promises over our child.

My husband kept saying, ‘We receive an excellent child. We receive a perfect child.’ We stood on those words and refused to accept the negative reports. We believed God completely and held on to our faith throughout the pregnancy.

The testimony didn’t end there. On the day I went into labour, I was pushing, but the contr@ct!ons weren’t coming as strongly as I expected. The p@!n was there, it didn’t feel enough to help me push the baby out.

At some point, I told the nurses to check if I was fully dilated because I was exhausted. They checked and discovered that I was fully dilated. My husband was beside me praying and declaring, ‘It’s done.’ With all the strength I had left, I pushed the baby out.

But when she came out, I noticed the look on my husband’s face. What had happened was that the umb!l!cal cord had wrapped around her neck twice. She had been str##gl£d to the extent that she had even p00ed inside me. Yet, despite everything, God came through and gave us victory…”

Gospel singer Judikay shares emotional testimony about her pregnancy and childbirth, recalling the alarming medical reports before welcoming her daughter.