A medical practitioner, Dr Sina, has publicly countered a testimony shared by Nigerian actress and media personality Bambam regarding an alleged miraculous pregnancy within her church. Bambam, who goes by @Bammybestowed on X (formerly Twitter), had shared a post tagging @dominioncitylag, claiming that a female member of her church carried a pregnancy for an astonishing three years and four months before giving birth safely. The post quickly gained attention across social media, sparking reactions ranging from awe to skepticism.
In her post, Bambam celebrated the alleged miracle, emphasizing her belief in divine intervention. She wrote that in addition to the long-term pregnancy, another church family, who had been married for 12 years without conceiving, recently welcomed twin boys. Bambam used the stories to encourage her followers about faith and patience, adding that miracles do not tire Jesus and affirming that “God is in the neighborhood” and “it’s your season.”
Her original post read: “A woman in my church @dominioncitylag carried her child in the womb for 3 years and 4 months and delivered safely. God is indeed amazing. Another family waited 12 years and just had twin boys. Miracle no Dey tire Jesus. God is in the neighborhood. It’s your season.”
However, Dr Sina, a well-known medical practitioner and health influencer, publicly disputed the authenticity of Bambam’s account. According to Dr Sina, the claim that a woman could carry a pregnancy for over three years is medically implausible and likely the result of deliberate deception. In a detailed post on her X account, Dr Sina explained that women who appear to have such prolonged pregnancies are often subjected to hormone injections to simulate pregnancy symptoms, such as weight gain, vomiting, and other physical changes.
Dr Sina elaborated that in such cases, any medical scans are usually restricted to a single facility, with the women discouraged from seeking second opinions. She stated that, on the day of the alleged delivery, the woman would be sedated using drugs, and a baby, often obtained illegally or “stolen” from another source, would be presented as hers.
“It is a cartel of Baby factories that give stolen children to desperate, middle-aged to elderly women longing for children,” Dr Sina wrote. “They tell them it is ‘CRYPTIC PREGNANCY.’” The practitioner warned that such scams exploit vulnerable women emotionally and financially, and stressed that claims of multi-year pregnancies should be treated with extreme caution.
Dr Sina’s intervention has reignited conversations about the prevalence of pregnancy-related scams in Nigeria and the need for verified medical advice. Experts like her emphasize that miraculous pregnancy stories, while inspiring, must always be examined against medical science to prevent women from falling victim to fraudulent practices.