Homebirth, spiritually:
When we lived in Missouri, I attended Friends of Missouri Midwives meetings once a month. It was such an encouraging place to be for many reasons. One reason was because a vast majority of these strong, educated, passionate women happened to also be Women of God. That wasn’t a coincidence. You ask these women or me, home birthing women do it for spiritual reasons. Not all of them may feel like it is necessary for ALL women, but we defiantly feel that it is necessary for ourselves. Like Paul said, “All things are permissible, but not all things are beneficial”. I do not feel it is beneficial to birth at a hospital. In fact, in a lot of cases, I feel it is the opposite. One dear friend says that she tried to make her birth about God at the hospital with her first, but when you are following a doctor that doesn’t put their trust in God’s plan, it’s darn near impossible. We live in a fallen world, and our bodies are not perfect. But if we treat them right and put our faith in God’s plan and find peace in that, things go smoother, I believe. God’s timing! I believe in God’s timing for birth. I am way too human to determine when my baby should be born. This is why I am 100% against elective induction (without medical need). The thought of taking such a HUGE responsibility under my own understanding scares me to death! While I believe that God gave us doctors and medical advances to use, I don’t believe in using them, unless completely necessary. He also gave us natural things to try. I wanna stay hands off of normal physiological processes that He ordained as much as possible. And follow the instincts that He gave all women. It’s going to sound silly, but I couldn’t help but share a scene from LOST that has always touched me. The character John Locke is talking about a moth cocoon. He says that the moth is inside struggling to get out. And it’s hard work, he says, “I could use my knife and cut the cocoon open and free him so that he wouldn’t have to work so hard, but if I do that, he will die quickly.” The moth needs to strengthen himself completely before he is able to break free upon his own accord. I would assume that like child birth, that it’s different for every moth. There is probably an average amount of time, but it varies a bit, depending on how long the moth needs. Darby came out at 37 weeks, she was basically okay. But I had another friend that had her baby at 37 weeks and he had to spend several days in the NICU because his lungs were not developed enough. Cal was born right at 40 weeks, only God knows what would’ve happened had I decided I was “done” being pregnant and been induced at 39. Maybe he would be fine, but maybe not! I just don’t feel comfortable deciding that for my baby, I much prefer to leave it to God. From using the brain that God gave me, I have read a lot about this subject. So much that I would feel terribly convicted if I went any other route. Not to say that I would be “sinning”, but that I would be missing out on a small detail of God’s plan for me. A part of my God given Life of abundance. I don’t want to miss out on that. I don’t think He wants me to miss out on that. He sent the Holy Spirit to lead us, and personally I feel like this is where the Holy Spirit has lead us. And we are reaping the benefits! : ) My prayer is that my sisters in Christ would listen to God along with the advice of professionals. And that no matter where that takes them, they would have peace about it. Peace enough, that they wouldn’t feel offended when someone questions their choices! The 50,000 times people have questioned OUR choices I have honestly never felt offended by it! I felt honored to attempt to explain to them how we were lead to this! ; ) One of my favorite documentaries has an amazing quote from a father in it. In an interview after the birth of their first child, when speaking about what it was like to see his wife give birth he says something like, “It’s amazing, it’s like, there must be God in the room or something.” I believe that God is right with our babies from conception and that He deeply cares for them and knows their little souls!! And it is our responsibilities to protect that baby from the beginning of conception. That is what I intend to do. And the way Robert and I feel that we need to do that, is by having our babies at home, surrounded by people we trust and being honored by experiencing a process we trust ordained by a God that we trust.
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