yourbirthgodsway

Last week we took a mental walk through nature during the introduction to consider how animal birth looks and we found animals in all sorts of positions, but none were on their backs.  This week I want us to go on a little bit of a different mental walk.  Let’s take a walk through Bible […]

If you go on a walk through nature and happen upon an animal giving birth, what position will you find her in?  Will you find her upright, on her side, or on her back?  Well, she might be in a number of positions, but I can guarantee you that you won’t find her on her

Historically speaking, pregnant women have been excluded from clinical trials of new drugs and rightfully so because of the immense ethical concerns of exposing an unborn baby to unnecessary danger.  Now — In our day and time where there is so little respect for unborn life, there is a push to test new drugs on

Birth is an immensely JOYFUL event.  Our culture has conditioned us to view it as a painful, scary event, but it shouldn’t be anything of the kind.  It is a beautiful rite of passage in which God uses us, the mothers, to create brand new humans. Inside this episode, we spend some time really enjoying

Our medicalized maternity system has turned birth into a list of computerized checkboxes.  “Healthy” means good vitals to the neglect of all the aspects of motherhood that no checklist can contain.  Childbirth is the birth of a baby, of course, but it is also the birth of a new mother.  It should be a beautiful