I have been trawling the net for unplanned, unassisted birth stories (I'll tell you why in a moment). And I have been struck by the amount of stories and videos I have found. They are awesome. The ladies are very brave to put up their birthing videos on the net! I learnt a lot from just watching but yikes! I certainly wouldn't want to post me birthing my babies for the whole world to see. Kudos to these moms!

BUT

Why, oh why are they all the stories tinged with new age elements? Stuff like hypnobirthing, calling the placenta "mother placenta" (?!), and even orgasmic birthing?!?!?!?! Oh me, oh my!

I find it so sad that a strictly Christian perspective is so lacking. The only one I have found is Christian UC but even then..............

In the stories I have read, the ladies have experienced birth the way our God has intended but instead of giving glory to Him, they are acknowledging another god, another force. It shouldn't be this way. It is God who created our bodies to bear and to birth and to nurse the babies He has blessed us with. If we work with His design and not in fear, we should all be able to experience a natural, if not a supernatural and painfree birth.

But sadly most women, even Christian women, do not experience birth that way. Instead labour and birth are viewed with dread and terror, something to be gotten over and done with so that we can get to hold the baby.

It need not be that way. Really. Do read my birth stories and I pray you'll be blessed by them. I cannot go through this detailed teaching in a single posting (that's why we hold Experiencing God In Pregnancy talks) but there are 2 main things :

a) In the spiritual, believe that you have been redeemed from the curse and 

b) In the practical, read and prepare yourself to know what and how natural labour and delivery should be. A good book to start you off is Supernatural Childbirth.

Why search for unplanned, unassisted birth stories?

And if you are wondering WHY I am looking for unplanned, unassisted birth stories...well, if you read my last Birth Story, you'd know that the baby came real fast once labour was established. I just want to be prepared should we be unable to make it in time for the hospital thsi time round. I know 2 ladies who had their babies at home due to the speed at which the babies decided to make their appearances. I do not have a doula so I need to be prepared myself. And also to prepare dh should he be required to catch the baby .

My sil (dh's sister) who had planned a homebirth for her 3rd baby (in the UK) had to summon her dh to catch the baby coz the baby just decided to come out real fast. The midwives came only about 10 minutes after everything was completed. So, one never knows. And I'd rather be prepared than to be an ostrich and say it'd never happen to me.

And no, I would not want to check myself into the hospital early at all! It is just not comfortable. Period. I like labouring at home with absolutely no pressure and I prefer being away from the other children as little as possible.

How about just have a homebirth? Well, my dr is not for it. I asked him twice before  And I am not about to fight him about it. So my grand plan is to have the baby at the hospital but to be prepared just in case. Although it would really be nice to have the baby in the calmness of our home, Hmm............

Pray with me "not my will but His be done"!

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Posted by Petersonclan

I have often felt the same way about all the herbal things... these are things God has made for us to use to help us, but really - most people who are into them are such weirdos!

(Maybe I shouldn't have said that?)

Posted by sam

Yeah, that was one reason why i didn't want to read those books this pregnancy. I have to go through the details but ignore the "earth-mother/flower-child" stuff which I am uncomfortable with.