Reader's Emails
Please enjoy these letters of encouragement sent by readers of the Birthing Naturally Website, and please be sure to send your words of encouragement as well.
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I can’t thank you for creating this phenomenal website! This is my first pregnancy and my husband and I want to do everything we can to have a natural childbirth. We’re very research oriented people, and during my whole pregnancy we’ve been craving unbiased, educational material so we can educate ourselves as much as possible prior to the birth of our daughter about the processes of childbirth, the natural normal processes that happen, what to expect, etc. Your site is by far better than all of the other resources we’ve found combined! Of course, one never knows how the actual birth process will go, but we feel that with your site, we have all of the tools we need to educate ourselves and have the kind of understanding of the whole experience that we want to both prepare ourselves beforehand, work with during, and if we need to, advocate for ourselves during the birth process. Before finding your site, I was tense about feeling like I knew I wanted a natural birth, but not feeling like we had adequate resources from our healthcare provider, nor enough time to ask questions during our appointments. With your website, I now feel completely in control of my knowledge and I know I will be much more relaxed as a result. Thank you so much for giving couples the resources to have faith in the wonderful and capable bodies that God has given to women!
Jennifer Byard
I am pregnant with my 4th child, which makes a total of 7 between me and my husband. I too was in shock at this pregnancy. I thought God was going along with the plan I had for my life and then He pulls this on me! I have had to deal with issues of faith and really pressing in and strengthening my relationship with Him because we are back down to one income. Truthfully, I am so pleased to be home with the little ones. I never want to have the stress and sadness of putting them back in daycare.
I was given the "Supernatural Childbirth" book listed on your reading list during my last pregnancy. I had never heard of relying on God during childbirth. I am so thankful God led this information to me!! At that time, my husband was not a Christian and he was battling an illness. I kept telling him how God would heal him and he just thought I was nuts. I used my pregnancy and the childbirth process to draw closer to God for my strength and He made it possible to have an awesome natural birth. The process just really built my faith in God as my provider and Jesus as the great physician. Shortly after the birth of our last child, my husband accept Christ, he was totally healed without surgery, and he is now serving in our church youth department.
I gave birth in the hospital, but I had a Christian OB-GYN and was able to go to the midwife in their practice. I personally experienced gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia so a hospital birth was necessary. My midwife recommended the fetal heart monitor that is inserted vaginally rather than the outside monitor that requires laying in bed and cumbersome wires. The internal monitor allowed me to walk around and move as I pleased.
I gave birth to my daughter 3 hours after starting labor. An episiotomy was not necessary. Fast, pain free labor and no episiotomy were things I specifically prayed about during my pregnancy. God is good and He is faithful. To Him be all the glory and honor during this awesome process of bringing one of His precious little children into the world. I look forward to another wonderful experience with this pregnancy.
Leanne Suttles
I just wanted to thank you for the excellent info in your site. I have been advocating for natural childbirth for three years and am about one week away from a homebirth. Out of everyone I have shared our plans with, the most surprising reactions I get are from ladies at MOPS (a christian mom's group) I am really surprised at the level of opposition and borderline hostility I get, but now I can refer them to your site for true, scriptural reasons for my decision. Thanks again for all of the great info. May God Bless this ministry. I genuinely feel that too many women miss out on the experience that God designed for us by letting the medical community take their births away from them. Thanks again!
Christa Campbell
I am entering my 25th week of pregnancy with my fourth child. I have had 3 normal beautiful, healthy prenancies. At 19 weeks I woke up to my water breaking. I went to the hospital and they confirmed the obvious and sent me home on bedrest until 24 weeks, "if my baby was still viable". My husband and I were in shock. How could this be? We have never had pregnancy issues. Why me? Well, why not me! I spent 5 weeks on bedrest at home and I was admitted 1 week ago to the hospital to start Antibiotics and steroids. I didn't want any of this but what I have come to realize is I needed this. I had to come to the end of myself and really let God take over. Afterall, He is in control. This has been a journey of fear, uncertainty, power struggle, faith, amd finally joy! I am still in the hospital but my baby is heading in the right direction. The staff is amazed and call my baby a MIRACLE everytime I have an ultrasound and the heart is strong, lungs are doing awesome for gestation, and fluid is increasing. So, I will remain still and know that He is God.
Luke 2:40 And the child grew and became strong; He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
I hope to have given someone peace! We cannot plan everything in our lives. God is the planner and sustainer of all life!
Christa Parsons
Hi, I am pregnant with my 5th child. This was very unexpected because I have been battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and was told that I was infertile after about 8 months of chemotherapy. I regret that I didn’t receive this pregnancy with joy. I was angry at first and disillusioned. After the 3rd month I have repented of my ungrateful attitude and really began pressing in to the Lord and gaining peace and understanding.
Recently the Lord directed me to study the genealogy of Jesus Christ. He pointed out Ruth. This brought to mind Ruth’s faith and how it’s impossible to please God without faith.
The Lord showed me the importance of the generations. While I was feeling very selfish that I wanted to do something else with my life other than be a mother, God was giving me this gift to the world through me. I don’t yet know what my son or daughter will be, but God knows. Just as he knew that Ruth would be the great grandmother to King David and a descendant in the generations that our Lord Jesus Christ came through.
I felt very humbled by this thought and wanted to share it with you. Thanks.
Helena Williams
To Whom It May Concern:
I just wanted to take a moment and thank you all for your hard work and dedication this website helped me in preparation for the birth of my third child. I had two deliveries prior that were abundant with severe pain, miscommunication, 4 degree tear, epidural failure, and horrific recoveries. This time I went completely natural with an awesome support team. I thank you especially for the “afraid of Labor” pages that helped me prayerfully seek out what was I afraid of and truly ask for God’s divine healing. And as always our savior came through. At the most intense point of pain that I was in he brought a beautiful baby boy into the world through me. Thank you all so much!
Take care, and God Bless
In Christ Service
Rachelle N. Boyd
Dear Jennifer,
I'll keep this short and sweet. The Lord ministered to me very powerfully through your site, which I came across just over a day before I delivered. I had never found such an amazing source of information on pregnancy and childbirth from a Christian perspective. I wish I had found it earlier in my pregnancy, but I thank God I found it at all.
I'm an anxious person by nature, but with a combination of personal prayer, Scripture, prayer support, and the information I had accumulated, not least of all from your site, I went into labor feeling an indescribable peace and joy. Everyone involved in my labor experience - my husband, my mother in law, and all the medical staff - are unbelievers, but I know that God revealed His presence and power through the labor. My husband was astonished at how serene and happy I was. I actually enjoyed every sensation, even the 'pain'! I had never felt such peace and joy; it is on a par with the feelings I had 'the hour I first believed', as the hymn goes.
I thank God so much that He broke through the fear of the unknown (this is my first baby) and more importantly broke through the world's lies and errors which surround every aspect of life, including pregnancy and birth. I am blessed with a beautiful daughter and a wonderful testimony to God's absolute authority and faithfulness. Because of Him, the labor was healthy, brief and painless (apart from the human interference of an episiotomy - never again, Lord!) I loved seeing everyone so baffled by God's grace and the mystery of His ways. May God bless you as you continue to share His truth and wisdom in a dark world. All credit goes to Him, all glory is His. Thank you for the part you played in my fantastic spiritual experience, and thank you for allowing me to share this with you.
In Christ,
Mrs Alison Hennessey
I just wanted to say thanks, I never thought that by asking for forgiveness, for my prev, ST, it would actually help me to relax. - Anon
I just wanted to drop you a line and thank you for your wonderful website. I delivered my 3rd baby earlier this month with no pain, and I really believe your website prepared me and taught me how. My son was posterior and my doctor kept insisting that I must be in agony, especially when I stalled out at 6 cm and had to blow (because I felt the urge to push) through 3 hours of contractions. I was exhausted, frustrated and cranky, but in no pain. Even through all the pressure, the urge to push did not become intolerable until I was full dilated. I just kept praying for strength and received every time I asked.
Thank you again for posting and maintaining your site. I believe that, had I not been equipped by your ministry, I may very well have chosen an epidural and c-section. God bless you.
Amy Boomgarden
Hello,
I bumped into your site through a Google search. I just want to say that I love it. I have found so much information on just one site. And it's Godly information. I thank God for creating this site. I have found it so beneficial. I will also be buying 2 books recommended on the site. I love the devotionals and the suggestions you guys give. I absolutely love the page and everything that is in it.
We are 5 1/2 months pregnant with our first baby, it's a boy! And we are preparing ourselves for labor in any way possible. I want to know everything I can to be prepared. So, we'll see how it goes. With God at my side anything is possible. Even a great labor!
Consumed by His Love,
Bernardo, Anna, & Baby Joshua
Thank you for your site. I hit it three years ago before the birth of my last son. I find myself very unexpectedly pregnant again with #5. I'm confused. I thought I was done. I'm concerned because I don't know how my body can handle this. The last pregnancy landed me with a thyroid problem and post-partum depression. Finances are stretched to say the least, as is space. But, ya know, Christ died on the cross and rose again to bring us life, and life abundantly. This is how He's bringing more life into this wretched world. I KNOW He has a great plan for the life that is now growing in me. He has chosen not just me, but this family to raise up another warrior for His battles... Another voice to spread the Good News.
I don't know why He is so faithful to me. But I am thankful because He is in control and can see the end when I cannot.
Happy Easter.
Kristin
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