... I just blogged about the medicalization of birth and then laid back down to try to sleep- I woke really early today and did not sleep well... and the phrase just get screaming in my head... Did God screw up?
Women do not allow their bodies to signal when to go into labor these days- instead doctors or midwives determine that their babies are due... so did God screw up?
Women are not allowed to stretch as their bodies were meant to stretch when giving birth- instead doctors cut episiotomies believing that a baby is not really meant to fit through that space...Did God screw up?
The hormones we were given as women to signal our uteruses to contract used to be enough to bring out a baby- but today doctors and midwives have come to use synthetic hormones- oxytocin to bring about contractions...Did God screw up?
One in every three women today in the metro area of Atlanta will have her baby cut out of her- cesareans are on the increase, do women no longer have the capacity to birth their babies out of their bodies...Did God screw up?
And you know all babies need a shot of Vitamin K for blood clotting issues- after all God must have screwed up right- why in the world is there an increase of Vitamin K on day eight after all- didn't God know we needed it earlier- at least the doctors know it!
Women have been given a super power that allows them to make milk- but the CDC reported in 2005 only 11% of babies were breastfed at six months of age...Did God screw up?
Boys were born with foreskins to protect their penises...but today only 25% of boys penises are left intact (40% in the south!)...Did God screw up? (only the Jews were told to circumcise and it was before they went on a 40 year journey in the desert)
Just makes you wonder who died and made man God. I don't think HE screwed up at all. I think we think we know better...but it seems we do not.
We need to trust our bodies- trust our births- trust God...
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AMEN, sister!!! you are singin' my song. i saw your facebook post welcoming comments so i thuoght i'd read and it was like listening to myself speak. thanks for giving words and public 'talk' to this. i believe that the process of trusting God's design, His AMAZING creation begins with birth. i couldn't parent and trust God like i do without the birth process...or at least something that would've stretched me to that extent...and i did some serious stretching. for that matter, i believe that without the trust i have, largely due to birth, witnessing and experiencing His design, i wou;dn't near as much as i do as well as i do...and i do A LOT...all by His grace and strength and trusting the lead to come from God. When you get up on your soap box, i got you're back. i trust we'll cross paths more, but it's just nice to know you're 'in this'. thanks, teresa!
merry christmas! may His sweet peace fill you and your home.
-lisa engle
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