Supernatural Birth Story

There is so much fear surrounding childbirth. The media, the world, and others, who have gone through difficult childbirth experiences. They are all sharing and spreading fear.

Do you know who loves this?

The enemy.

He is on the prowl, seeking those whom he may devour.

And he devoured me… twice. Or so he thought.

I had two childbirths prior to this. And while they both ended and healthy, alive babies, those births were both filled with urgency, fear, interventions, and complications. The enemy prowled on my fear in those situations.

God was still ever present during those times, and we saw evidence of that. But we were not experiencing his best in those childbirths.

His best does not include fear.

His best does not include sickness.

God was revealing all of this to me before I even got pregnant this time around. He was growing my knowledge in His will for our health and deepening my desire to pursue it. He was revealing to me how flawed my thinking was regarding my previous childbirths.

But I was stubborn! I was trying to ignore Him. The effects of my previous childbirth traumas still had a hold on me and I wanted to put my full trust in the doctors, leaving out God. I was operating based on fear. I was afraid that the same things that happened to me before will happen again. I was afraid of the pain of childbirth without medications. I was afraid of being stuck in a position where my baby’s life was in danger.

But God didn’t stop pursuing me to heal my trauma. I slowly softened the walls I had up about childbirth. I slowly started to release my trauma over to Him. Once I allowed Him in, my fears started to dissipate. I now realize that my fears were not helping me set my baby and I up for success this pregnancy and childbirth. I was expecting something to go wrong. My fears were hindering my connection to the Father, to the One who could take my fears away. My fears were placed there by the enemy and I was enabling him to have control over my birth!

Once I let go and was willing to hear God out, my fears were disappearing. Fear cannot stay when God is in the room!

My emotional trauma was healed. My fears were gone.

God continued to speak and I continued to willingly follow where He was guiding me. He continually guided me to Galatians 3:13-14, which says,

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

By God’s guidance, I spent hours studying these verses! We can dive into everything I learned from this verse in another post, but for now, just know that it gave me a deeper understanding of everything Jesus died for and what I have now in Christ. He was teaching me all about the extent of the redemption He has given me! I have the blessings of Abraham, I do not have the curse.

So, I began visualizing what it would look like if Eve had been pregnant and given birth without the curse in the garden of Eden. Would she be suffering during her pregnancy? Would she deal with dangerous complications that could endanger the life of her or her baby? Would she be screaming in pain as she birthed her baby? I don’t believe she would.

I believe it is God’s will for us to be well; to be in health. Why shouldn’t that include pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum?

Ok, God, so how do you want this to look for me?

I invited God into the planning process. I started to feel him guiding me away from the conventional prenatal care from an OB. I felt him calling me into his own care.

So together with my husband, we decided to go all in. We were putting our full trust in the Lord and believing in His perfect will for us and this baby.

We decided to have a home birth.

No medications. No interventions. No fear!

As I began inviting God into my pregnancy before a bad situation happened, I saw evidence of His glory and will!

I did not experience negative pregnancy symptoms once I started doing this. When I did have a small symptom try to work its way in, I would rebuke it and it would leave.

I was healed of nausea, heartburn, severe charlie horses, and high blood pressure!

The enemy flees at the name of Jesus!

And then, on 40 weeks and 1 day, I gave birth to our beautiful daughter!

God is faithful and just to keep his promises!

I trusted in God's perfect design for my body and its ability to birth on its own. I trusted in His provision against complications that could have arose. My previous medical history doesn’t matter to the truth of God’s word! The way my previous births went doesn’t affect God’s will!

I rested in His promise and will.

I went into labor, I progressed quickly without stalling or problems arising, and the baby was birthed completely normal and healthy!

Throughout the entire labor, despite the quickening intensity and pain, I did not fear. I was in the palm of His hand.

The enemy did not win!

I am a child of God!

- Erin