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Quick Tip For Birthing Mommas: “Worship Your Way Through Labor”

by Christa July 7, 2023

written by Christa

A mom of three shared a tip from her experience during her recent child birth. She said, “Worship your way through labor!”

Worship Your Way Through Labor

Nicole Lela Green was having trouble with the labor of her third child. According to her, “The baby’s head was stuck behind my pelvis bone for quite some time.” As a result, it slowed down her progress in active labor.

She then remembered what she read from Ina May Gaskin’s book, “Guide to Childbirth.” The author talked about how a woman sang through her labor to help through her contractions. So, Nicole decided to try it out. But she even took it to another level. She worshipped.

“I wanted to try it for myself when my labor seemed to slow down, and WOW! First off, inviting the presence of God into that moment is the most beautiful and spiritual experience.”

Nicole added that the moment became more special because her sister was helping her out. As shown in the video, the two sang together and worshipped the Lord.

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She said, “Low moans and groans through contractions help move your baby down. So, I took the low harmony in this song.” The sisters sang “Oh, how I Need You” by All Sons and Daughters.

Lord, I find You in the seeking
Lord, I find You in the doubt
And to know You is to love You
And to know so little else
I need You
Oh, how I need You

Singing and Labor

“Singing helps with breathing and is a great distraction method which can relax a woman while experiencing labor pains.”

Nicole added, “Music typically leads to swaying or dancing. Movement during labor is a great way to create new space in the pelvis to get baby to move down into birth canal.”

Moreover, “singing boosts the hormone oxytocin, which is the main driver of labor and birth. It signals the uterus to contract and promotes progression in labor.”

So, for expecting moms, consider this excellent tip from Nicole’s experience!

Header Image: Nicole Lela Green [@nicolelelagreen], Instagram, July 1, 2023, https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuHsUjPoG74/

July 7, 2023 0 comments

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Husband Encountered God’s Love After Almost Losing Wife During Childbirth

by Christa May 9, 2023

written by Christa

A husband encountered God when he was at a loss of hope for his dying wife. Just when he thought everything was over, God met him in the hospital hallway.

Terrifying Experience

In his viral Facebook post, Dawson shared his thoughts while he was looking at his dying wife, Jackie. He recounted that his wife had an emergency C-section and had lost a lot of blood during the operation. The medical team called “code blue,” which meant that his wife was having trouble breathing.

Dawson tried to be strong and smiled at Jackie, hoping it would give her strength. But all the while, his thoughts were spiraling to many “what ifs” and “if onlys.”

He did not try to pray because he thought God wouldn’t listen. He wasn’t a “good” Christian. But he could only utter a silent prayer, “God, please don’t take her home.”

The nurses brought him to another room with his newborn son. But it was hard to celebrate his son because of his wife’s condition.

Then, he was met by his family and mom while waiting for news about Jackie. When his mom asked him about Jackie, he cried and only said, “I don’t know.”

“I was lying,” Dawson recalled. “I knew she was in really bad shape.”

Husband encountered God

After a few minutes, the nurses came back, and he immediately asked them for him to see Jackie. They reluctantly said yes.

And as he was walking towards Jackie’s room, he broke down. He could no longer hold his emotions, and he was scared to the news.

Overwhelmed with so much emotion, Dawson longed for comfort. Then, God spoke.

“My son, I love you more than you can imagine. I heard you and I was there! I saw the c-section. I helped the doctors find the problem. I saw when she hemorrhaged and made sure they caught it really quick. I was waiting for you in this hallway when you wanted your Father. It’s okay to call on Me. I will always love you. Just as you asked to save your wife. I’ve been asking my Father to save yours.”

And from that moment, Dawson knew everything was going to be okay.

Today his wife and son are doing well and growing more in the love of God every day.

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Header Image: Kenny Gonzalo, Hospital Hallway, Unsplash, August 20, 2021, https://unsplash.com/photos/LwXMl6IL-0k

May 9, 2023 0 comments

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Breaking Fear In Childbirth

by GOD TV June 14, 2022

written by GOD TV

Hi, I’m actually going to talk about childbirth, nothing too weird or scary, but I want to encourage all mothers, whether you’re a current mother, you plan to be one, or you have been one. Or even just friends and family of people that you know, that are giving birth. I feel like right now in this day and age in our culture, a lot of people are afraid of birth. Afraid of something going wrong, afraid of the pain, afraid of the process. And there’s just a lot of fear surrounding it, and I kind of want to give some hope in that and just kind of break off some of that fear.

Childbirth is beautiful, and it’s something that God redeemed and supernatural may not necessarily mean pain-free, but something beautiful can come out of it. I like to say that, hard is not the same thing as bad, and there’s a difference between pain and suffering. And so when you know what you’re working towards, you’re willing to put in the work and you’re willing to work hard when you work out, you’re willing to endure the pain on leg day so that you can get those muscle gains. I know it’s a weird correlation, but you guys, you get it. But I just want to say like, you can do it, you can give birth and there’s so much grace when things go differently, every birth is different, but we have these beautiful bodies that can birth babies.

So I just want to pray a blessing over those who are in any season. If you’re preparing for birth. I pray for anyone who is wanting to have a baby, is currently pregnant, and I just pray for peace that they would have peace in their birth. That you would take out the fear. You’d remind them what’s happening and prepare their hearts, prepare their bodies, prepare their spirit. And I pray for all women that have given birth, whether it’s been a great experience or a traumatic experience, and that you would just heal that and you would show them where you were present, even in that process and how you had good come out of it. And I also just want to pray for anyone who’s trying to have a baby and is struggling. And I just pray for breakthrough, Lord, thank you that you create light and you’ve created our bodies to be a part of that process. And so I just release healing to all wounds. I release healing to hearts, and just even to adoptive parents, I just released like more grace and just more provision and all of the things. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.

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