Actually, my last blog – scheduled before hand and posted July 16 – was after my beautiful daughter was born. And God got all the glory! They decided to induce me on the Thursday evening before my due date (which was July 17), and my daughter came into the world Read more…
Women looooooove to dwell on their birth horror stories. And honestly, to someone who hasn’t gone through labor yet (both men and women), everything seems like a horror story. It sounds painful, dehumanizing, and just plain awful. I grew to despise this fear-mongering type of conversation before I was pregnant, Read more…
“He said to the woman: I will intensify your labor pains; you will bear children in anguish.” – Genesis 3:16a If we’re going to talk about childbirth, we need to start at the beginning. We all know the story: the serpent persuades the woman to eat of the tree of Read more…
“Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that He could not defeat him, He struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip…’What is your name?’ the man asked. ‘Jacob,’ he replied. ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob,’ Read more…