09. Spiritual Warfare in Birth: Unassisted Home Birth with Michael Twomey

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The Radiant Mission Podcast | Episode 9
Host: Rebecca Twomey@theradiantmission
Guest: Michael Twomey

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In Episode 09, we dive into part 2 of our birth story. We share the details of how we went from a VBAC friendly doctor to a home birth midwife to in the end having an unassisted home birth. We were faced with spiritual warfare and doubts, but in the end, YHWH won!

NOTE: possible trigger warning as we will discuss c-sections, birth trauma, and medical procedures.

In This Episode on Spiritual Warfare in Birth: Unassisted Home Birth with Michael Twomey:

• Take Two
  • The Lord had laid it on my heart that we would have more children
  • I found YHWH in this pain and experience
  • When we got pregnant a second time, I prayed for the Lord to show us the way
    • He led us down new paths
    • Led to books to become educated about birth
    • Biggest lesson: pain can often be our biggest lesson. Through this He revealed to me how amazing these bodies are that he created.
    • Our bodies are not broken, they are not lemons. He created our bodies to grow babies and give birth to them.
  • C-Section rates in America are at 30-60%
    • OBs are trained surgeons
    • OBs do what is best for them and their own liability
  • We prayed for God to lead us to the right decision
    • He said we are going to have the baby naturally at home
    • I still went to an OB, a VBAC specialist. Felt the Lord saying “what are you doing here?” every time I would go
    • Sought a home birth midwife
    • Got chiropractic care
    • Hired a doula
    • Learned about birth
      • Knew we couldn’t just replace doctors with a midwife, we needed to educate ourselves on birth
      • Read Ina May Gaskin’s book (minus the first section with birth stories as I did not want to add stories while working through birth trauma)
      • Took the Hypnobabies course on birth and listened to tracks (aside: not diving into New Age in this episode)
        • Rewrote my mental scripts on birth
        • Learning to surrendering to birth and what God created the body to do
        • Fetal Ejection Reflex (FER) – the uterus pushing the baby down and out
      • Read Home Birth on Your Own Terms
      • Drank LOTS of Red Raspberry Leaf Tea
      • Enzymes from pineapple and dates can also help prepare for birth
      • Saw prodromal labor as productive

FOR THE FULL SHOW NOTES, VISIT: https://theradiantmission.com/unassisted-home-birth-ep-9

Bible Verses Mentioned:

• Psalm 139:13-18
• 1 Corinthians 1:30-31
• Matthew 15:21-28
• James 1:6
• Hebrews 11:11
• Matthew 17:30

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