Guest Blogger - Jodi Patterson - Supernatural Childbirth

Emmie’s Birth Story

This is to the mama finding herself overcome with fear, anxiety and all the emotions surrounding childbirth. 

Maybe this is your first birth and not knowing what to expect is terrifying to you. You would do anything just to skip the whole labour thing and just get your baby in the end.

Maybe you have no fear at all. You are excited and empowered about giving birth but you want all the tips, tricks and positive birth stories you can get before you deliver.

Or maybe you’ve given birth before and it didn’t go according to plan which has left you with deep trauma and dread over giving birth again. The latter was me before giving birth to our third baby🏼‍♀️.

Whatever type of mama you are, I’d love to share my miraculous birth story of our baby girl, Emmalyn Elizabeth, with you today friend.

When I was entering my third trimester with Emmie I started having incredible fear and anxiety over having to give birth again soon. She was laying posterior which meant it could lead to another long, painful back labour. 

My midwife had told me the third birth is the wild card; it can be long and dramatic like the first or quick like the second.

My first birth was very traumatic- it was 46 hours from beginning to end- he was posterior, I had unbearable back labour, he had to be vacuumed out when his heart rate started dropping and I developed a fever, and then I had a severe hemmorage 11 hours after he was born. I thought I was going to die.

My second birth was MUCH quicker but very intense. 

I didn't like these incredible feelings of fear and anxiety and started finding it hard to focus on anything except the impending birth I had to go through once again. I was worried sick about it.

As a believer in Christ, I also believe in supernatural peace though, and His ability to take all fear away if I begin taking captive of these negative thoughts and start replacing them with His Word (the Bible). 

I also believed (in theory) of the possibility of Supernatural childbirth- which means no pain in labour (obviously I had NEVER experienced that in my deliveries before).

So I began meditating day and night on scriptures on peace. I made a worship playlist of songs about peace and listened to that constantly. 

I read a book called Supernatural Childbirth and started building up my faith believing that God could take my pain away in birth like He did for countless other women I was reading about in this book. 

I asked a few women that also believed in Supernatural Childbirth being possible to start praying and believing that for me as well. 

I joined an amazing Facebook group where I started watching videos on practical tips and tricks to work towards a pain free labour. I also listened to other women who have experienced just that. As I read and listened my faith began to grow. 

I also got a Christian Hypnobirthing app and began to listen to the guided meditations and positive affirmations as I practiced my breathing. 

Every time fear started creeping back into my thoughts, I stopped in my tracks and started speaking out loud Bible verses that dispelled that fear. Verses like “Come to me all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. -Matthew 11:28”, 

“You have not given me a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. -2 Timothy 1:7”,

and my favourite verse I clung to was “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. -Isaiah 43:2” (I envisioned my birth and each contraction as I spoke these words).

As I meditated on scripture, spoke out words of faith and learned techniques to help cope during labour I really did start experiencing amazing peace about my labour. The fear began to melt away as I began to believe and get excited about my upcoming birth to our baby girl (something I never thought I’d say after my past birth experiences).

The day before I gave birth (a week before her due date) my mom called me and told me that as she was praying for my birth God gave her a vision. She said it was of my baby girl coming gently down the birth canal completely peacefully, like in a balloon and when she came out Jesus was in the room and there was light all around her.

That night at midnight I started having mild contractions. They lasted all through the night about 8-10mins apart but were very mild and I could sleep through them. 

When I got up in the morning they got more faint and not as frequent. My husband and I went for a long walk and then I went to my chiropractor to get adjusted. 

At 1pm I went down for a nap and my contractions started back up- I could feel the waves but no pain!  I envisioned each contraction as a wave washing over me, instead of fighting the waves I just let it wash over me and ride the wave to the shore. 

They started coming closer together and the midwife came at 3:30 to check me since they were 5 mins apart for a minute- although I wasn't in any pain, just waves of tightness.

I kept thinking to not get my hopes up because I can't be that dilated yet because I wasn't in any pain, only some pressure with the waves. She checked me and I was 6-7cm dilated!

On the drive to the hospital I was still able to talk in between the waves. I began to pray out loud and thank Jesus for all promises He was fulfilling; I was in active labour but had complete peace and no pain like I had been praying for! 

One of the specific prayers I had been praying leading up to my delivery was that there would be no wait at registration in the hospital when we got there (this happened in my previous births). 

Right before we got to the hospital the midwife called and said to go right up to the room as she’s getting the tub ready. 

When we arrived my mom was there waiting for me with a wheelchair, and my husband wheeled me down the hall towards the elevator. 

As we approached the elevator, it opened all on its own with no one in it! I was overcome with emotion as this is was exactly what I was envisioning as I had been praying the weeks before!!!

At the hospital I laboured a bit on the birthing ball and then got in the tub when I started feeling more uncomfortable. I could feel lots of pressure in my low back and bum now and knew things were getting close.

When I got out of the tub I started feeling the urge to push. I got up on the bed and wanted to go on all 4s over a birthing ball. (I had been at the hospital for less than an hour at this point.)

I gave 2 pushes and out she came at 5:14pm! My husband caught her!!!

The most miraculous thing about the birth is when she came out, she came out still in her sac!!! 

She came out in a big balloon, completely peacefully, exactly like the vision mom had the day before!! 

God is so so good! A baby being born in their sac is incredibly rare. God held my whole birth perfectly in His hands and cast out all my fear and anxiety. I truly felt the peace that surpasses understanding.

Here are my favourite verses that I clung to as I prepared for my birth. I suggest writing them out and sticking them all over your house!

Isaiah 26:3

Psalm 55:22

Philippians 4:6-7

Isaiah 41:10

Deuteronomy 31:6

Matthew 11:28

Isaiah 40:29-31

Psalm 91:4

Joshua 1:9

Philippians 4:13

Psalm 29:11

1 Peter 5:6

Isaiah 43:2-3

2 Timothy 1:7

Isaiah 41:13

Psalm 61:2

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Psalm 127:3

I pray you too find the peace that surpasses understanding as you believe and await to see His miracles unfold in your story too. God is no respecter of persons, what He did for me he can do for you too friend 

Jodi Patterson

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Thank you so much to my friend Jodi for sharing this story with me and this community. It has blessed me and given me tools to prepare in a positive and powerful way for my upcoming labour.

Heather