{"id":214357,"date":"2019-11-24T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T20:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=214357"},"modified":"2019-11-27T20:34:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T02:34:14","slug":"traumatic-fourth-birth-baby-god-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/traumatic-fourth-birth-baby-god-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"After a traumatic fourth birth, I didn&#8217;t want another baby. But God knew I needed her."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><em>The following was submitted to Live Action News as an anonymous guest post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My fourth birth was &#8216;brutal,&#8217; in the words of my midwife, and my son was taken to NICU in respiratory distress. He was back to back and I thought the pain would kill me. I pushed him out in one push because I thought it would save me from dying. When they took him away, full term but not breathing, I thought he was dying also.<\/p>\n<p>I struggled every which way to recover from his birth and while he was my balm in the storm, the panic and terror raged continuously for years and I was eventually diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n<p>My husband had TWO vasectomies to prevent me from ever having to go through it again. Six years into therapy I fell impossibly pregnant and I was hysterical with terror about giving birth again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/daniel-wasnt-planned-but-he-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-his-mom\/\">My pregnancy wasn\u2019t planned, but it was the best thing to happen to me<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was offered an abortion but instead I asked everyone if they would support me. My doctor agreed, my family gathered around, my husband scooped me up, I was given a caesarean section, a private room, extra nurses on hand and my friends showered me with love.<\/p>\n<p>Today our daughter is almost three years old and she is the light of our lives. She is stubborn and determined and a warrior, and she is mine. I did it. Physically I am still recovering because my back is damaged. My degree is on hold because the pregnancy interrupted it. Financially things are tight and our house is way too small for a fifth child.<\/p>\n<p>But I gave her life and she gave me back mine.<\/p>\n<p>She also gave everyone around me an opportunity to be awesome, and isn&#8217;t that what makes us better people?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, God, for my beautiful gift. You knew I needed her more than I could have ever imagined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was submitted to Live Action News as an anonymous guest post.\u00a0 My fourth birth was &#8216;brutal,&#8217; in the words of my midwife, and my son was taken to NICU in respiratory distress. He was back to back and I thought the pain would kill me. 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