I put God at the centre of my birth experience

Kierra Blaser shares her story of learning to ‘co-labour’ with God, and started the Kingdom Childbirth Class to prepare women both physically and spiritually for birth

I held my firstborn child in my arms moments after his birth and felt utterly elated. I was in awe of what my body could do and felt so empowered. But, despite the giddy joy and bliss, the birth had not been what I had expected. 

In the following days and weeks, my joy became entangled with sadness and disappointment. My well-placed longing to have a peaceful, candlelit birth at a birthing centre had been so specific that when events took a turn in a different direction – towards the hospital and an induced labour – I struggled to see where God was in the midst of it all. But as I reflected and prayed, I discovered that he was there; his loving fingerprints were in every detail. God showed up, but not in the way I had expected.