Childbirth When Science Vs.God

Medical science has come a long way in the past few decades and because of this many lives have been prolonged and even saved. Cancer can be cured, once life threatening ailments can be treated, and fatal diseases like Small pox and tuberculosis have been pretty much eradicated. With technology and medical science doing top notch research and making groundbreaking progress this can leave a lot of room for loss of holistic approach to healing and mind and body wellness. It seems to me that much of the medical field has turned as cold and sterile as the hospital equipment itself. Doctor's appointments and hospital visits have turned into concrete factoids made up of lab test values and diagnostic test results. Most of the time there is little room for emotional and spiritual wellness because it is overshadowed by so much scientific evidence.

Being pregnant is supposed to be one of the happiest times in a women's life.

Compared to the births of our parents and grandparents, when it was a time where ignorance was bliss! This is no longer the case. Having to deal with my own high risk pregnancy and having to endure multiple procedures, tests, and ultrasounds, it makes me long for the days when we knew less. This is not to say that I do not appreciate medical science and the fact that it is abundantly better than the barbaric and cruel treatments of just one hundred years ago.

Women have experienced childbirth for thousands of years without medical treatment or medication, granted many women died during childbirth.

Having a child in 2011 in overwhelming to say the least. Gone are the days where you found out you were pregnant and the next 9 months were filled with mindless happiness and planning.

Today there are so many options, blood tests, and procedures to have or not have. When a woman finds out her child may be born with a birth defect or medical condition she is left to make the ultimate decision. Does she leave it in God's hands and give birth anyway or chose to terminate and bury her unborn baby? It is an awful feeling to be made to play God. It is the worst feeling to be the one that holds your own child's life in your hands. Who are you to say what quality of life your child would have if he/she was paralyzed, in a wheel chair, or mentally retarded?

In my opinion there is simply way too much room for error. Blood tests are not always accurate, diagnostic tests fail and miracles still happen everyday.

As far as science is concerned the soul does not have an expiration date. When no hope has been given miraculous and unexplained things have still taken place. In a world where little room is left for prayer and spiritualism that is what most people including myself cling to when science fails.