When my husband and I were expecting our baby, I found it to be a time of deep spiritual growth. My prayer and study of Christian Science during this time brought me to the discovery that pregnancy and childbirth are not physical processes, but the unfoldment of a spiritual idea of God. This understanding came from a sentence in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “The offspring of God start not from matter or ephemeral dust. They are in and of Spirit, divine Mind, and so forever continue” (p. 267).
The realization that God, Spirit, and not matter, is the source of all life, gave me a spiritual view of pregnancy and childbirth. This reassured me that the baby and I were exempt from any so-called physical laws related to pregnancy. As an expectant mother, I knew God could only bless me. And my baby, as a spiritual idea of God, could only be healthy and whole.
At first, I wanted to have the baby at home with a midwife and a Christian Science nurse in attendance. However, our health insurance plan wouldn’t cover a home delivery, and my husband didn’t feel comfortable with the idea either. He wanted me to have the baby in a hospital with a medical physician.
