Divine Design

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00:01 The contents of the following program
00:03 are not intended to substitute
00:05 for the advice of your healthcare provider,
00:07 and the producers of this series
00:09 assume no liability for the use or misuse
00:12 of the material presented.
00:21 Creation, or evolution, design or random chance,
00:27 they say it all began with a big bang.
00:31 But when we look at the amazing human body,
00:34 the answer is obvious.
00:36 The complexity of the design exceeds
00:38 any thing man has ever made.
00:41 The body, it only have been designed
00:43 by the master designer we read about in the Bible.
00:47 Join us as we explore the miraculous development
00:51 of the human baby.
01:08 Devine Design.
01:22 What a blessing it is to see
01:24 and to hold a precious little baby,
01:27 just to think that God has blessed us
01:29 and entrusted us with a new life.
01:32 A mission if you will to raise that child to recognize
01:36 God's purpose for him or her in this world.
01:40 To give that child every advantage in health,
01:43 education, moral training and spiritual growth
01:46 should be the aim of every parent.
01:49 But how much thought do we give
01:51 to how that baby forms in the womb.
01:54 More importantly,
01:55 how much consideration
01:56 do we give to the development of the baby,
01:59 the nutritional needs,
02:00 the environment and all the prenatal influences
02:04 that will affect the baby even before it is born?
02:08 Have you pondered the idea that character development,
02:11 it actually begins in the womb.
02:14 We're excited about a new series
02:16 dealing with these very questions.
02:18 We'll examine how we are truly a product of divine design.
02:23 The miraculous creation of a new human life
02:26 will be explored from conception to birth.
02:30 We'll see such things as the amazing journey
02:32 of the egg.
02:34 The incredible functions of the placenta.
02:36 How the baby grows in the uterus?
02:38 And how mothers and even fathers
02:40 can affect the health and wellbeing
02:41 of the baby before birth?
02:44 We'll discuss labor and delivery,
02:47 how to minimize C-sections and comfort measures
02:50 that can greatly help the mother
02:52 through the prenatal period,
02:54 during labor and delivery and afterward.
02:57 We'll also share our tips for caring
02:59 for your precious little new born.
03:03 We know you'll be blessed
03:05 whether you're an expectant couple,
03:07 a medical missionary
03:08 or just curious about child birth.
03:11 Even grandparents might enjoy this.
03:13 So please join us as we begin
03:15 this first episode of Divine Design.
03:21 Hello, I'm Patti Barnes,
03:23 an instructor and director of the Midwifery Program
03:26 at Hartland College.
03:28 I would like to share with you just a few of the many
03:31 astounding wonders of child birth.
03:33 In Jeremiah 1:4-5, we read these amazing words.
03:39 "Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
03:42 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee,
03:44 and before thou camest forth out of the womb
03:46 I sanctified thee,
03:48 and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."
03:52 He knows each and everyone of us
03:54 and he knew us before we are born.
03:57 In Psalm 139-13 we read.
04:00 "For thou hast possessed my reins,
04:02 thou hast covered me in my mother's womb."
04:05 So you see, God is not just a bystander.
04:08 He's actively involved in the formation
04:11 of every individual.
04:13 The next verse says.
04:15 "I will praise thee,
04:16 for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
04:18 marvelous are thy works,
04:20 and that my soul knoweth right well."
04:23 The word "fearfully" comes from a Hebrew word,
04:26 meaning reverently.
04:27 And "wonderfully" is derived from a Hebrew word,
04:30 meaning differently or distinctly.
04:33 So each of us is reverently and distinctly made.
04:39 Each of us are unique individuals.
04:41 You and I have been specifically designed by God.
04:45 We can see this in the fact that
04:47 no two fingerprints are alike.
04:50 No two brains are deigned like either.
04:53 The initial creases and grooves in the brain
04:55 formed a unique brain print if you will.
04:59 Through the modern science and technology,
05:01 we have been able to explore into development of the baby
05:04 in the womb to at least graft some of the wonders
05:07 that God performs to bring a new life into the world.
05:10 Today we want to just take a peek
05:13 into this amazing process of the creation of life
05:16 in the womb.
05:18 Now let's look at some of the astounding facts
05:20 of an incredible journey of a single egg cell
05:24 from the ovary to the uterus.
05:26 Just this little glimpse will be enough
05:28 to cause you to say with the psalmist,
05:30 I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
05:34 Did you know that when a baby girl is born,
05:37 she is born with all the eggs that she will ever need?
05:41 Approximately 400,000 egg cells are in her two ovaries.
05:48 At the time of ovulation,
05:49 one egg cell is released from one of the ovaries.
05:53 The next ovulation will release an egg cell
05:56 from the other ovary,
05:58 and they alternate back and forth.
06:01 Amazingly, if one ovary should become damage
06:04 and unable to release an egg,
06:06 the other will sense the failure
06:08 and release an egg instead.
06:11 So there will always be an egg cell release.
06:14 The oviducts,
06:15 also called the fallopian tubes have finger like
06:19 appendages at the end that captures the egg cell
06:23 and draws it into the tube.
06:26 Without this capture,
06:27 the egg cell could wander off
06:29 and perhaps eventually implant in the wrong place.
06:33 This would mean no baby
06:34 and possibly serious consequences
06:37 to the mother.
06:40 Once inside the fallopian tube,
06:42 the egg cell becomes surrounded by thousands of little cells
06:46 that act as escorts and nurse maids for the egg.
06:50 They will supply the egg with all it needs
06:53 in addition to supplying the egg,
06:56 they'll also have a sticky surface
06:58 that allows the egg to be propelled by the cilia,
07:03 which are trillions of little hair
07:04 like structures
07:06 that moves the egg in the rhythmic waving motion
07:09 to the tube toward the uterus.
07:13 If the cell is fertilized,
07:15 it will be within the first 24 hours of the journey.
07:20 It is then called a zygote.
07:23 The gender of the baby is determined
07:25 at this point of conception.
07:27 There are many miracles that take place in that process
07:31 but we won't have time to touch them now.
07:35 About 30 hours,
07:37 the first cell division takes place.
07:39 The egg is about the size of a dot on an eye or period
07:45 at the end of the sentence.
07:47 It remained basically the same size when it divides
07:50 but now there are two cells rather than one.
07:54 These two cells divide to make four,
07:57 this process of cell division is called mitosis
08:01 and about four and a half days it will become a blastocyst,
08:05 having a hollow section on one side
08:08 and a cluster of cells on the other
08:10 that we call the embryo that will form the baby.
08:15 At the surface around the hollow section possibility
08:18 to implant itself into the uterus
08:22 which in itself is a miracle.
08:25 This implantation in the uterus takes place
08:28 around the sixth day,
08:30 then the baby is sort of put on hold,
08:33 resting from the journey of six days.
08:36 While the production of the baby
08:38 is in this resting state, the placenta is formed.
08:42 That amazing organ that will be the baby's life support
08:46 until he or she is born.
08:50 It is not difficult to see the parallels between
08:53 reproduction and the creation week.
08:56 There were divisions.
08:57 The Lord divided the waters above from the waters beneath.
09:02 He also divided dry land from the waters.
09:05 He built a support system necessary
09:08 to sustain life first,
09:10 then created the animals and man.
09:13 The Lord created for six days and then rest the seventh.
09:17 What a privilege it is for us women
09:20 to be able to carry in our womb an illustration
09:24 of God's creation.
09:26 Now we want to take just a quick glimpse
09:29 at a support system that God has put in the womb
09:32 for the developing baby.
09:33 Remember that on the sixth day the blastocyst implants itself
09:37 into the uterine wall,
09:39 another amazing thing begins to happen.
09:42 At this point,
09:43 the outer cell begins
09:44 constructing a primitive placenta.
09:47 The placenta is the most remarkable organ
09:50 of the human body performing many tasks.
09:54 Now let's look at some of these things.
09:58 Did you know that the placenta brings
09:59 oxygen to the baby and carries away
10:02 carbon dioxide and waste?
10:04 It is also stores carbohydrates, protein,
10:09 calcium and all the nutrition and then it releases them
10:13 as the baby needs them.
10:15 This is why it is so very important
10:17 to eat healthy
10:18 so that the proper nutrition is available to the baby.
10:22 Also the placenta provides the hormones
10:24 that helps maintain the pregnancy.
10:27 The placenta has to serve as the baby's lungs,
10:30 digestive system, liver, kidneys and immune system.
10:35 What an amazing organ?
10:37 It offers protection for the baby
10:39 from many harmful bacteria and substances.
10:42 But there are some things that can cross the placenta
10:45 and adversely affect the baby.
10:47 These include alcohol, nicotine,
10:50 drugs and some viruses.
10:52 This is why it is vitally important
10:55 for mothers to abstain
10:56 from these health destroying substances,
10:58 especially when pregnant.
11:00 We will speak more on this subject a little later.
11:04 The essential nutrients, hormones,
11:06 gases and antibodies from the mother
11:09 are exchanged in the placenta.
11:11 The mother's blood is pumped to and from the placenta,
11:14 while the baby's blood is pumped through the cord
11:17 to and from the placenta.
11:19 Amazingly, their blood never mixes.
11:22 The cord is a lifeline from the mother to the baby.
11:26 This should remind us that spiritually
11:28 Christ is our lifeline linking humanity to divinity,
11:34 our heart to his heart and providing everything
11:37 we need to live the Christian life.
11:40 At birth, the Lord provides miraculously
11:43 for the baby's own organs now fully formed to take over.
11:47 The lungs, the kidneys,
11:49 the liver and all the other organs
11:51 take up the work that the placenta has been doing
11:54 for the past eights months or more.
11:57 As you can see none of this could possibly happen
12:00 by chance.
12:02 We are truly, fearfully and wonderfully made.
12:06 After the baby is born,
12:07 another miracle must take place to save the mother's life.
12:11 Contractions eventually cause the expulsion of the placenta.
12:16 When this happens as many as 20 severed arteries
12:19 are left behind with a potential pouring out
12:23 about a pint of blood every minute.
12:26 Since the average woman only has 5 to 6 quarts
12:30 of blood in her body,
12:31 you can see the emergency situation created here.
12:34 Within 10 minutes all of her blood
12:37 could be drained.
12:38 There is no need to panic however,
12:41 in God's infinite wisdom,
12:43 He provided each of the severed arteries
12:46 with a precisely placed muscular sphincter
12:50 that closes off the vessel like a hemostat.
12:53 Pinching it close to prevent loss of blood.
12:56 This amazing process takes place
12:58 so quickly that on the average only about
13:02 one pint of blood is lost.
13:04 How thankful we should be for this disposal organ,
13:08 the placenta.
13:09 It has performed its task well and is ready to fade away.
13:13 This is not just some old tissue
13:15 we call the after birth
13:17 but the support system that provided
13:20 for the baby all these month in the womb
13:23 until the umbilical cord was cut.
13:27 In the devotional book,
13:28 Our High Calling page 45 we read...
13:32 "Measure the cord if you can,
13:34 that has been let down from heaven to lift man up.
13:37 The only estimate we can give you
13:39 of the length of that chain is to point you to Calvary."
13:43 Join me next time for more about our Divine Design.


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