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