(part3)

So, since I have painted the picture I have of Mary's birthing experience with the Savior, I wanted to also share my feelings and thoughts of Eve's birthings.

If Mary had it hard, Eve must have been at a real disadvantage right? (tongue in cheek)

Eve had no physical mother. Eve only had Adam. Eve conceived and was pregnant. She had no idea what she was in for. Or did she? Although they had left the presence of the Lord, they were not left alone. They were sent "further light and knowledge" and had the gospel of Jesus Christ. They were sealed together. They had knowledge of good and evil, and of the plan, and of salvation through the Savior. And, they taught this to their children.

Imagine with me, that they are sent instructions for lots of physical things also. Gardening and making shelter. What foods to eat that will be of benefit to a growing baby. And even birthing. Eve had no preconceived ideas of how birth should be. She didn't know birth was supposed to be painful. And even if it was, she was willing to pass though sorrow so as to experience the good. She understood that and made that choice. She saw that it must be.

I will not discuss the "curse of Eve" as others believe it. Purely because I don't believe she was cursed with pain. I believe she was "cursed" with work, with sorrow, and yes, physical pain at times. But, I do not believe that birth was designed to be painful.

So, she is expecting her first baby. I think she knew the time was soon. I think she and Adam were a great team and were ready. I think they were able to help Eve be comfortable and that she worked well with her body in birth because she was excited to be a huge part of the Father's plan. I think the joy and the excitement far outweighed the work, or the pain, she may have felt.

I think that it solidified her faith in Adam as her protector and her faith in our Father in Heaven because she was able to fill His spirit guiding her like no other time in her mortal life. The guidance of the Spirit in birth that is unhindered by technology, busy work, or preconceived ideas of how it should be is so strong. The veil gets thinner and thinner until the time comes for the baby to pass through it. The mother is sitting at the gateway. She is the conduit for the new life to pass through the veil. When she is feeling the full array of sensations involved in birthing, and she goes deep within herself to find her way through the birth, she meets her baby at the veil and escorts him to mortality. Helpers can be there to aide in the mother's ability and comfort, but as soon as those helpers step out of their bounds and begin to manage and take the mother's role and deaden her sensations, they also rob her of that intuitive part where she goes within.

So for Eve, she and Adam were able to participate in that moment that for them also brought them back as close as they could get to being back in their first home. And those feelings were so familiar. So comforting. Working together, they began the human race. What could be more glorious to them in that time of their lives?