Page 141 - The Miracle of Human Creation

THE CREATION OF A HUMAN BEING FROM A CELL

At the moment the baby is born, God creates everything in readiness
and ensures that the preparation of the lungs has been completed as requ-
ired. For the preparation of the lungs, the diaphragm comes into play; it
is located between the stomach and the rib cage. The diaphragm begins to
function towards the sixth month of pregnancy. At first it expands and
contracts intermittently several times an hour, but after birth it will do this
continuously.
It can be seen from this that the baby is constantly under special pro-
tection, but it must be remembered that this is not the mother's protecti-
on. As the foetus develops, the mother carries on her normal life; none of
the changes in her body are under her control. Even if she wanted to in-
tervene, she could not. All these developments occur by the eternal power
of our Lord. God has created all the things required for a child to come in-
to the world as a normal human being in the most wonderful way. All the
needs of the baby while it is in the foetus stage are met, and the mother is
spared the necessity of thinking about what she must do to bring the baby
into the world and ensure that the baby will survive.
Even if she thought about doing something to this end, there is not-
hing she could do. For example, taking waste material from the body of
the foetus into her own kidneys, purifying it and discharging it are things

It is possible with
today's technol-
ogy to observe the
development of
the baby in the
mother's womb
with ultrasound.

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