Where do babies come from?

Danieke and Marijke have been wondering this lately, especially since I've been at the birth center so much. Fortunately we have not had to explain much beyond "Babies come from God!" ("and mommies too"- Marijke's quip)
We have had a lot of babies lately. I just came off a 24 hour marathon of 3 babies born on our team. So far I have attended 47 births and caught 21 babies.

In the 24 hours and 3 babies born healthy, we also had a mom from my Tuesday team come in who had delivered a stillborn infant at 20 weeks gestation. We had seen her on Tuesday and were unable to auscultate a heartbeat. So we sent her for an ultrasound at the hospital. Once there, she discovered that the baby had died inside her (intrauterine fetal demise).
What a devastating discovery. She had already experienced this once before with a baby born at 6 months gestation. Because she had no money, the hospital sent her home (unbeknownst to us), where she delivered a very small baby. Her husband brought her into our clinic because they were concerned about her bleeding and we needed to rule out a retained placenta (one of the causes of hemorrhage postpartum). The husband went back home to retrieve the baby so we could make sure. So difficult for everyone.
My teammate, Leah, washed the baby so our patient could see, hold and say goodbye to her baby. We lined a small cardboard box with a new receiving blanket and laid the very small baby inside. His feet were the size of my pinkie fingernail, but perfectly formed. It was heartbreaking.

We welcomed three babies in 24 hours and laid them in their mothers arms, and said goodbye to one as Jesus welcomed him into his arms.

Please pray for this family who has lost a much desired baby and has lost hope of every carrying another to term. Pray for the midwives here who are a part of their lives, that we will care for them as Jesus would and point them to Him for hope. We appreciate all of you who pray for us and the work here. Bless you.