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Women’s History Month In Summary

We hope you have enjoyed learning more about our legacy as women of the LDS faith.  I know I have…

12 years ago

Birth of an Early LDS OB/GYN

It is to me the crowning joy of a woman's life to be a mother -Ellis Reynolds Shipp If you…

12 years ago

Every Neighbor a Midwife/Doula?

    I went to my small local library in search of stories of our pioneer sisters.  I was lucky…

12 years ago

A Pioneer Birth Story: Emmeline B. Wells

  With Pioneer Day approaching I wanted to share a birth story from one of our pioneer sisters.  I was…

12 years ago

Patty Bartlett Sessions: Fortitude

Fortitude  \ˈfȯr-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\- strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage.…

12 years ago

Polly Block, Mormon Midwife Part 2

I just wanted to share a few gems from Polly's Birth Book: I loved that the dedication in her book…

12 years ago

Polly Block, Mormon Midwife Part 1

I wanted to share some information about Polly Block, a more recent LDS midwife.  I had the privilege of connecting…

12 years ago

Women’s History Month: Pioneer Birth Stories

 In researching midwives and birth in the history of the church I found this beautiful tribute to our pioneer sisters…

12 years ago

Here Am I

This guest post is by Mandy Williams, who I came to know through my work with ICAN (Internatinal Cesarean Awareness Network).…

12 years ago

Birth by the Numbers Part 2

Birth By the Numbers: Gospel Symbolism, Numbers and Birth If you did not yet read part 1 of this post…

12 years ago

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