This was one of the early Latter-day Saint birth stories I collected for the book. These two women, Maggie Ellen Black Rowley and her friend Louella Washburn, were some of my favorite midwives to study about. They were life long friends and worked as midwives together. When I first read their stories two years ago […]
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This week’s birth stories come from our Latter-day Saint birthing history. They illustrate beautifully that God cares deeply about each birth and that we are given divine aid and protection as we participate in the sacred work of giving life to His children.
This is a guest post by my friend Heather B., a mother of four beautiful, talented, and wonderful children. 🙂 I have wanted to be a Mother for as long as I can remember. My first word was “baby,” and I was constantly pretending to be a “Mother” as I grew up. The births of my
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Today’s birth story comes from Christina Pierce. “I am a mother of almost six children. Childbirth has been a large part of my life for the last twelve years, and in that time my views have changed greatly. My husband and I started our family when I was only 19 years old. We were
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Today’s birth story comes from my maternal grandmother, Doris. It is wonderful to me that I have a record of her feelings about her first birth, the birth of my own mother. Doris was a nurse, an avid hiker, and a lover of animals and nature. Though I never knew her very well, I feel she passed many of her best traits down to me. Sending you love, Grandma Doris. -Lani
Fortitude \ˈfȯr-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\– strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage. Upon learning of Patty Bartlett Sessions, I had to own the book containing her diaries. She was an avid journal writer. She worked and served among many of the well known members of church history.
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This birth story is from my friend Shauna. We met each other in a modern dance class at BYU years ago and recently we “found” each other again through our blogs. I asked Shauna to share her story because I think it is a wonderful reminder that God cares about his daughters and their experiences
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A few years ago I went to a park day and sat down to enjoy hanging with my friends while our kids played at the park. A new mom showed up and sat by me, she had just moved into the area. We started talking. I noticed she was pregnant and asked if she needed
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Today’s birth story and thoughts on birth come from Elaine Cannon, the former General President of the Young Women for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I believe she she wrote this in the 80’s. When I had my first baby about thirty years ago, I was treated with great respect and infinite
Bedrest for a Reason I was so excited to be pregnant with our first baby. I had always wanted to be a Mom and I loved being pregnant and seeing my belly grow, feeling the baby move and just the whole thing. I was taking Bradley Classes and preparing for natural childbirth. I was
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