Awhile ago Robyn posted about a birth that changed her heart. It made me think about a recent birth I didn’t attend, at least not physically. One of my dearest friends started as my Hypnobabies student many years ago. She asked me to be her doula. I attended Mia’s birth and it was a fine […]
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I loved Valerie’s insights she got when she was pondering how Jesus could understand childbirth. She was inspired to look up a Hymnand it gave her a deeper understanding of The Atonement. This weeks episode is short, but sweet.
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“Yea, and it came to pass that the Lord did visit us with assurances that he would deliver us; yea, insomuch that he did speak peace to our souls, and did grant unto us great faith, and did cause us that we should hope for our deliverance in him” (Alma 58:11).
This is Part 2 of Cherise’s birth story. I love how the words of one of my favorite songs gave Cherise strength when she felt like giving up.
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Cherise is an Arizona Mother, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Placenta Crafter, and Creator of the marvelous “Big Baby Project” (a website full of empowering vaginal births of babies 9 lbs and over). I love how her story illustrates what I wrote about in my essay “Unity with Providers of Care” in The Gift of Giving Life. I love that Cherise continued to search and pray until she found the right care provider for her. -Lani
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Listen to how this mom adjusted after her surprise pregnancy. The Gift of Giving Life played a big role in helping her to adjust!
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“Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?” Alma 5:14 Life as a doula. Every birth changes me in some way. I always learn. Often the lessons are unexpected. A little over three years ago, I attended at birth that I recognize as one of those unexpected yet key experiences that shape a doula.
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So I am always looking for a good book to read and stumbled upon The Story of the Trapp Family Singers: The Story Which Inspired the Sound of Music on my mother-in-law’s bookshelf. I was hoping to find something that was not only entertaining but inspiring as well. It didn’t disappoint. I have always loved
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For me singing in choir spiritually feeds me. It is something that I need to do and luckily I enjoy it too. I will say sometimes singing can feel overwhelming at Christmas time. My 3 boys and I are singing in our Stake’s Sing Noel performance this weekend. We have been practicing each week since
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It was so fun to interview Lani – one of the authors of The Gift of Giving Life. She shared her Christmas birth story of Hope and how her guilt of having her midwife and assistant missing their Christmas morning was slowing things down and with their love and support was able to shift her
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