Heather shares her birth stories and how focusing on charity helped her shift one of her births into a more spiritual event. And of course we talk about all of the joy and challenges of helping to birth The Gift of Giving Life The Gift of Giving Life helped me articulate all of those thoughts […]
To celebrate Pioneer Day this week I compiled a history about a special midwife. A special thanks to Shani Allen Dutton, one of our readers and a descendant of Jane Johnston Black, for introducing me to the story of this courageous woman. Jane Johnston Black lived a full and eventful life. It was clear early
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I am so excited to share the second half of our interview with Stephanie Bennion from @lightuntolighthomeschool on Instagram. Powerful Feeling of Love In this episode, she shares that while she didn’t have any specific manifestations of her ancestors at the birth, except for a powerful feeling of love, which she felt was their presence,
It was so fun to interview Stephanie and hear how she harnessed the power of her ancestors stories to encourage her through her pregnancies and births. She messaged me on Instagram I encourage women to latch on to any tidbit of info about their female ancestors inChildbirth. Even knowing the historical birthing practices of their
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I came to know Janice when she took childbirth classes from me while she was pregnant with her first baby. We have become friends since and work together in our local ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) chapter. I also had the privilege of being present at the birth of her third baby which was also
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Robyn shares how she got involved in The Gift of Giving Life. Her favorite parts and the most challenging parts. She also shares what she has been up to the past few years, working towards her nursing degree. It may not lead exactly where she thought it would at first, but she knows God will
You are helping to host a “normal” baby shower, but you want to make it a little bit more spiritual and meaningful for the mom. A party with gifts and food is fun, but it is easy to add a few simple things to make this celebration more about the Mom and her journey to
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What does creation mean through a woman’s life? Not long ago I found myself sitting in the garden room of the Idaho Falls temple pondering what was next for me. I had just had my third miscarriage since my last child. I realized that the repeated miscarriages meant that a chapter of my life was
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On todays episode I interview Felice Austin. She is the one who was inspired to create the book. We talk about how the idea first came to her, all the steps she had to take to actually get the book published, and all the joy and excitement in between. It was so fun to chat
All births are a spiritual experience. Sometimes we just need to have the eyes to see, and ears to hear, to be aware of it. And yes, cesarean births can be just a spiritual as vaginal births. Kirsten shares her sweet thoughts with us. I love that she prayed and asked for a specific
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