Believe, Obey, Endure: A Guest Post by Donna Ryan
I have not met Donna in person but I can tell that she is someone I would invite to my baby shower. I love this Southern gal who doesn’t shy away from telling it like it is. -Robyn As the author of...
View ArticleA 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 pleased to find something that Emmeline B. Wells wrote. There are so many titles and...
View ArticleEvery Member a Doula
Ever Member a Doula By Lani Axman A few weeks ago, I was reading along in a book and was struck by some words. This was not a book about birth (on the contrary, it was about dealing with death), but it...
View ArticleWomen’s History Month on The Gift of Giving Life
March is National Woman’s History Month, so we thought we would highlight some LDS Women and their contributions to birth and mothering! Look for a post at least once a week. Make sure you also...
View ArticleWomen’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 in the March 1997 issue of the Ensign by Susan Easton Black. I love to read of our...
View ArticleIn Good Hands
“He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: . . . and shall gently lead those that are with young.” -Isaiah 40:11 Today’s Women’s History Month stories come from our Latter-day Saint birthing history. I...
View ArticleWomen in History Month: Every Neighbor a Midwife/Doula?
I went to my small local library in search of stories of our pioneer sisters. I was lucky enough to find a series called Covered Wagon Women which is a compilation of diaries and letters of women...
View ArticleWomen in History Month: Mary Ann Hamblin
March is Women in History month so as I ran across this little tidbit I wanted to share. It is about Mary Ann Hamblin who was Julie B. Beck’s great-great grandmother and a midwife. In case you didn’t...
View ArticleBack to the Basics: Why You Should Read to Your Kids
I was excited to get this blog post in our inbox about the importance of reading to our children. I will never forget the first Relief Society Enrichment meeting that I attended after my first baby...
View ArticleWomen’s History Month: The Female Council of Health
Has anyone else found this treasure? I had been eyeing this new book, The First Fifty Years of Relief Society, and recently found out that there are portions of it already online with plans for the...
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