Zari was baptized today. It was one of Those Days where everything goes awry and you somehow pull through. We spent much of yesterday b...

Around the turn of the 20th century, Danish artist C.C.A. Christensen painted scenes of early Mormon history and Book of Mormon events. I hi...

My mom visited us this October. Right before she left, we remembered that we still hadn't blessed Ivy, who was 6 months old at the ti...

The book project that I've been involved with! If you preordered a copy of The Gift of Giving Life: Rediscovering the Divine Nature o...

Last week, I spoke with Shifra Mincer, who runs the Jewish birth site Layda Birth . She had intended to interview me about my dissertation f...

In 1900, Danish artist CCA Christensen painted " The Handcart Company ." From 1856 to 1860, around 3,000 Mormon (LDS) pioneers cro...

To end off the year, I wanted to share a lovely birth story from one of my blog readers, Brieanne. She lives in rural California, is LDS, an...

We're having a great conversation over at Patheos about Mormonism & Feminism. On the heels of Kathryn Soper's essay As Sisters i...

Below are several high-resolution images of the 1871 LDS Sacrament Meeting I posted about a few days ago. The last two come from the origin...

My sister-in-law (remember her from her birth story Failure to Progress or Failure to be Patient ?) took this picture for me at the LDS Chur...

If you are LDS and have stories/insights to share about your pregnancy, birth, or postpartum experiences, please contact Felice Austin at Th...

I come from a religious culture that is fairly breastfeeding-friendly ( Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints , or LDS/Mormon for shor...

Today I am watching a montage about one woman's journey to a VBAC . I'm enjoying it of course--it's made to inspire and motivate...

Several readers have asked to know more about the blessing rituals that LDS (Mormon) women used to hold as they prepared for childbirth. By ...

This first guest post comes from Sheridan Ripley, a proud VBAC mom of 3 busy boys, Loving Lactivist, Positive Birth Story Collector, Hypnoba...

If any of you are LDS (Mormon) and have children, please take the time to complete this short survey about breastfeeding .

This is a song from the French LDS hymnal--it is my favorite. I am not sure why our English version does not have it. It is sung to the mel...