I spent a few weeks this summer directing a K through 12 Musical Theatre Camp at my childrens school. We produced three shows. The one act version of High School Musical, a Variety Show titled This Little Light of Mine, and a One act childrens audience participation play that I wrote.
It was a really fun project and I hope, the beginning of many shows to come. I put together a little montage of our final rehearsal before show week. 1/3 of the cast was on vacation for this final run through rehearsal before Dress, and I was directing a little, and shot the video and still pictures with my junkie little digital camera, but hopefully the spirit of the theatre camp shines through. Many of the students were beginners and we had a cast that ranged in age from 5 to 17 in age and only three boys.
Here is the montage:
Author Jenny Marie Hatch
The Second International Husband/Wife Homebirth Conference and Provident Living/Birthing
My Journey to Unassisted Homebirth by Jenny Hatch:
Watch this Unassisted Childbirth Video on My Share Page at One True Media

The You Tube Version of that same UC Birth Video:
My Videos at You Tube
These past few months I have had an increase in spiritual promptings around Provident Living.
I have found myself tweaking and resupplying our food storage. And I have had an increase in preparedness dreams.
I have had these dreams my whole life. Ever since I was a child I was drawn to survival literature, stories, and real life accounts of individuals and families struggling through this situation or another. My parents spent quality time teaching me the gospel of Jesus Christ and I learned at a young age that the scriptures provide a map to the future that can safely guide and direct our lives.

My friends Lauren and Kent have been helping me with some musical productions. This picture was taken last week at a rehearsal.
As I have studied and learned the skills that have enabled me to break free from the snares of the Medical Gestapo, I have come to believe that some of the most empowering information parents can aquire are in fact those tied to birthing and parenting autonomy.
For me, Unassisted Birth has always been about Living Providently. Planning and preparing for a time of medical self sufficiency simply because during that time we may not have the luxury of driving to a hospital for help with a birth.
So many scenarios in our world could bring on that time when doctors and hospitals may not be available to help with the birth of a child. This recent article from WND outlines one of the little known challenges that present with terrorism. I wonder what effect a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack would have on electronic fetal monitors, epidural machines, and obstetric operating theatres???
It is not my intention to catalog the various situations that may present. All one has to do is read the Book of Revelations and Matthew 24 to get a sense of the trials and tribulations that confront us today. In fact, it was while reading Matthew 24:19 that I first began to feel the need to learn Childbirth and Mothering self sufficiency.
It is my intention to once again point parents to the empowering information contained in the carefully prepared texts of my books and the video that has been continually available on my web site for the past seven years, sharing the stories, information, and testimony from families who have walked down the Unassisted Childbirth path.
If you would like to read my book Elijah Birth, prepared especially for Fathers during this time in our worlds history….Go Here to purchase the E-book.
If you would like to watch the 2nd International Husband/Wife Homebirth Conference on a web stream E Video, Please go here to purchase the conference. A conference transcript is also available for purchase.
These materials have been thoughtfully and prayerfully put together to help families quickly focus on the principles and practices that will help them during a time of upheaval and distress.
I pray that all families will take the time to ponder and prepare for a time of Childbirth self sufficiency.
Setting reasonable goals – like putting in a two week water supply, a 72 hour kit, and a three month supply of basic foods like wheat and beans will comfort and protect the innocent as well as provide insurance against a time of want and need.
As stated above, the spiritual promptings I have had lately have been unusually strong these past few months. Please take the time to ponder your life without a car, water flowing from the tap, electricity, and/or access to medical professionals. And then spend some time thinking about how to MITIGATE problems before they show up.
Many people have commented to me over the years how amazed they are by the LDS Church’s focus on Provident Living.
One of the main reasons Mormons take all of this so seriously is that we believe the scriptures are real, the prophecies are real, and unlike some of our Christian brothers and sisters, we actually believe the prophecies around the end times are going to happen. And so we prepare.
It is my hope and prayer that you who are reading this today will step back from your life for a couple hours and thoughtfully think through some scenarios and preparations that may help you and your family.
Jenny Hatch
Another UK Freebirth Story
I thought this article was pretty good, and the pictures with it are incredible!
Rise of the ‘freebirthers’: the mothers defying their doctors
“So emphatically did she believe in the power of her body that she allowed her unassisted birth to be filmed for a Channel Five documentary, Extraordinary People: Outlaw Births. It is an incredible event to witness. Howie calmly sits in the birthing pool, smiling and talking while her baby boy emerges and is lifted out of the water. At no point does she cry out in pain or scream – if ever there was an advert for an “ideal” intervention-free birth, this is it.
“It was a spiritual experience,” she says. “I wanted my son to enter this world as a pure being and without fear. The best way to do that was by having an unassisted birth.”
Jenny Hatch
PS The comment section tied to the article has some great conversation as well. Here is the comment I made (don’t know yet if they will publish it)
“Alexis,
The most “scarily uninformed” mothers in my life are those who blindly trust the medical profession to hand them a healthy baby.
You Said:
“Unfortunately, I have encountered some scarily uninformed UCers. Some do not do prenatal care. Others believe that if you just “trust birth” it will all go well. This is not true. I had a perfectly normal, healthy pregnancy until I suddenly developed preeclampsia at 38 weeks. I did not know I was ill. I felt fine. I didn’t know there was a problem until my urine came back 4+ protein and I was admitted to hospital.”
Preeclamsia is completely preventable with a high protein diet. Do some research on the Brewer Diet. Proper nutrition is a mothers key to a healthy baby.
Only a self absorbed medical profession blinded by Big Pharma money and useless obstetric training in surgical interventions would overlook prenatal nutrtion education for mothers, but that is what they have done.”
Sunday School Lessons 22 and 23
I don’t have time to blog my lessons, so here is the link for last week and here is the link for this week.
Jenny Hatch
A More Perfect Union
I watched this documentary on BYU Television on the 4th, as I do every year at this time. It is such a great movie, go buy it for your family library!
You can watch it live on BYU tv on July 11th, or watch it streamed from the internet.
Jenny Hatch

