Thesis: The New Millennium finds the modern woman at a crossroads. Will we continue on this path of destruction forged by medical science, or will we claim our sovereignty as women and restore/retain The Divine Feminine and claim our freedoms of self-determination?
Hatch Family 2004
Written by Jenny M. Hatch: For her Doctorate in Motherhood.
Continue reading “Dissertation”
UPDATE:
Laura, Lynn, and I have decided not to follow through with our plans for a third conference.
The Third International Husband/Wife Homebirth Conference
Thurs. July 1st, 2009 through Sat. July 4th, 2009
Independence Missouri
“Birthing without Obstetricians or Midwives means birthing with LOVE, not FEAR!”
FREEBIRTHERS!
We are gathering for a weekend of Family Camping in Missouri!
Please mark your calendars for the first week in July 2009!
Details of the conference will be coming soon.
Check these web sites for more information!
Bornfree – Laura Shanley
Unassisted HomeBirth – Lynn Griesemer
The Natural Family Company – Jenny Hatch
Theme Song for the 2009 Conference – Casting Crowns: Voice of Truth
Chorus:
But the voice of truth tells me a different story
And the voice of truth says “Do not be afraid!”
And the voice of truth says “This is for My glory”
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
I have been taking a blogging break for the month of May, just too busy, but a headline announcing plague at the denver zoo caught my eye yesterday and I thought I would repost an entry I did in September about the Thieves Blend of Essential Oils. It is below:
Here are a couple of highlights from the past few weeks.
Paul and I were part of the Denver WestWord Article on Unassisted Childbirth last week. Here is the link.
Laura Shanley has a round up of the various Unassisted Childbirth Media Stories from the past few weeks on her blog. Go Here.
And Here are the Links to all of the Freebirth articles: (This outpouring of Media Interest in UC Birth has been extremely gratifying to those of us who have been promoting it for many years!)
The Independent 3-20-07 (UK) – Oh, baby!
Guardian 5-9-07 (UK) – Going it alone
Marie Claire 5-10-07 (UK) – The women having ‘extreme births’
Globe and Mail (Canada) – 5-15-07 – DIY delivery
Channel 2 News (Alaska) – 5-15-07 – Great Expectations This video clip contains the UC Birth of Twins at home alone, one was a footling breech.
Reuters – 5-22-07 (UK – London)- Freebirthers dismiss fear and bring babies home
The Age – 5-27-07(Australia) – No doctor, no midwife — women go it alone
Same family, different story from Australia – A ‘relaxed, beautiful’ entry for Carter
And here are the links to the various online versions of the many UC Birth articles that have been written in the past month: Bornfree web site.
And here is a quick overview of some headlines for parents, so many different voices and opinions. Mothers and Fathers really need to just follow their hearts and not listen to all of the fear mongering about babies.
The Global Baby Bust
Having large families is an “eco crime”
Children “bad” for planet
Vegans sentenced for starving their baby
Stay-at-home mother’s work worth $138,095 a year
California Midwife Under Fire
Navelgazing Midwife – Oh, The Homebirth Debate Blog – Insights into the psyche of the fraud named Amy Tuteur MD (Pseudonym for a couple PR guys from Eli Lilly out to destroy and shut down the debate around home birth with statistics!!!). Go Here
Marsden Wagner’s new book Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First – Go Here
Unassisted Childbirth forum at Mothering – Go Here
Here are a couple of links used in the various debates that I engaged in at Salon and the NHS Blog Doctors comment sections.
The website of the Pre and Peri Natal Psychologists – Go Here
Tips for ten month Mamas
A Declaration of the Rights of Childbearing Women
Monty Python Birth Sketch: And people wonder why we don’t want to have a hospital birth?
Hill Cap – The Hillary Clinton Accountability Project
Stop Hillary
For a look at someone with real credentials, who is not a criminal and is a true patriot, check out Mitt Romney on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The Mormons
Press Reaction – Go here
My reaction:
I think the overall production, The Mormons, was excellent. I believe the director did a great job handling the various difficult topics around Poligamy and The Mountain Meadow Massacre.
My favorite parts of the documentary were found here: The Family and the Essence of Religion.
Act 4 – The Family – Go Here
Act 5 – Those who can and can’t conform – Go Here
I loved this section of the presentation. While some gross generalizations about our mormon culture were spewed by some ex-mormon voices, I can wholeheartedly agree with the various issues outlined by critics in terms of Mormon Mother guilt and depression. The bar is so high in some wards and stakes that the pressure to be the ultimate mother can be very stressful. I believe this perfectionism contributed to my nervous breakdown after the birth of our first baby. And the breakdowns of various women I have known. The pressure to serve and do and be anxiously engaged, especially when pregnant and nursing is over the top in some wards.
I am so grateful for my mother. She was so clear about this issue. With her babies she would get released from all of her callings when she was three months pregnant and then stay home and focus on family until her baby was six months old. This example was so powerful for me when I would come up against the wall of social pressure to serve and do and be busy during pregnancy.
It all came to a head for me when I was expecting my fourth baby and was called to be the primary president. I was tandem nursing Jeff and Allison and was pregnant with Andrew, and the bishop wanted me to serve as a president to a 95 kid primary. Plus serve as a visiting teacher and take care of my family.
When I was six months pregnant I just bowed out and asked to be released from the presidency and all of my duties in the church. I felt tremendous guilt at the time, but it did not diminish my desire to put my all into my family. I have met mormon women who have decided to bottlefeed with baby formula rather than breastfeed, simply so they have more time and energy to serve at church. I believe this is a rather misguided placement of energies and efforts.
Now that I am older and more settled with my mother heart, if we welcome any more children into our home I will simply get released from all callings as soon as pregnancy is confirmed and stay away from church service and work for at least a year, if not more, while I take care of things on the home front.
At various times I have had four, five, six major callings at the same time. And again, in my old age, I have determined not to do more than three at a time. Right now today I serve as the sacrament meeting chorister, the welfare specialist, and a visiting teacher. And it is about all I am willing to do. The leaders of the church have been more vocal about Bishops not overwhelming families with church service, but as far as I can tell the status quo of mothers being required to do and be and serve is still very much a part of our culture, and I would like to see things relax somewhat, especially for the young moms with lots of toddlers.
As we watched this section together as a family, we were surprised and thrilled to see our dear friends, the Tilleman-Dicks profiled in this segment. We spent three years associating with this wonderful family in our Liahona Home Educators Denver Support group during the years that we home schooled.
Annette is a wonderful friend, and an amazing mother. When she found out I was expecting Benjamin she said to our group, “I’m jealous”. This from a mother who had experienced eighteen pregnancies and had eleven live children. Annette was so passionate about home school that when I explained to her that I was overwhelmed with caring for a new born and that we had decided to enroll our older children in a charter school in 2003, she grasped my arm and exclaimed, “Jenny, your children would be better off running wild for two year while you locked yourself in your bedroom than to send them to school.” I appreciated her insights, but still felt passionate that our children were not being served by homeschool while I was nurturing Ben.
Annettes children were some of the most spiritual I have ever met, and it was pure joy to hang out with them for three years of fellowship in our group.
One other segment that I loved was this final one:
The Essence of A Religion – Go Here
Overall I believe the presentation was excellent. And I am grateful to the director for the time and focus she put into this documentary. I also loved the music and artwork that made the visuals so pleasing to watch.
Jenny Hatch
