A spoonful of sugar (Makes the whole grains and Flax go down)

February 10, 2013Jenny Marie Hatch Leave a comment

I bake whole grain baked goods every day. Muffins, cookies, bread, cinnamon rolls, pizza. My family is always chowing down the foods I create, especially if they are slathered with cheese or sugar.

I made these granola bars six days ago on monday, double batch with whole wheat flour and a whole cup of golden flax seeds. Sometimes if I make things “too healthy” my family does not eat the baked goods. But if I slather some cream cheese frosting on old cinnamon rolls or muffins, or some chocolate frosting on week old granola bars, they magically disapear.

Once in a while I will come out in the kitchen and a little mouse, named Benjamin, will have LICKED the frosting off the baked goods. But he knows Mama has feelings on that score, so generally they eat the whole grain goody. I was thrilled to wake up from my sunday afternoon nap and see that platter of bars greatly diminished down to two.

Jenny Hatch

The WHOLE GRAIN catagory of my blog has many tutorials and videos on how to cook with whole foods. Enjoy the archives!

Recovery from Post Partum Psychosis

July 13, 2012Jenny Marie Hatch 2 Comments

This Montage is a short overview of my life before and after Post Partum Psychosis.

Jenny Hatch

Radio Show: Interview with Laurel Wilson, author of The Greatest Pregnancy Ever on Thursday at 10 am

June 27, 2012Jenny Marie Hatch Leave a comment

My special guest on The Jenny Hatch show on Thursday will be Laurel Wilson.

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Laurel Wilson is Executive Director of Lactation Programs and Faculty for CAPPA, Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association. She acts as the Customer Advocate for InJoy Birth and Parenting, teaching webinars and producing podcasts for professionals. She served as the Program Coordinator for Swedish Medical Center and Presbytarian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Colorado, which combined serve nearly 4000 expectant families a year. She owns MotherJourney Childbirth Services—training childbirth, lactation, and postpartum professionals, as well as expectant families on integrative and holistic information as it pertains to today’s Millennial family. She has her degree in Maternal Child Health: Lactation Consulting and is an internationally board certified lactation consultant.

The Greatest Pregnancy Ever offers advice for creating a peaceful, joyful,
and positive beginning for your family. This book offers insights and tips
for addressing fears and anxieties, managing stress, increasing comfort
during pregnancy, and creating a way of life that will transform you, your
baby, and ultimately the world you live in.

Authors and pregnancy experts Laurel Wilson and Tracy Wilson Peters know
that parents do not need to read volumes of encyclopedic detail on
pregnancy in order to learn what is important. Instead, The Greatest
Pregnancy Ever offers real-life solutions to the emotional and physical
issues pregnant women face.

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This book is designed around four keys that can unlock the secrets to
having the greatest pregnancy ever. The keys relate to specific time
periods and concepts during pregnancy. When parents focus on incorporating
these keys into their lifestyle, it positively influences the behavior and
personality of their child. No longer should the information given to
pregnant women focus primarily on the aches and pains of pregnancy; what
is needed today is an understanding of how important the motherbaby bond
is and how this bond forever impacts the family dynamic. The Greatest
Pregnancy Ever is the only book that meets this need.

Tune in Live at 10:00 am Mountain Time

Jenny Hatch

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Food Storage Know How Class

June 22, 2012Jenny Marie Hatch Leave a comment

Last night at the Louisville Rec Center our LDS Ward hosted a Food Storage Know How Class for our Community. We had three speakers and a Q & A after the lectures. I was happy to be included in the mix and had my husband video tape my thoughts to share here on my blog.

Most of my writings revolve around Self Reliant Mothering and this class was just an extension of all of my long term efforts to put the tools of Mothering into the hands of the women who are looking for them. Having a supply of basic food stuffs is one of the most effective and healthy things a family can do to further their own economic and health goals.

If you would like more information about Food Storage, please go to the Provident Living web site set up by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to learn more.

The Home Storage Section of the site has great information on how to get started storing and preserving food!

And the Emergency Preparedness section of the site teaches the principles of proper Water Storage, Short and Long Term Storage, and how to help dispel fear by being prepared.

If you would like to purchase some foods available from the church’s online store click HERE.

It is my prayer that any efforts you put out as parents will help to provide for your family during life’s storms.

Jenny Hatch

Doula Photography Business: First Photo Shoot, my friend Jaime and her husband Eric, Dog Annie, and Baby Henry

January 11, 2012Jenny Marie Hatch Leave a comment

UPDATE: February 23, 2012

Baby Henry is HERE! Last saturday I did a New Family Photo Shoot with one month old Baby Henry! Enjoy.

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My friend Jaime was kind enough to say yes when I asked if I could practice doing a photo shoot with her. We spent some time today at her home and various locations around town getting some nice pregnancy photos.

Tonight her husband Eric, who has been our Home Teacher for years, joined in the shoot and shared some of his amazing talent on the video. Thanks Eric and Jaime. So the business is officially launched.

If you need a Photography Doula for your upcoming birth don’t hesitate to contact me early in your pregnancy to schedule a shoot.

Jenny