It is common in our system for a doctor or midwife to recommend that a woman's water (amniotic sac) be artificially broken during labor if it hasn't broken on its own. The idea is that it will quicken the labor and cause the baby to be born faster. Often, women will even be erroneously and unethically promised this. This procedure is technically termed an amniotomy. Sometimes it's also referred to as AROM (artificial rupture of membranes), "rupturing her", or "breaking her waters". The...

How should a mother recover and rest postpartum? How can she do that through the lens of her faith? In every culture until modern times, there have been cultural practices, routines, and ritual surrounding the postpartum time. Humanity has always recognized, to varying degrees, that this time was critical for mothers and babies to heal, bond, rest, recover, and establish healthy feeding for the baby. Modern American culture, highly influenced by the industrial revolution, all but erased this...

We're so excited to share with you about our newest updates! For our iPhone users, we now have some really exciting new features on the Made for This app! (Android users, please pray we can eventually add these updates on Android as well!) Drumroll please... You can now make customized playlists! Create your own playlist using tracks from the Made for This Birth Album and EVEN INCLUDE MUSIC from your own phone’s library or Apple Music! By popular request, we’ve now also added a sleep timer! ...