Our Birthday Activity

We had a great RS Birthday Celebration Activity the other night. We met, had dinner, and of course, birthday cake. We also learned about the history of the Relief Society. What I thought was really neat though, is that they went one more step farther. We learned even more!

They asked a lot of different sisters to do research and present on not only the RS history, but also the history of other great organizations that were either started by the RS OR great Relief Society sisters.. Such as:

The Young Women's Organization

The Primary Organization

LDS Social Services
The Humanitarian Program

The First Hospital in Utah - And the first RN who was sent on a "mission" back east to become educated

The Grainery Program

It was really, really neat.

More Birthday Ideas

Submitted by: Rhonda G - Massachusetts

To celebrate the Relief Society Birthday each of the sisters will be bringing a decorated birthday cake to share for dessert time. We will be slicing up the left-overs and taking them home to our families. We will also be doing a power point presentation of the history of the Relief Society through-out the years. It will be set to music, Sisters In Zion, etc.

Relief Society Birthday Celebration Ideas

Here are some links that have great ideas for your upcoming "Birthday Celebration" activity...

http://ldslivingmagazine.com/articles/show/1300

A Quiz: http://lds.about.com/library/bl/quiz/blrsquiz.htm

http://mormonshare.com/relief-society/relief-society-birthday-programs.php

http://www.homemaking-cottage.com/index.php/Enrichment-LDS/Full-Themed-Nights/Relief-Society-Birthday-Ideas.html

http://www.ehow.com/way_5254838_relief-society-birthday-meeting-ideas.html

Here is a commemoration video that was posted on lds.org to commemorate the Relief Society. You could use this presentation as part of your meeting for the Birthday Celebration:

http://www.lds.org/pa/rs/home/rsvideo.html?xml=rsvideo_8911.xml

2 Week Meal Plan

http://lds.about.com/od/visualmusicalaids/a/meal_planning.htm

Sewing Night with YW

One of our wards is having a sewing and quilting night with their young women. They are making aprons and quilts.

Here is a fun website that offers free patterns for aprons.

http://tipnut.com/free-apron-patterns-tutorials/

I found this video on You Tube and loved it. Thought I would share:

Choices in Childbirth

Our next activity is a class entitled "Choices in Childbirth." I am actually teaching it, since educating women is my passion as a Doula.
A lot of women do not realize all of the options they have when in labor. We are taught one basic routine which includes, go to the hosptial, get hooked up to machines, and get an epidural as soon as possible. When these things don't work as planned, then it can be a scary experience.
This class will inform women about the safety of birthing when low risk, the choices and options they have for comfort and medication, resources to find more information, and the fact that education equals power. When you don't know your options, then you don't have any. The more you know, the more you'll be in control, and the better satisfied you will be with your birthing experience.
The outline is as follows:

Choices for Childbirth Outline:

Options for Birthing
a- Hospital
b- Birth Center
c- Home Birth

How to choose a care provider
a- OB/GYNS
b- Midwives
c- Questions to ask

Choice for Birth Preparation
a- Lamaze
b- Hypnobirthing
c- Bradley
d- Birthing from Within
e- Hypnobabies
f- Doulas
g- Monitrices

Reference list
a- Hospitals, OB/GYN, CNM
b- Midwives
c- Birth Centers
d- Doulas
e- Childbirth Classes
f- Lactation Consultants
g- Birth plan sample (benefits of having a birth preferences)

With these videos:
http://www.injoyvideos.com/mothersadvocate/videos.html