Although we frequently hear birth stories and pregnancy stories, rarely do we talk about the tenderness, joy, confusion, pain, completion, gratitude, and seeking that often permeate the end of childbearing. These stories are a generous and vulnerable offering by courageous women sharing how they navigate questions of faith, revelation, cultural expectation, physical challenges, marriage, fertility, mortality and eternity, and choice.
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New Horizons

November 28, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

To Enjoy Each Stage

November 28, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Rainbow

November 28, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

God Loves my Little Family

November 28, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Our Marriage was More Important

November 28, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Letting Go of That Theoretical Next Baby

November 28, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Acceptable to the Lord

November 27, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Glimpses: Four Small Stories

November 27, 2017
These mini stories are part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

Finding My Purpose

November 27, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

A Regret

November 27, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

The Time for Tasting

November 26, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

My New Reality

November 25, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Disenfranchised Grief

November 25, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Preparing to Become Like Them

November 25, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Glimpses: Three Small Stories

November 24, 2017
These mini stories are part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

A 7.5 Year Gap

November 24, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Bodily Autonomy

November 24, 2017
Content Warning: This story deals with domestic violence. This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings... (Read More)

Grateful for the Eternities

November 24, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Something No One Talks About in the World of Special Needs

November 24, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Two Feelings At Once

November 24, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

To End With Gratitude

November 22, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Moving On

November 22, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Steeped in the Blessings of the Atonement

November 22, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Out with the Baby Gear

November 21, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Every Ounce of Our Best Effort

November 20, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Looking Forward to the Next Phase

November 20, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Abundance

November 20, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Reaching a Place of Acceptance

November 19, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Passing the Baton

November 19, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Whose Decision?

November 19, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

A Difficult Dance

November 19, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

If I Had Been Prepared

November 18, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

A Conscious Decision

November 18, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Baby Drunk

November 17, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Chasing a New Dream

November 17, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Glimpses: Four Small Stories

November 16, 2017
These mini stories are part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

Peace and Completion

November 16, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

His, Mine, Theirs, Ours

November 16, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Motherhood Messages

November 16, 2017
This complete interview may be heard at the LDS Women Project podcast. Heather grew up in a large family in the 1970s and 80s in... (Read More)

They Will Always Live at Home

November 16, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

I Don’t Celebrate My Womanhood

November 16, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

End of the Childbearing Years, Heather’s Story

November 16, 2017
A condensed transcription of this interview may be read here. In 2017, an MWP reader named Heather reached out to us suggesting we cover the... (Read More)

Despite that Eternal Promise

November 14, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

About Sacrifice

November 14, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

I Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before

November 13, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

I Gave the Lord a Deadline

November 12, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Seven is a Good Number

November 12, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Glimpses: Three Small Stories

November 11, 2017
These mini stories are part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

I Have Never Doubted

November 11, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

The Crib

November 10, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Complete

November 10, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Life’s Pattern of Passages

November 10, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Amazing Peace

November 9, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Two Miracles

November 9, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

To Shift My Creations

November 9, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Joy and Grief All Mixed Together

November 8, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Move Forward and Hope

November 8, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Crossroads

November 8, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

The Natural Progression of Life

November 7, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

Goodbye to Wishes

November 7, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Someone Was Missing

November 5, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)

Glimpses: Four Small Stories

November 5, 2017
This following mini stories are part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this... (Read More)

Discovering Myself Again

November 4, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

Marianna

November 4, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

Our Lives are Larger

November 4, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

I Have a Lot to Offer

November 4, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

He Came First

November 3, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

Choosing to be Done

November 3, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

Just the Two of Us

November 2, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

An Unfulfilled Promise, A New Purpose

November 2, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

First and Last

November 1, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition.... (Read More)

The Green Stroller

November 1, 2017
This story is part of our End of the Childbearing Years series, exploring the experiences, decisions, and feelings of Mormon women around this pivotal transition. Each... (Read More)
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