Link Direct To A Story

  • Mrs R. A – Stories of birth traditions Mrs A, a First Nations woman, had heard from her grandmother.
  • Mrs N. B – Brief but poignant comments about what the flu epidemic of 1918 did to her family.
  • Mrs M. B – Mrs B mentions lots of names. The legendary Dr. Steele was her doctor.
  • Mrs B. B, Part One – Who knows where babies come from?
    Mrs B. B, Part Two     – Mrs B is put on an uncomfortable spot.
  • Mrs E. D – Reflections on the loss of a baby, and raising a family when you have severe anemia.
  • Mrs J. D – Reflections on managing without conveniences we take for granted, such as indoor running water, indoor bathrooms.
  • Mrs R.D – She remembers a difficult birth, but not completely accurately.
  • Mr J. D – Mrs R. D’s husband fills in the gaps in her memory.
  • Mrs. L. G, Part One – Mrs G catches her own baby sister.
    Mrs. L. G, Part Two – Mrs G’s husband talks up her skills a bit too much.
  • Miss Muriel Jarvis – one of Saskatchewan’s most notable citizens recounts her days growing up in the maternity home her mother ran in Kenaston.
  • Mrs. T. M – How she learned that her first baby had been still born.
  • Mrs E. P – Pregnancy and childbirth were simply not discussed.
  • Mrs N. S, Part One – Mrs S, born in 1900, was our oldest interview subject. Due to a misunderstanding, this interview got off to an unusual start.
    Mrs N. S, Part Two – A follow up interview, to capture a little more detail. Some fun stuff about Google.
  • Mrs A. T, Part One – Lots of detail about Aboriginal traditions, and lots of hard, hard work.
    Mrs A. T, Part Two – Myths and medicines.
    Mrs A. T, Part Three – More details about the births themselves, and then daughter Lorraine joins the conversation.