The Shocking Truth About Pregnancy in AMISH Communities (ft. Lovina Zook)
Cults to Consciousness
Shelise Ann Sola, Jonathan C Rosales
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Lovina Zook grew up in a strict Amish community where sex education was virtually nonexistent and anything related to the body, sex, or pregnancy was treated as taboo and often shameful. ChiIdren were not taught basic anatomy or reproduction, forcing her to piece together understanding through secretly reading books, accidental discoveries, and observation, often leading to confusion and misinformation well into her teens and even adulthood. Pregnancy, while expected and valued in terms of having chiIdren, was paradoxically hidden and associated with embarrassment, reinforcing a culture of silence and modesty. After leaving the Amish at 18, Lovina struggled initially but eventually found success on social media by embracing her background, and she now reflects on how her upbringing shaped her views on pregnancy, autonomy, and education.
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| 0:00.0 | Pregnancy among the Amish is looked at as very, they obviously love kids and they think having kids is their duty and everything being fruitful. |
| 0:09.0 | But pregnant women are looked at as shameful. |
| 0:13.0 | They hide their pregnancy as best as possible. |
| 0:16.0 | They are not proud of their pregnancy. |
| 0:19.0 | They hide it as best as they can and going out in public with a pregnant belly is not fun for them. |
| 0:25.6 | They don't talk about periods. They don't talk about sex. They don't talk about pregnancy. |
| 0:29.6 | So when the evidence shows up that you're pregnant, while it's like a secret is trying to get out, they try their best to hide it. |
| 0:36.6 | I never look forward to being pregnant among the Amish. |
| 0:39.8 | I used to dream of having babies, not having a bump when I was Amish. |
| 0:43.9 | Can we see your bump? |
| 0:44.9 | I'll show you mine if you show me yours. |
| 0:47.7 | Me and my brother accidentally figured out the combination to the safe. |
| 0:51.7 | We were just playing. |
| 0:52.9 | It was just one of those turn the wheely ones. Just playing with the wheel and the combination, we probably like accidentally |
| 1:00.9 | put in a combination and a safe open. Wow. Mom had a 16 or 17 when I first heard the word penis, |
| 1:10.2 | but China I was, oh, I was much older. |
| 1:13.8 | I feel like it was after I had left the Amish that I heard the word with China. |
| 1:17.7 | Because I used to call it a bag. |
| 1:19.8 | And they don't cover up. |
| 1:22.7 | They don't cover up. |
| 1:24.3 | They don't sit down. |
| 1:26.3 | They don't go into different rooms. |
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