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		<title>A Birth Plan By Any Other Name&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/05/01/a-birth-plan-by-any-other-name/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/05/01/a-birth-plan-by-any-other-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 01:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the majority of women heading to the hospital to birth their babies, planning for the impending birth has become an important aspect of preparation in the United States (though the percentage of out of hospital births is rising).  Standardized, highly medicalized, non-individualized perinatal and postpartum care has really led the way to this being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for video clips or pictures of labor support</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/25/looking-for-video-clips-or-pictures-of-labor-support/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/25/looking-for-video-clips-or-pictures-of-labor-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am looking for some short video clips or pictures of pairs (couples or labor support pairing) to use in my in progress on-line childbirth class series. General, activities or positions needed: Birth ball use Knee-chest Squatting Hands and knees (modified and traditional) Belly lift Rebozo use Slow dancing Labor walking Swaying Leaning Birth stool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology and the Prenatal &#8220;Diet&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/17/technology-prenatal-diet/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/17/technology-prenatal-diet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In westernized countries, television and the internet have almost completely replaced the generational teaching and learning found in the &#8220;circles&#8221; of the past. Women would gather over sewing, quilting, canning, and life events including pregnancy and childbirth. They offered support, told their stories, spoke of family life, shared their everyday knowledge, wisdom and expertise while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking the nature of intervention in childbirth</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/16/rethinking-the-nature-of-intervention-in-childbirth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/16/rethinking-the-nature-of-intervention-in-childbirth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is much awareness and conversation of what the routine interventions are that can occur during the labor and birth process within the hospital environment.  These interventions can include induction, augmentation with Pitocin, epidural, or cesarean. In all my professional and personal roles, I am privy to a great amount of pregnancy and birth stories. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some thoughts on birth and being a consumer.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/03/birth-consumerism/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/03/birth-consumerism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While &#8220;teaching&#8221; childbirth class the topic of being a consumer is addressed often in a variety of ways.  I have a firm belief that a woman has the ability to understand, be well educated, and make her own decisions. It is in no way in my job description to tell someone else how she must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Your Birth Support Team</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/11/23/building-your-birth-support-team/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/11/23/building-your-birth-support-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=880</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As practice through the ages and evidence shows, support during the birth process can be greatly beneficial to both mothers and babies. It is not about having an experience. It is about healthier emotional and physical outcomes for mothers and subsequently for babies as well.  Putting together a support team is not as simple as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing For Birth: Quotes about Childbirth</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/11/21/preparing-for-birth-quotes-about-childbirth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/11/21/preparing-for-birth-quotes-about-childbirth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a compilation list of childbirth related quotes and sayings that I find powerful, interesting, affirming, or simply thoughtful.  Please feel free to respond with your own favorites.  The author of the quote does not need to be famous. I would be happy to expand the list. Enjoy! Birth may be a matter of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shocking quotes regarding maternal choice to VBAC birth</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/16/shocking-quotes-regarding-maternal-choice-to-vbac-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/16/shocking-quotes-regarding-maternal-choice-to-vbac-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joy Szabo has been in the news lately for desiring a second VBAC for her fourth baby (vaginal birth, emergency cesarean, and vaginal birth).  She has been denied locally in her area of Page, AZ to have a vaginal birth. Due to this situation, the International Cesarean Awareness Network has been assisting her in fighting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing For Birth &#8211; The Passage from She Births</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/11/preparing-for-birth-the-passage-from-she-births/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/11/preparing-for-birth-the-passage-from-she-births/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The below writing in my opinion is one of the most eloquent and beautiful takes on labor and birth I have read.   I am using it by permission of the author, Marcie Macari from her book She Births.   I encourage you to go to her site and see her offerings.  Inspiring and fantastic. Thank you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing For Birth &#8211; Affirmations</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/09/preparing-for-birth-affirmations/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/09/preparing-for-birth-affirmations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guarding what you put into your eyes, ears, and mind is such an important part of pregnancy and birth.  As women we learn socially, from one another.  When we allow the pervasive negativity (TV, horror stories, fearful education, good patient education, unsupportive comments, etc.) to take root we lose so much inborn knowledge and wisdom [...]]]></description>
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