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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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<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>Sisterhood of the Scar Revisited</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/03/sisterhood-of-the-scar-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I wrote this piece after attending my very first ICAN conference in San Diego in 2005. I read this and part of me weeps for her, for the me I was and for the women who are becoming part of this sisterhood willingly, wittingly or not.  My pain has been transformed into [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<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>How real is active phase arrest of labor?</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/17/active-labor-arrest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<title>Radio Interview on Whole Mother show &#8211; Cesareans, VBAC &amp; Prevention</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/05/radio-interview-on-whole-mother-show-cesareans-vbac-prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/05/radio-interview-on-whole-mother-show-cesareans-vbac-prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the radio interview I did with Debbie Hull of the Whole Mother Radio show.  We talked about the current percentage of cesareans, VBAC availability, where to obtain support, ways to prevent an unnecessary cesarean and much more! http://archive.kpft.org/mp3/090803_063001wholemother.MP3]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing your opportunity for a vaginal birth in a cesarean stricken culture.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/04/increasing-vaginal-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/04/increasing-vaginal-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the cesarean rate is an alarming 31.8% (CDC 2007 preliminary data).  Only a maximum of 15%  of birthing women should be having cesarean deliveries in order to keep mortality (death) and morbidity (poor outcomes) to the healthiest levels according to the World Health Organization. With the staggering discrepancy in what should be and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandma could.  You can.  Birth that is.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/27/grandma-could-you-can-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/27/grandma-could-you-can-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am revisiting the thought that women just aren&#8217;t the same these days and no longer able to spontaneously go into labor or birth today. There are some theories out there that the pelvis is evolving out of ability or that withaqll the intermingling of cultures that the option to grow a baby that plain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cesarean vs. VBAC: A dramatic Difference</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/22/hbwa2cjourney/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/22/hbwa2cjourney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been invited to share with you an intimate and challenging (and graphic) journey of a mother from an unexpected primary cesarean, physician decided repeat cesarean and a home water birth after those two cesareans. Before you watch it, take a deep breath and have an open mind. A box of tissues may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACOG revises labor induction guidelines</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/21/acog-revises-labor-induction-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/21/acog-revises-labor-induction-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ACOG released a press release today regarding a new practice bulletin revising labor induction guidelines.  Though the practice bulletin is not available on the ACOG site, a detailed review is available by Medpage today.  I hope to soon have the full copy to share. Some high points I found in the explanation and review of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pitocin &#8211; Be aware!</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/11/pitocin-be-aware/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/11/pitocin-be-aware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent days there has been much chatter in the birth and consumer worlds about the use or rather misuse of the synthetic oxytocin drug Pitocin (ICAN, unnecesarean, nursingbirth, daytondailynews). Pitocin is used very commonly in the United States before labor to induce, during labor to augment the process and post birth for the purpose [...]]]></description>
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