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		<title>Social Media and You</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/10/social-media-and-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get your pregnancy, birth or postpartum story heard! I am looking to interview several mothers/families who have been positively changed, supported or impacted emotionally, physically, socially, educationally and/or spiritually during the perinatal (pregnancy, labor, childbirth, postpartum) and/or into the first year of mothering/processing birth outcomes through the use of/participation in social media outlets (Twitter, Facebook, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips to finding the right &#8220;childbirth&#8221; class</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were my best friend, I would tell you there is not any one-size-fits-all &#8220;childbirth&#8221; class.  Education can be foundational to informed decision making and better outcomes for both mother and baby. I encourage you to go about choosing a class series in the same way you would choose a provider or birth location. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say What? Getting a handle on birthy terminology.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/02/say-what-birth-related-terms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So often I am in conversation and forget that everyone does not eat, drink and sleep birth related information like my peers and I do. I have put together a list of useful terms and definitions to take the &#8220;What?&#8221; out of navigating the host of terms surrounding pregnancy and birth. AROM – Artificial Rupture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Childbirth Education?</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/11/why-childbirth-education/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/11/why-childbirth-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sit here and ponder Why childbirth education is important?. I am an educator because I think it can be a vital piece to the preparation puzzle prior to welcoming a baby.  I use the word &#8220;can&#8221; versus &#8220;is&#8221; due to the fact that all educational offerings are not created equally. It is known that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Your Childbirth Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a childbirth (perinatal) educator is a position that affords great opportunity to positively influence women in the childbearing year and far beyond.  It is also a great responsibility that ought include: self-assessment, continuing education, evidence-based curriculum, the ability inform with discernment and the willingness not to teach a good patient course. With all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing New Addition to the PFB Team</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/announcing-lor-welch/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/announcing-lor-welch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very excited to announce the addition of  Lori Welch, BS, CCCE to the Preparing For Birth teaching team. She is a CAPPA Certified Childbirth Educator and also Lamaze trained. She has experienced both hospital and home births herself.  She has a deep calling for assisting others in their pregnancy, birth and early parenting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking the nature of intervention in childbirth</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/rethinking-the-nature-of-intervention-in-childbirth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/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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		<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/birth-consumerism/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/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>Preparing For Birth &#8211; Affirmations</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/preparing-for-birth-affirmations/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/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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		<title>Preparing For Birth &#8211; Pregnancy Nutrition</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/preparing-for-birth-pregnancy-nutrition/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/preparing-for-birth-pregnancy-nutrition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[during childbirth class there is always a question of &#8220;What should I eat?&#8221;.  Pulling from the FDA pyramid plan for moms interactive website, the below information puts it into an easy perspective.  I input information based on an average sized 30 year-old pregnant woman.  On the site, you can put in your information to personalize [...]]]></description>
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