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		<title>What&#8217;s in the job?</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/07/whats-in-the-job/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/07/whats-in-the-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; I wonder if most of us really know what the scopes of practice are for the providers we may choose  for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and for the baby.  Keep reading to see if you really know what the jobs encompass. As you go through the list I would like you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a relationship 10 minutes at a time</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/02/creating-relationship-10-minutes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[birth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has occurred to me through my time with doula clients and students,  that many care providers serving hospital birthing mothers do not ask any questions of their pregnant patients during the 7-10 minute prenatal visits that lead to a substantive working relationship. I have also learned that too often the pregnant &#8220;patient&#8221; does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wish List In 2011</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/01/wish-list-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/01/wish-list-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A clean slate. A fresh start. Hope and dreams reactivated. Passions toward change are stirred. All of this by the calendar rolling over from one year to the next. It is not just  anew year though, it is a new DECADE to set precedent in. To make a mark. Oh the possibilities and opportunities that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affording the Birth You Want</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/affording-birth-you-wan/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/affording-birth-you-wan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times over I have heard something similar to &#8220;If only my insurance would cover the childbirth class, doula, that provider or birth location. Then I could have the birth I really want for me and my baby.&#8221; That statement sadly says to me that women are settling for a provider, birth location, type of [...]]]></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>Shocking quotes regarding maternal choice to VBAC birth</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/shocking-quotes-regarding-maternal-choice-to-vbac-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/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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		<category><![CDATA[birth doula]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ICAN]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[natural birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OB]]></category>
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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>Reprinting of Open letter to ACNM</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/reprinting-of-open-letter-to-acnm/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/07/reprinting-of-open-letter-to-acnm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a reprinting of an open letter written to ACNM after a special alert notice.  Women and families no matter what insurance or lack thereof should be able to have access to any and all midwifery care.  Consumers CAN make appropriate choices for their own care. As a consumer the idea of shutting out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childbirth in the hospital &#8211; Navigational Tips</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2008/04/childbirth-in-the-hospital-navigational-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2008/04/childbirth-in-the-hospital-navigational-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/news/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons why a woman chooses to birth in the hospital. Women have the right to choose where and with whom she will birth regardless of what another would choose. Women need the tools to navigate the hospital setting. She and her baby ARE unique. They are human beings. Laboring women are often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICAN and VBAC Ban Project &#8211; Get Involved Today</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2008/01/ican-and-vbac-ban-project-get-involved-today/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2008/01/ican-and-vbac-ban-project-get-involved-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/news/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is taken from http://yourbirthmatters.blogspot.com/ written by a fellow ICAN Board member and all around amazing woman, Gretchen H. Please read, think and get involved. The VBAC ban project is finally up and running! What is this you ask? Well, simply put, we are going to call every hospital in the U.S. and find out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Grandma can do it, so can you. Birth that is.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2008/01/if-grandma-can-do-it-so-can-you-birth-that-is/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2008/01/if-grandma-can-do-it-so-can-you-birth-that-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the idea that women just aren&#8217;t the same these days and no longer able to spontaneously go into labor or birth in our society has been bounding around in my head for weeks spurned by re-reading an inspiring story written by a local doula. I have read this story many times and each time [...]]]></description>
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