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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>Affording the Birth You Want</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/01/affording-birth-you-wan/</link>
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		<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>Preparing For Birth &#8211; Labor Length and Progress</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/19/preparing-for-birth-labor-length-and-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/10/19/preparing-for-birth-labor-length-and-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Active labor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[normal birth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are always questions on what is the normal length for labor and what is not.  Women in labor are not static.  Though there may be averages, falling outside of those may not be reason to manage labor by augmentation or cesarean.   Patience and individualized care tend to be the biggest keys to better labor [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Active labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth Professional]]></category>
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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>Birth Center Colorado</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/22/birth-center-colorado/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/22/birth-center-colorado/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CNM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[birth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though most hospitals have &#8220;birth centers&#8221;, they are really nothing more than the labor and delivery floor where births take place. The only freestanding birth center in Colorado is the Mountain Midwifery Center.  MMC is owned and run by Tracy Ryan, CNM  along with 4 other main midwives along with supporting staff. What is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing For Birth &#8211; Common Pregnancy and Childbirth Terms</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/25/preparing-for-birth-common-pregnancy-and-childbirth-terms/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/25/preparing-for-birth-common-pregnancy-and-childbirth-terms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a compilation of common terms and acronyms that women often will come across during pregnancy, labor, and delivery.  Check back as more will be added from time to time. AROM &#8211; Artificial Rupture of Membranes &#8211; using a finger or tool to open the amniotic sac to to allow the fluid to release. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing your birth location &#8211; A tip sheet</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/10/choosing-your-birth-location-a-tip-sheet/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/10/choosing-your-birth-location-a-tip-sheet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Preparing For Birth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Choosing the place of birth for your baby &#8211; It is incredibly important that you understand where you fit best prior to choosing where to birth your baby. Take hospital and/or birth center tour, call and talk to L&#38;D floor, get facts on home birth by talking to home birth midwives, other moms who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interviewing your care provider for pregnancy and birth &#8211; A tip sheet.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/10/interviewing-cp/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/10/interviewing-cp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Choosing your care provider: Use this as a template for the interview process or to discern you are of the same philosophy and belief system with current OB or Hospital/Birth Center Midwife. · What is birth philosophy? What is philosophy of pregnancy? · What makes up majority of experience in practice? Has provider seen normal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a labor doula?  What does she (or he) do?</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/09/what-is-a-labor-doula-what-does-she-or-he-do/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/09/what-is-a-labor-doula-what-does-she-or-he-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breast Feeding]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women have supported women throughout the ages.  In our very busy and ever transient culture, the woman to woman education and support of yesteryear is sorely lacking.  It is very common for an expecting woman not have family nearby or to have support women who know the ways of natural, normal pregnancy, labor, delivery and [...]]]></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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