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	<title>Preparing For Birth &#187; Preparing For Birth</title>
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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>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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		<title>Preparing For Birth: 35+ and Pregnant</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/16/over-35-and-pregnant/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/16/over-35-and-pregnant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advanced Maternal Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OB]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perinatal Death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an incredibly disturbing trend regarding &#8220;advanced maternal age&#8221; mothers being a hostile uterine environment for their babies. They are being subject to weekly Biophysical profiles or Fetal Non-stress tests tests that are normally reserved only for high-risk mothers and babies from as early as 32 weeks in pregnancy.  On top of the scans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing For Birth: Question of the Day #3</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/01/preparing-for-birth-question-of-the-day-3/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/01/preparing-for-birth-question-of-the-day-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please share with me what encouraged, supported, and enabled you to continue in labor and delivery.  I may use your quote later in a post!!! Email me at desirre@prepforbirth.com or simply add comment to post.]]></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>Preparing For Birth &#8211; Has episiotomy been replaced by this practice?</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/25/new-episiotomy/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/25/new-episiotomy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perineum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparing For Birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[postpartum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pushing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second stage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent months I have noticed that during the end part of pushing and through delivery, care providers and/or nurses are doing very, very aggressive vaginal and perineal stretching.  This is not the gentle perineal massage I have seen in the past.  Even though I do not believe even that is necessary, it certainly was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing For Birth &#8211; Quotes from Women on What Pushing Feels Like</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/20/preparing-for-birth-quotes-from-women-on-what-pushing-feels-like/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/20/preparing-for-birth-quotes-from-women-on-what-pushing-feels-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perineum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparing For Birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Stage Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth prep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childbirth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childbirth education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purple pushing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[baby delivery]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I went on a quest to find out just what pushing was like for other women.  As an educator and doula it is probably one of the more challenging concepts to address.  Why?  Well some of the imagery can be quite vulgar.  &#8220;Push like you are pooping.&#8221; Do women REALLY [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pushing for Birth &#8211; another look</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/18/pushing-for-birth-another-look/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/18/pushing-for-birth-another-look/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth plan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Pushing felt good.&#8221; &#8220;The urge to push was unstoppable.&#8221; &#8220;I loved when I got the urge to push!&#8221;. &#8220;I felt like I was going to split apart.&#8221; &#8220;It hurt so much more than I thought it would.&#8221; &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to push.&#8221; &#8220;Why did I have to hold my breath and tuck my chin?&#8221; &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing For Birth &#8211; A sample low-intervention birth plan</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/13/preparing-for-birth-a-sample-low-intervention-birth-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/13/preparing-for-birth-a-sample-low-intervention-birth-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth plan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A birth plan is a tool to express your desires and needs for birth and initial postpartum, as well as, to make sure that you and your provider are on the same page.  Your birth plan should be brief (no more than one page) and only have the bullet point information that is specific to [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[CNM]]></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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