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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>Low Intervention Birth Plan</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/10/low-intervention-birth-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A birth plan has a few real purposes. It can act as a values clarification exercise for you and your partner. Then it is a vehicle to open communication with your care provider about your needs, desires, wants for labor, birth and postpartum.  What you want and need matters.  A brief one page plan with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Guide to Finding Your Doula</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/08/a-guide-to-finding-your-doula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=2052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Building a labor support team is part of conscious preparation during pregnancy for your labor,  birth and life with the very newborn. Hiring a labor doula continues to gain in popularity for the expecting family. Your doula comes alongside you in pregnancy through labor and delivery with some additional early postpartum follow-up.  For additional after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picking Your Care Provider &#8211; Interview Questions</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/07/hiring-ob-midwife/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/07/hiring-ob-midwife/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an active participant in your pregnancy and birth journey begins with choosing your provider. You can begin the search for the right provider fit prior to becoming pregnant, in early pregnancy or anytime before your baby is born. So much of how your pregnancy and birth unfold are directly related to your care provider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blessing the Mother&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/07/blessing-the-mother/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/07/blessing-the-mother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blessing the mother ease the period at the end of pregnancy and ease the transition into postpartum. Ideas that bless before and after birth: Freezer Meals Organizing Fresh Meals for end of pregnancy through first month post birth. Buy baby wearing gear for her. Organize a Blessingway Write down encouraging and affirming words in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Score &#8211; Before an Induction</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/03/know-your-score-induction/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/03/know-your-score-induction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Knowing your Bishop&#8217;s score prior to agreeing to an induction when not medically necessary or setting the stage for a medically necessary induction can make a great difference in expectations, additional interventions and understanding for the process as a whole.  Knowing your score can help you determine the type of induction or whether or not [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/02/creating-relationship-10-minutes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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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>Say What? Getting a handle on birthy terminology.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/02/say-what-birth-related-terms/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/02/say-what-birth-related-terms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1682</guid>
		<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>A Road to Placental Encapsulation</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/01/a-road-to-placental-encapsulation/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/01/a-road-to-placental-encapsulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The below post is written by a mother of 3 wee ones. She graciously accepted my request to share her journey to placental encapsulation. I have personally witnessed a significant in Kailah&#8217;s postpartum between baby 2 and three overall along with her milk supply increase. I am truly amazed by the differences. _______________________________________________________________________________ My Experience [...]]]></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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