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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>Looking for video clips or pictures of labor support</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/25/looking-for-video-clips-or-pictures-of-labor-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am looking for some short video clips or pictures of pairs (couples or labor support pairing) to use in my in progress on-line childbirth class series. General, activities or positions needed: Birth ball use Knee-chest Squatting Hands and knees (modified and traditional) Belly lift Rebozo use Slow dancing Labor walking Swaying Leaning Birth stool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Pushing Feel Like? Many perspectives.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/07/what-does-pushing-feel-lik/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/07/what-does-pushing-feel-lik/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women often ask me what does pushing feel like. As an educator and doula it is probably one of the more challenging concepts to address. Some of the imagery can be quite vulgar.  &#8220;Push like you are pooping.&#8221; Do women REALLY want the image of pooping out their babies?! Or the imagery puts pushing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding and Hiring A Labor Doula</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/18/finding-hiring-a-labor-doula/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/18/finding-hiring-a-labor-doula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth Professional]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Building a labor support team is a vital piece of conscious preparation during pregnancy in preparation for birth and life with the very newborn. Today as part of that support team many women are opting to hire a labor doula to come alongside them at the end of pregnancy through labor and delivery with some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affording the Birth You Want</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/01/affording-birth-you-wan/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/01/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>Rethinking the nature of intervention in childbirth</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/16/rethinking-the-nature-of-intervention-in-childbirth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/16/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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		<category><![CDATA[induction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=932</guid>
		<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>Help me be a Top 50 Mommy Blogger &#8211; Cast your Vote</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/08/help-me-be-a-top-50-mommy-blogger-cast-your-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/08/help-me-be-a-top-50-mommy-blogger-cast-your-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Help me out! Click below and vote for me to be a Top Mommy Blogger. I would love to make Top 10. Top 50 Mommy Bloggers Vote for me under PrepForBirth! Thank you! Desirre]]></description>
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		<title>Sisterhood of the Scar Revisited</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/03/sisterhood-of-the-scar-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/03/sisterhood-of-the-scar-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I wrote this piece after attending my very first ICAN conference in San Diego in 2005. I read this and part of me weeps for her, for the me I was and for the women who are becoming part of this sisterhood willingly, wittingly or not.  My pain has been transformed into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some thoughts on birth and being a consumer.</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/03/birth-consumerism/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/03/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>Building Your Birth Support Team</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/11/23/building-your-birth-support-team/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/11/23/building-your-birth-support-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=880</guid>
		<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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