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		<title>A Cesarean Plan</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/07/a-cesarean-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cesarean is often the last thing we want to think about during pregnancy. Most of us think it will not happen to us. Having a plan, an idea of what to ask for, to know there are ways to bridge the gap between Plan A and Plan C can be very beneficial to both mother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Centered Cesarean Plan</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/10/family-centered-cesarean-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is my version of a family centered cesarean plan &#8211; can be used for a planned or unplanned cesarean delivery. Sample Cesarean Plan PDF &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- We are trying to make a cesarean delivery as special and intimate as possible for us even though we did not have the desired vaginal birth. DURING DELIVERY / [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A woman&#8217;s voice birthed into fullness</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/a-womans-voice-birthed-into-fullness/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/a-womans-voice-birthed-into-fullness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a personal post written 10 years to the day of my third son being born. I was also birthed that day into my fullness of voice as a woman and as a full throated advocate for mothers and babies.  You see my son was a CBAC (cesarean birth after cesarean) after a failed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell NBC What YOU Think &#8211; ICAN meets mother-sized activisim</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/tell-nbc-what-you-think-ican-meets-mother-sized-activisim/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/tell-nbc-what-you-think-ican-meets-mother-sized-activisim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://blog.ican-online.org/2010/02/07/mother-sized-activism-nbc/ The International Cesarean Awareness Network wants you to get involved and speak your mind about what you think of the NBC &#8220;Live in the OR&#8221; piece from last week. Here is the link to ICAN&#8217;s official response. The only way that mass media will be responsible for what they put on the airwaves is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Elective&#8221; Cesarean &#8211; If you had one&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/elective-cesarean-if-you-had-one/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/elective-cesarean-if-you-had-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is much in the news and in community talk how women are signing up for cesareans electively. I am very intrigued by this assumption and believe there is much misinformation regarding the topic out in the public for consumption. I am seeking to shed some more light on this topic. Though this is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking the nature of intervention in childbirth</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/rethinking-the-nature-of-intervention-in-childbirth/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/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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		<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>Sisterhood of the Scar Revisited</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/sisterhood-of-the-scar-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/01/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>How real is active phase arrest of labor?</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/active-labor-arrest/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/active-labor-arrest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<title>Preparing For Birth: 35+ and Pregnant</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/over-35-and-pregnant/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/over-35-and-pregnant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=671</guid>
		<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: Labor Induction Myths</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/labor-induction-myths/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/labor-induction-myths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me why women are induced for labor.   I have compiled a list of commonly heard &#8220;reason&#8221; for an induction occurring.  Interestingly none among them is true.  The true reasons for induction is a very short list (shown at the end of the post) and only a small percentage of women [...]]]></description>
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