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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=2111</guid>
		<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>Grateful For My Birth(s) Carnival</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/11/grateful-for-my-births-carnival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so thankful to all of the submissions I received for this Why I am Grateful for my Birth(s) blog carnival. I have found no matter what a woman can learn something and be grateful for something in every birth experience no matter how difficult or wonderful. Enjoy these quips and please go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Birth Plan By Any Other Name&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/05/a-birth-plan-by-any-other-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 01:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1163</guid>
		<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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/2010/02/05/elective-cesarean-if-you-had-one/</guid>
		<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>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>Preparing For Birth &#8211; Maternity Related Consent Forms</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/preparing-for-birth-maternity-related-consent-forms/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/preparing-for-birth-maternity-related-consent-forms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/2009/09/25/preparing-for-birth-maternity-related-consent-forms/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It can be very challenging to read and understand consent forms during labor and delivery or without enough time to process the information prior to any treatment. Below is a compilation list of consent forms from all over the country. I strongly suggest if you are birthing in a hospital to pick up any and [...]]]></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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