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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>Tips to finding the right &#8220;childbirth&#8221; class</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were my best friend, I would tell you there is not any one-size-fits-all &#8220;childbirth&#8221; class.  Education can be foundational to informed decision making and better outcomes for both mother and baby. I encourage you to go about choosing a class series in the same way you would choose a provider or birth location. [...]]]></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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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>What&#8217;s in the job?</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2011/07/whats-in-the-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; I wonder if most of us really know what the scopes of practice are for the providers we may choose  for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and for the baby.  Keep reading to see if you really know what the jobs encompass. As you go through the list I would like you to [...]]]></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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		<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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		<title>Celebrating the Birth of Our New Location</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/12/celebrating-the-birth-of-our-new-location/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/12/celebrating-the-birth-of-our-new-location/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DATE: January 15, 2011 TIME: 10am-2pm LOCATION: 6180 Lehman Drive, Suite 103, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 WHO&#8217;S INVITED:  Mothers and families, birth professionals, related professionals, friends, media and anyone interested in learning more about what Preparing For Birth has to offer the expecting woman and her family! What To Expect: Food, conversation, door prizes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a doula to do?</title>
		<link>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/10/whats-a-doula-to-do/</link>
		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/10/whats-a-doula-to-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prepforbirth.com/?p=1354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is such a deep chasm and fracture within the doula community regarding in-hospital and out-of-hospital birth. On the one hand there are those who say anything goes in supporting women and their choices. On the other, there are those who say no doula should support a woman in the hospital environment because it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for video clips or pictures of labor support</title>
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		<comments>http://prepforbirth.com/2010/04/looking-for-video-clips-or-pictures-of-labor-support/#comments</comments>
		<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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