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		<title>Interviewing Your Home Birth Midwife</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview Questions  Why are you a midwife?  What is your training? Are you certified? If yes, with whom and why? If no, why not?  Are you licensed in the state of _____?  What is your scope of practice?  Are there any circumstances (physical, emotional, and/or spiritual) would you not take a woman as a patient? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affording the Birth You Want</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<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>Increasing your opportunity for a vaginal birth in a cesarean stricken culture.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the cesarean rate is an alarming 31.8% (CDC 2007 preliminary data).  Only a maximum of 15%  of birthing women should be having cesarean deliveries in order to keep mortality (death) and morbidity (poor outcomes) to the healthiest levels according to the World Health Organization. With the staggering discrepancy in what should be and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cesarean vs. VBAC: A dramatic Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desirre Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been invited to share with you an intimate and challenging (and graphic) journey of a mother from an unexpected primary cesarean, physician decided repeat cesarean and a home water birth after those two cesareans. Before you watch it, take a deep breath and have an open mind. A box of tissues may be [...]]]></description>
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