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		<title>Thanks Lamaze!  The 2009 Conference Rocked!</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/10/thanks-lamaze-the-2009-conference-rocked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here I sit, in my own favorite chair, in my own living room, with my laptop balanced on my legs, and the sound of jet engines slowly fading from my ears!  What a trip!
I am just back from the Lamaze International Conference in Orlando, Florida.  Two days doing Disney &#8220;things&#8221; with my kids, (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babywearing&#8230;Good for Babies and Good For Families Too!</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/09/babywearing-good-for-babies-and-good-for-families-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week of September 21-28, 2009 is International Babywearing Week!  Thank you to my friend Teri Shilling at Passion for Birth for bringing this to my attention and sharing some great resources! 
I LOVED wearing my babies.   Well, confession&#8230; my first daughter rode in a sling or other baby carrier occasionally and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth Song</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/09/birth-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I am teaching childbirth classes and doula trainings, I &#8220;sing the praises&#8221; of singing or toning in labor!  When a woman  opens her throat and her mouth and vocalizes, sings, chants, tones or hums during labor, it helps to keep her bottom and perineum loose and relaxed.  Ina May Gaskin, the famous midwife and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have A Coke&#8230;.and A Baby!</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/08/have-a-coke-and-a-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/08/have-a-coke-and-a-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week,  The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released &#8220;updated&#8221; recommendations for eating and drinking in labor.  Recommendations Relax on Liquid Intake During Labor is the title of their newest Committee Opinion, and I fear it is already hopelessly outdated before the ink is even dry on the page!
The newest recommendations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come on USA!  49  ?!?  Surely, We Can Do Better!</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/08/come-on-usa-49-surely-we-can-do-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/08/come-on-usa-49-surely-we-can-do-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States of America, world&#8217;s largest, (financially!)  most powerful country, land of opportunity, the home of the &#8220;American Dream&#8221; takes their place in line behind 48**other countries when it comes to infant mortality. Infant Mortality is defined as the death of an infant under the age of 1 year per one thousand live births.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Your Pants On!</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/06/keep-your-pants-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a great blog post today by a Certified Nurse Midwife about the usefulness (or actually, the possible emotional harm!) of vaginal exams prior to the beginning of labor. I think this is a great read and good information to take to heart, and have at times said exactly the same words to both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;You Need To Be Induced NOW!&quot; Update&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/03/you-need-to-be-induced-now-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/03/you-need-to-be-induced-now-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a call from my doula student last night, updating me on her clients!  I am ever so pleased to report that this woman gave birth non-induced and non-medicated and non-intervened with to a happy, healthy baby on Saturday!
And now for for the rest of the story&#8230;the doula met up with them the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence Based Maternity Care:  Is That Too Much To Ask For?</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/03/evidence-based-maternity-care-is-that-too-hard-to-ask-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/03/evidence-based-maternity-care-is-that-too-hard-to-ask-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a newer doula call me yesterday for some advice.  She had been in a recent doula training class at Seattle Midwifery School and wanted to talk over a current client situation.  Her client was less than a week overdue with her second child and her first baby was a vaginal birth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Busy Day Full of Birth Stuff&#8230;just right for a birth junkie!</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/02/a-busy-day-full-of-birth-stuffjust-right-for-a-birth-junkie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/02/a-busy-day-full-of-birth-stuffjust-right-for-a-birth-junkie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day just full of birth, from morning to night!  First off, a postpartum visit with a mama and four day old little girl!  It is so nice to help get breastfeeding off to a good start and reassure the new parents that things are going well, even if they feel all topsy-turvey, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are We All So Afraid?  Perpectives On How Fear and Risk Impact Birth</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/02/why-are-we-all-so-afraid-perpectives-on-how-fear-and-risk-impact-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/02/why-are-we-all-so-afraid-perpectives-on-how-fear-and-risk-impact-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sit on the board of REACHE, Regional Association of Childbirth Educators of Puget Sound, and we are getting ready to have our 27th annual conference, geared toward childbirth educators, labor and delivery nurses, doctors, midwives, doulas and other folks involved in maternity care.
This year&#8217;s conference is sure to be a wonderful one!  Hold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Moon Birth committed to normal birth!</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/02/new-moon-birth-committed-to-normal-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/02/new-moon-birth-committed-to-normal-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The birth of a blog!  Come back frequently to see what I am up to, to learn about normal birth, and recent births and newsworthy information!  I welcome your participation!
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