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	<title>New Moon Birth &#187; normal birth</title>
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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>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Relax on Liquid Intake During Labor is the title of their newest Committee Opinion, and I fear it is already hopelessly outdated before the ink is even dry on the page!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>
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		<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>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/06/keep-your-pants-on/#comments</comments>
		<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>A Thank You Letter to My Clients</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/05/a-thank-you-letter-to-my-clients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/05/a-thank-you-letter-to-my-clients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Clients,
I am writing this letter to you, my clients, to thank you!  Thank you for showing me strength, grace, power and absolute fortitude during the labor and birth of your beautiful daughter.  I was honored to witness this fundamental power during your recent birth!  It has changed me forever.
I remember when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Transparency in Maternity Care Project: The Birth Survey results are available!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/04/the-transparency-in-maternity-care-project-the-birth-survey-results-are-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/04/the-transparency-in-maternity-care-project-the-birth-survey-results-are-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited about the news that The Transparency in Maternity Care Project: The Birth Survey results are now available to everyone!  You can search this dynamic database for information on all the providers (OB, CNM, LM, Family Practice)  and birth locations specific for your area!  You can read how women [...]]]></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>&quot;I Thought It Was Okay To Say Vagina?&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/02/i-thoght/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newmoonbirth.com/2009/02/i-thoght/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My current hospital-based childbirth series has been a lot of fun.  The 10 couples in the class are engaged, participatory and very funny.  I am enjoying this group!  Wednesday, I  was teaching and before we started talking about pain medications, I asked the class if they thought childbirth &#8220;had to hurt?&#8221; [...]]]></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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