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	<description>Encouraging and equipping women for natural birth...one story at a time!</description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Sabrina S &#124; Reflection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I would definitely change is we forgot all the food I had planned to bring and purchased for the birth. We had a few things (some crackers and cheese and I think granola bars) but forgot most of it. What’s worse is I really had the “munchies” during this labor. With my last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Sabrina S &#124; Birth Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An early October morning I started having some pretty strong and regular contractions. I had been having strong and regular contractions on and off for several days (completely normal for me) but these seemed somewhat different and seemed to go on longer than before. So I packed my kids up and sent them to a friend’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Sarah S &#124; Why Natural?</title>
		<link>http://www.focusonbirth.com/2012/01/24/natural-birth-stories-birth-center-birth-sarah-s-why-natural/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Why Choose Natural Birth?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was pregnant with my first baby, Jovie Bryn, I felt like I had educated myself &#8211; meaning I read &#8220;What to Expect When You&#8217;re Expecting&#8221; and watched hours of A Baby Story &#8211; and knew exactly how I wanted my labor and birth to go. The problem with that was I didn&#8217;t know how I DIDN&#8217;T [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Meet Sarah S</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone!  My name is Sarah and I&#8217;m a homeschooling stay-at-home-Mama of four children and I occasionally do data-entry while my youngest naps. My husband of 7 1/2 years, Brian, and I adopted our two oldest children (a sibling group) during our struggle with infertility.  About two months after our children (now 9 &#38; 7) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Allison S &#124; Almost There</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we get closer and closer to “Dday” as I like to call it, the excitement (and disbelief) continues to grow.  We are so unbelievably ready to meet this little wonder but our impatience is easily matched by our anxiety.  We are continuing our hypnobirthing classes with practice on our own and are approaching our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Allison S &#124; Maternity Photography</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Allison S &#124; Growing Anticipation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anticipation is simple not strong enough a word to express what has developed over the course of the pregnancy.  My husband and I have traveled through so many stages and phases it’s hard to believe we are the same two people who stared wide-eyed at those two pink lines and then hugged as I whispered, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Allison S &#124; Preparations</title>
		<link>http://www.focusonbirth.com/2012/01/11/natural-birth-stories-birth-center-birth-allison-s-preparations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preparing for Natural Birth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost from our arrival in South Carolina, a new friend (the natural birth, hypnobirthing, cloth diapering friend) introduced me to Hypnobabies.  It was a birthing program designed to divert fear and tension through self hypnosis and relaxation.  End result, a slower, smoother, easier birth.  She had purchased the materials typically used in a five week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Allison S &#124; Birth Encouragement</title>
		<link>http://www.focusonbirth.com/2012/01/11/natural-birth-stories-birth-center-birth-allison-s-birth-encouragement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.focusonbirth.com/2012/01/11/natural-birth-stories-birth-center-birth-allison-s-birth-encouragement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision to go natural and do so at the birthing center had to be a joint effort on part of my husband and myself.  While I certainly initiated steps in that direction, I could not have settled one way or another without his input and support.  Once our decision was made to move prenatal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Stories &#124; Birth Center Birth &#124; Allison S &#124; Decisions, Decisions</title>
		<link>http://www.focusonbirth.com/2012/01/07/natural-birth-stories-birth-center-birth-allison-s-decisions-decisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.focusonbirth.com/2012/01/07/natural-birth-stories-birth-center-birth-allison-s-decisions-decisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deciding on a Natural Birth Team]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could literally write a book on how we progressed through the decision making-process on where to labor and deliver.  Being a military couple, we first sought care at the Naval Hospital.  It took exactly one appointment and a few frightening stories from other military spouses to dissuade me from continuing my care under the [...]]]></description>
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