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		<title>Making healthy food choices in pregnancy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eating healthy whole foods in pregnancy has many benefits.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=32&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/making-healthy-food-choices-in-pregnancy/</link>
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		<title>Self-care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mothers take time who care for themselves are healthier and happier.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=30&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/self-care/</link>
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		<title>Giving and receiving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This time of year we feel especially drawn to give.  Giving to others is a way of deepening our community connections, offering our services to those in need without expectation, and allowing our potential for altruism to be expressed.  &#8220;Giving is more important than receiving&#8221; is a quote that I recall learning as a small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=26&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/giving-and-receiving/</link>
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		<title>Nurturing the Nurturer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking care of babies or women with babies, for that matter, is an enviable job.  Motherhood is the most rewarding position, work and status.  Midwifery is much like motherhood, in that we watch women becoming mothers, nurturing their mothering instincts.  When the caretaker gives (and gives) selflessly, she requires a centered foundation that is, itself, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=22&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/nurturing-the-nurturer/</link>
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		<title>Opening to Baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the unique moment of birth is a primal time of bonding<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=20&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/opening-to-baby/</link>
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		<title>gentle caring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The central role of a midwife is gentle caring.  A woman and her family present their challenges to you at various stages of the childbirth year.  Midwives must always be open and take time to listen.  This is perhaps the most important quality of gentle caring.  When a woman feels safe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=11&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/gentle-caring/</link>
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		<title>Breastfeeding challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overcoming breastfeeding challenges involves patience, learning and collaboration.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=8&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/breastfeeding-challenges/</link>
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		<title>Choosing a midwife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a woman calls me who is expecting a baby or planning a pregnancy, I often ask her why she   is interested in hiring a midwife.  I&#8217;m so curious about what brings women to make this choice, so contrary to mainstream conditioning about fear around birth and the necessity of technological and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=7&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/choosing-a-midwife/</link>
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		<title>A hospital &#8220;Natural birth&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was pregnant with my first child more than sixteen years ago, I was clueless about midwifery and homebirth options.  I lived in a suburb of Corpus Christi, TX that was populated with tiny tots and new moms, as evidenced by the sidewalk-sprinkling of strollers and tricycles.  I read the standard books [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com&blog=3517522&post=5&subd=sistersmidwifery&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://sistersmidwifery.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/a-hospital-natural-birth/</link>
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