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	<title>Midwife: Sage Femme, Hebamme, Comadrona, Partera</title>
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	<description>We cannot prepare for the future without embracing the meaning and the relevance of the baby's perspective on life.  ~   Michel Odent, MD</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>early Tuesday morning</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/08/22/early-tuesday-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a call from a Russian mom, expecting her ninth baby.  Her water had broke and labor was starting.  Since she was a good hour and a half away with no traffic, I headed up.  I am surprised that it only took me an hour and 40 minutes considering there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby boy</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/08/09/baby-boy-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After two days of stop and start, off and on contraction patterns, my friend kicked into active labor with her water breaking at around 5.30 this evening.  Contractions became intense and close together immediately, though I never would have guessed it by looking at her.  She laughed, she made conversation and just paused to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>when friends give birth..</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/08/05/when-friends-give-birth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My dear friend Megan is in labor!  This is her third baby, her second HBAC (homebirth after cesarean).  We are excited to meet her little girl - she&#8217;s working hard in the water right now&#8230;keep her in your thoughts!
UPDATE!  Ms. Ivy Persephone emerged, underwater, into her mother&#8217;s hands after three hours of hard, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>two more babies earthside, three more to go</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/08/04/two-more-babies-earthside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The mama with the PROM had her baby in the wee hours of the morning Saturday morning.  She had a girl, after about four hours of active labor.  Smooth, gentle labor and birth with three of the older sisters watching.
A first time mama gave birth this morning at 10.36am after starting active labor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prolonged rupture of membranes</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/08/01/prolonged-rupture-of-membranes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/08/01/prolonged-rupture-of-membranes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A client of mine, who has been about 6cm for the past three weeks (her partner checks her off and on) experienced her water breaking yesterday morning.  After weeks of contractions once the water released, contractions ended.  As of last night, contractions started again but they&#8217;re far apart.  This morning she called, emotionally exhausted (of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My baby is 14 years old</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/31/my-baby-is-14-years-old/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/31/my-baby-is-14-years-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today my daughter, Bailey, turns 14.
14 years ago at this time I was on my back, having been pushing for a couple hours, still having a couple more hours to go.  Her 7lb 11oz body slipped out of me at 10.30am, after 29 hours of labor (only about 15 of it relatively active).
Happy birthday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pictures of ovulation</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/29/pictures-of-ovulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7447942.stm
For the first time, the moment of human ovulation - the exact moment the egg is released from the ovary -  has been documented via photographs.
Pretty interesting stuff!
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		<title>Woman charged in unborn baby&#8217;s death</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/22/woman-charged-in-unborn-babys-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/22/woman-charged-in-unborn-babys-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a story that was brought to my attention recently regarding a woman who is being charged for her baby&#8217;s death before birth.   Looking at the headline, I thought for sure there was something like heavy drug use, etc., and this was a case of moral judgment.  However, check this out:
A local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a boy and midwife ramblings&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/20/birth-of-a-boy-and-midwife-ramblings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/20/birth-of-a-boy-and-midwife-ramblings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday night I was at a birthday party for a friend when I received a call from a client&#8217;s partner asking us to come up for her labor.  They had planned an attended unassisted birth and that&#8217;s how it all went down.
Dad caught his 9lb 4oz baby boy while we listened in the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unhindered birth in San Diego?</title>
		<link>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/17/unhindered-birth-in-san-diego/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pamamidwife.com/2008/07/17/unhindered-birth-in-san-diego/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamela</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone know of a midwife in San Diego (or near there) that practices in a hands-off way?  Someone who could be flexible during birth?
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