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	<title>Birth Well Doula</title>
	<link>http://birthwelldoula.com</link>
	<description>Labor support for a peaceful and informed birth for couples in Atlanta</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Labor Privacy</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/03/19/labor-privacy/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/03/19/labor-privacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hospital Birth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The trend during the 1980s of designing hospital birth rooms to be more like bedrooms was a good one. However, some of the most important features of bedrooms were omitted - for instance, the ability to prohibit unwanted interruptions or to lower the lights. What is needed for effective labor with lowered levels of stress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to go to the hospital&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/03/17/when-to-go-to-the-hospital/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/03/17/when-to-go-to-the-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hospital Birth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of my clients want to go to the hospital as late as possible to avoid unnecessary interventions.  The logic is sound that if you are not in the hospital, they cannot do anything to you.  And once you are there, they don&#8217;t make any money by doing nothing to you, so they don&#8217;t really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/03/17/quote/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/03/17/quote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know your options, you don&#8217;t have any.
-Diana Korte &#38; Roberta Scaer,
A Good Birth, A Safe Birth
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		<title>Meet The Doulas Tea</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/02/25/meet-the-doulas-tea/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/02/25/meet-the-doulas-tea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/02/25/meet-the-doulas-tea/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My doula group, Decatur Doulas, is hosting our first Meet The Doulas Tea this weekend&#8230; Saturday, March 1 at 3pm in Avondale Estates.  Please call or email to RSVP and get the exact location.
We will discuss what a doula does for you during labor and birth; introduce the doulas (4 of us right now); [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boobie Smart</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/01/07/boobie-smart/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/01/07/boobie-smart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Breastfeeding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://birthwelldoula.com/2008/01/07/boobie-smart/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Breastfeeding makes babies smarter, said a comprehensive international study.  Ninety percent of babies carry a digestive gene that allows them to reap the extra benefits of breast milk.  So when fed at their mothers&#8217; breasts instead of given formula, nine out of 10 babies experience meaningful brain growth, increasing IQ by an average of about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Birth Well Doula</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/12/15/welcome-to-birth-well-doula/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/12/15/welcome-to-birth-well-doula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome!  You have taken a crucial step in your birth journey by looking for a labor doula.  I have been helping birthing women from Atlanta and ITP neighborhoods since 2003.
I am now developing a group of in-town doulas, Decatur Doulas, to provide a way for more Atlanta women to find the birth support that every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mother&#8217;s Good Health</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/12/14/a-mothers-good-health/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/12/14/a-mothers-good-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You are what you eat&#8221; is never more true than when you are pregnant or breastfeeding.  Now your baby is what you eat, too!  Few women get sound nutritional counseling from their care providers.  I had the fortunate experience of a midwife who put great emphasis on what I was eating&#8230; lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decatur Doulas</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/12/02/decatur-doulas/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/12/02/decatur-doulas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/12/02/decatur-doulas/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am working on starting a doula group in Atlanta, GA, based in Decatur.  My hope is to gather women working in childbirth for mutual support and to be of better service to improving the birth experiences of women in Atlanta, particularly in hospital birth.  Please see my site, especially because this one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things Said in the Hospital Lately&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/11/23/things-said-in-the-hospital-lately/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/11/23/things-said-in-the-hospital-lately/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/11/23/things-said-in-the-hospital-lately/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;that you&#8217;d rather not hear while giving birth:
Nurse talking about labor pain: &#8220;Oh that&#8217;s nothing! Wait until you get to 7 cm!&#8221;
Doctor: &#8220;The slowest progress allowed is 1 cm per hour.&#8221;
Doctor: &#8220;Oh, It&#8217;s time to break the water.&#8221; As he breaks the mom&#8217;s water without asking or discussing first.
Nurse comes into the room saying&#8230; &#8220;This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Fish during Pregnancy Debate</title>
		<link>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/11/23/eating-fish-during-pregnancy-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://birthwelldoula.com/2007/11/23/eating-fish-during-pregnancy-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting article at the Washington Post from 10/5 that describes the current debate about how much seafood is safe to eat during pregnancy.  On one side is the potential of mercury poisoning and the other is the need for fish oils for brain development.
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