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		<title>The Lie of the EDD: Why Your Due Date Isn&#8217;t when You Think</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read this great article about due dates and how the current thinking was developed.
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		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/your-due-date/</link>
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		<title>Guest Post from Luna Maya on Intimacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week in Family Circle we talked about intimacy. The family&#8217;s had asked to talk about sex, but I thought before talking about sex life after the baby, perhaps we should talk about intimacy first. We sometimes give sex and our sex life a lot of weight and consider that either we have a sex [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/guest-post-from-luna-maya-on-intimacy/</link>
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		<title>Mothers in Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished shooting the fundraising video for the Midwives and Mothers in Action Campaign. Visit the MAMA campaign website at www.mamacampaign.com. These are truly mothers in action! We all need to pull together to help Certified Professional Midwives get recognized on the federal level. We need to ensure that our sons and daughters have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/mothers-in-action/</link>
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		<title>Natural Childbirth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are enjoying a natural pregnancy and considering natural childbirth, you already believe in yourself. You want to give your child a safe and healthy start.

When you choose to have a natural pregnancy and childbirth you are choosing to play an important role in your own care, along side your chosen caregiver(s). With a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/natural-childbirth/</link>
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		<title>Submit your Nominations for the best Films, Books, and Websites for 2009!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you read a great book or seen a great childbirth movie lately that deserves recognition? Now you can nominate the most outstanding works for a unique award. At the 2009 MANA conference, Mother’s Naturally will award the second annual Mother’s Naturally awards! Anyone can nominate a book, movie, website, or blog they think represents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/best-films-books-websites/</link>
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		<title>Babies Pick their Birthdays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest obstacles to natural birth is misunderstanding your &#8220;due date.&#8221; A due date does not mean there is only one safe day for your baby to be born.
It is meant to establish a range of time that your baby is mature and safe to be born. Because modern obstetrics narrows this to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midwives Deliver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America needs better birth care, and midwives can deliver it.
LA Times, December 24, 2008, by Jennifer Block
Some healthcare trivia: In the United States, what is the No. 1 reason people are admitted to the hospital? Not diabetes, not heart attack, not stroke. The answer is something that isn&#8217;t even a disease: childbirth.
Not only is childbirth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/midwives-deliver/</link>
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		<title>Natural Childbirth Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stories of birth are as unique as each woman who bears her child and as universal as humankind.  Here each woman shares her experience in her own words, reflecting the collective wisdom of women and the aspects of her own birthing adventure.  We hope you will share your story of birth with Mothers Naturally.  For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/natural-childbirth-stories/</link>
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		<title>Natural Home Childbirth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take two minutes to breathe deeply and envision the most perfect childbirth.
Who is with you?
What kind of beautiful or familiar environment are you in?
What surrounds you to give you strength and comfort?
Ahhhh. . . .
It feels good to be in control and have things your way, doesn&#8217;t it? It&#8217;s comforting, freeing and empowering.
This is homebirth.
Without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/natural-home-childbirth/</link>
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		<title>The Art of the Midwife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Care with a modern midwife is truly an art form &#8211; combining the guiding, healing hands of one&#8217;s most trusted advisor and nurturer with today&#8217;s knowledge, science and medicine. This fusion is what sets midwives apart from most doctors.
A midwife&#8217;s care is based on the idea that the woman is the central decision maker in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mothersnaturally.org/blog/the-art-of-the-midwife/</link>
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