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		<title>My Birth Rant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I need to write a rant in response to a comment I often get when I attempt to contribute to a conversation about childbirth.  They say, &#8220;Jen, you were just made to have babies.&#8221;  It&#8217;s a kiss off though, not at all a compliment.  Sid gave me the best comeback last night, &#8220;Really, you <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2012/01/11/my-rant/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A baby milky dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I stopped importing this blog to facebook last night, and I feel such relief knowing that ONLY people who actually log on here will see what I have to share. It won&#8217;t go into that crazy news feed that I don&#8217;t know how I feel about most of the time (when I see my <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/02/03/a-baby-milky-dream/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>the story of Indy&#8217;s birth</title>
		<link>http://www.blessmybirth.com/2010/11/22/the-birth-of-indy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toward night on September 2, 2010 I knew that I was contracting fairly consistently, but in order not to get too anxious or excited, I ignored the contractions and went about my typical nighttime duties. Sid came home a bit early that night, that&#8217;s always nice. When we went to bed I felt the contractions <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2010/11/22/the-birth-of-indy/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aveline&#8217;s rendition of my birth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like every mother, ever, I derive great joy from my children&#8217;s art. Aveline is 6 and conveys such profound beauty through her drawings, and what is so wonderful to realize is that the beauty, the love, the imagination . . . is her. It comes straight from her singular, precious heart. In light of <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2010/07/26/avelines-rendition-of-my-birth/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three articles</title>
		<link>http://www.blessmybirth.com/2009/05/08/two-articles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 05:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, did you know that breastmilk can cure an eye infection? Or act as a gentle eye makeup remover? There are many more amazing uses of this awesome resource that God has designed into a mother&#8217;s body, here&#8217;s a link to a great article detailing this subject: Your Walking Medicine Chest The next great article <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2009/05/08/two-articles/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>longing</title>
		<link>http://www.blessmybirth.com/2008/05/14/longing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 22:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  It&#8217;s 7:15 AM and I&#8217;ve just returned from a long walk.  It is rare that I should awaken early enough and with enough gusto to take such a jaunt, but oh how glad I am that this was such a morning.    I&#8217;ve been experiencing a deep longing for God.  A longing that brings <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2008/05/14/longing/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Genesis 3:16</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I derived much inspiration from this commentary. One thing I find especially pertinent about it is that Matthew Henry does not refer to Eve’s “curse” as a curse, at all, nor as a “punishment” either, but rather as a sentence. God’s design for childbirth is perfect, perfect way beyond our understanding of it. There are <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2008/01/22/genesis-316/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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