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	<description>One Birthmother&#039;s Journey through Adoption</description>
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		<title>One door closes, another one starts to creak open</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was off work for two weeks after Michael was born, I slept alot, I ate healthy and unhealthy things. I had Ben there to make sure that I got out of bed at least a few times a day, because he had to be walked. Mostly, one day from recovery was much like another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Calm after the Storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the papers signed and me on the mend there was no place to go but home, that afternoon Dr.A signed my discharge papers. I was given some prescriptions and some instructions (things to keep my eye out for to help me determine if I needed to seek medical attention or if it was normal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yikes!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, I haven&#8217;t forgotten you! I&#8217;m afraid I fell behind due to a huge deadline at work that was immediately followed by a little illness, (I got a sinus infection,  and I then had an allergy to the antibiotics &#8211; yuck!) so I&#8217;ve been wiped out. I have a post going up later today. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hardest Good Bye</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard it said that women quickly forget the pain of childbirth, it&#8217;s what allows them to have more children. They are able to focus only the joys of the baby being placed in their arms, each perfect tiny finger, each tiny toe, and the sweet curve of tiny little eye lashes. I&#8217;ve found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I felt a little bit like I was having an out of body experience in those first few moments after Beth and John arrived. They were holding Michael, looking at him, falling in love with him and my Mom and Ruth were telling the story of his arrival, the parts that they had missed. I [...]]]></description>
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