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	<description>One Birthmother&#039;s Journey through Adoption</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>He&#8217;s Here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my Mom arrived to pick me up I notice that she seemed pretty keyed up, even more than I would have expected. I was in the car for about fifteen minutes when I learned why. I had cousins in town (remember we had agreed to keep this pregnancy quiet so that my cousins struggling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday Topics: How Open is Your Adoption?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I want to do something different, a question was left for me on my FormSpring page and I dashed off a quick answer there but with further reflection I wanted to flush it out and share it here, in case it&#8217;s a question other people have, so here goes: I&#8217;m curious if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting the Adoptive Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to report that for the time being, Rob and I have called a truce. He still thinks I should not be dating and still feels like it&#8217;s okay for him to have opinions about my personal life, I admit that I agree that dating is not a good idea right now, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Date or not to Date, that is the question</title>
		<link>http://decidingforlife.com/2010/02/11/to-date-or-not-to-date-that-is-the-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that I&#8217;ve gone back and forth on this, but my situation with Russ is no longer just a hypothetical situation &#8211; he asked me out (for Valentine&#8217;s Day no less) and I said yes. It didn&#8217;t happen completely out of the blue, he called me a few times and we talked on the [...]]]></description>
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