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		<title>Anatomy of the Belly&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2011/05/06/anatomy_belly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 01:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow so&#8230;they weren&#8217;t kidding when &#8220;they&#8221; said you can expect to get bigger with subsequent pregnancies&#8230;I thought I was big with Ava, and I blamed that on all the brownies I ate after my mother passed away! I think it is not helping my perception the fact that I am carrying this baby high while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why no ultrasound, you ask&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2011/04/17/ultrasound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My reasoning for choosing not to ultrasound is not because I read statistics or an article. In fact, the information evidence gathering came a lot later. It was an instinctual feeling for me. Sophie &#8211; my first pregnancy 4 years ago &#8211; was your routine, run of the mill pre-natal care. Find a doctor accepting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Growing Family&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2011/03/28/growing-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes it is official&#8230;we will be (hopefully) adding to our family in the coming months. Hopefully&#8230;I know it sounds rather pessimistic, but I am a realist none-the-less. :) Nothing in life is guaranteed, but if this is meant to be it is meant to be. The practical Taurus in me, also really, really, REEEEAAALLLY wants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sisters of Avalon</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2009/04/06/sisters-of-avalon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>May It Be</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2009/04/06/may-it-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Enya Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Ava Rose&#8217;s Birth Day</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2009/04/06/ava-roses-birth-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wee hours of the morning of March 25th, our newest little angel emerged into the world, into her mother's waiting hands. It was exhilarating. It was exciting. It was frenzied. It was euphoric. I still sum it up in one word: AMAZING! I will never forget the feeling, of reaching down, only to my amazement to find her little tiny head...I had not even realized her whole head had emerged. Once more I bared down making almost inhuman, animalistic sounds, the vibrations of my voice echoing downward helping to birth her body, and into my waiting arms she came...all this in the comfort of my own home, in a very swift labour lasting approx. 3 hours from start to finish. The water felt wonderful and kept the contractions bearable. I never knew birth could be this wonderful - feel this wonderful. Sophie's birth was swift with no drugs in the hospital but I felt traumatized trying to push her out on my back. This was how it was intended...complete and total connection from start to finish, without intervention. 
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		<title>Down to the Wire&#8230;Again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2009/03/02/down-to-the-wireagain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s March. I don&#8217;t know how we got here as we have had the most uneventful, wimpy winter here in QuÃ©bec. Compared to major blizzard after blizzard last year&#8230;trust me, I am not complaining&#8230;but it has left us with a feeling of waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop all winter. At this rate winter will be over &#038; spring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No One&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2008/07/27/no-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just want you close Where you can stay forever You can be sure That it will only get better You and me together Through the days and nights I don&#8217;t worry &#8217;cause Everything&#8217;s going to be alright People keep talking they can say what they like But all i know is everything&#8217;s going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank God for IBCLCs&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/10/03/thank-god-for-ibclcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my plan to pump and bottle feed her for a few days helped immensely. I started to heal from the bad latches and the pain subsided. Only, my attempts to reintroduce nursing her totally failed Monday, and didn&#8217;t get better Tuesday. I had lost my nerve. Every time I would bring her up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronicling the first two weeks&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/10/03/chronicling-the-first-two-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sophie will be two weeks old tomorrow, so I wanted to post a few of the pics we have taken of her first moments in this world. Thanks to Rivka&#8217;s advice, we were able to have a successful nursing session last night. That just totally put me on a high; she is always happy, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard to believe&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/09/26/hard-to-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we got home, Rick set me up with a keyboard on the couch so I could leave my laptop on the coffee table and just type away. It's nice since Sophie pretty much spends all day...]]></description>
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		<title>September Showers, change of plans, missed appointments&#8230;Bienvenue!</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/09/22/september-showers-change-of-plans-missed-appointmentsbienvenue/</link>
		<comments>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/09/22/september-showers-change-of-plans-missed-appointmentsbienvenue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the most I was looking forward to was the baby shower on Friday and trying to keep ahead of all the doctor&#8217;s appointments. Wednesday night we were going to go to the Jewish for the doctor meet &#038; greet, so we would know the whole team. &#8230;and then my water broke&#8230; Wednesday at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a wonder what a little nap and some protein will do&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/09/13/its-a-wonder-what-a-little-nap-and-some-protein-will-do/</link>
		<comments>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/09/13/its-a-wonder-what-a-little-nap-and-some-protein-will-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so why did we go out and buy a microwave tonight, you ask? Well, after a nap this afternoon, I decided that my current work space just would not do...]]></description>
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		<title>Uncomfortable car rides, the Gas we Pass, &amp; Phytotherapy</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/09/12/uncomfortable-car-rides-the-gas-we-pass-phytotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/09/12/uncomfortable-car-rides-the-gas-we-pass-phytotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick &#038; I both had appointments with our Naturopathic Doctor yesterday starting at 1:30. With school back in, the traffic here is so unpredictable we have to give ourselves at least an hour to get downtown, because you never know...]]></description>
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		<title>My selfish four weeks&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://holisticallyinspired.com/2007/09/09/my-selfish-four-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heavenlyflower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to call the next four weeks or so my selfish four weeks. I plan on staying very busy, as I usually do, but for once it is all about the interests I like. Marathon jewelry making sessions, soy candle making (I ordered more soy today, if you never tried soy candles they are [...]]]></description>
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