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		<title>Monday Musing&#8230; Don&#8217;t Change That Date!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I have heard a lot of pretty ridiculous things OB providers have told women. I have heard women verbally bullied and virtually forced into hospitalizations, procedures, inductions, tests, etc in the name of “safe obstetrics.”  The other &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/monday-musing-dont-change-that-date/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1602&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Take a Detour Miss Harris&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December, The Grio posted a few of articles re: doulas and home birth.  One of them was:  Home birthing helps black women reconnect with African roots. The title, the article, and the accompanying video left a LOT to be desired.  None-the-less, &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/dont-take-a-detour-miss-harris/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1573&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Been Called to the Mountain&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been MONTHS (October 2011)  since I helped organize the ICTC South East Black Midwives and Healers Summit. During the summit, I was unable to blog as I had intended. As a key organizer and M.C., quite frankly, I could not &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/weve-been-called-to-the-mountain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1549&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Bey Bashing and Focus on Helping Women Birth Something Beautiful™</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOW!!! So much is being said re: Beyonce’s birth. I didn&#8217;t even know she had given birth until I got to my computer this afternoon.  And folks have been goin HAM.  I guess I have been too busy dealing with &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/stop-bey-bashing-and-focus-on-helping-women-birth-something-beautiful/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1535&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#GiveThanks for 2011&#8230; OR&#8230; Happy New Year!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s December 31, 2011 and as the New Year arrives in every time zone in the United States, I will be on a plane in the air; Sleeping hopefully, on a red-eye flight to Chicago.  Sooooo I wanted to take &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/givethanks-for-2011-or-happy-new-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1513&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Runs Marathon While In Labor:  I&#8217;m impressed&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/woman-runs-marathon-while-in-labor-im-impressed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So a few weeks ago I wrote a post where I discussed the idea of comparing marathons to childbirth.   I have read many articles that disucss this topic and many things have been said that truly help you understand the comparison.  The &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/woman-runs-marathon-while-in-labor-im-impressed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1495&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Revisited: Never Underestimate the Power of YOU!!</title>
		<link>http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/never-underestimate-the-power-of-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been really missing my blog these days. I am not the fastest writer and while there area often LOTS of things I want to say, share, discuss sometimes in the midst of my life I loose track of &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/never-underestimate-the-power-of-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=495&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Marathon/Childbirth Discussion:  Why Don&#8217;t We Celebrate Both??</title>
		<link>http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/the-marathonchildbirth-discussion-why-dont-we-celebrate-both/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite cousins is a runner.  She ran in high school.  She ran in college.  She runs now.  I admire people who run.  Their determination and focus.  Their endless goal setting for a faster time or a further &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/the-marathonchildbirth-discussion-why-dont-we-celebrate-both/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1464&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday ~ The SK Collection: Lunchin</title>
		<link>http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/wordless-wednesday-the-sk-collection-lunchin-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Wordless Wednesday Tagged: black love, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Week, Saddi Khali, Wordless Wednesday, World Breastfeeding Week<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1318&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do you need an Intervention??</title>
		<link>http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/do-you-need-an-intervention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the need to identify and surround yourself with your personal cheerleaders. Since that time I had another personal revelation and realized I needed what I have been calling a personal Intervention. Two &#8230; <a href="http://nicoledeggins.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/do-you-need-an-intervention/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nicoledeggins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6770983&amp;post=1437&amp;subd=nicoledeggins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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