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		<title>Safe Motherhood Quilt South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maternal mortality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South African Safe Motherhood Quilt Project aims to raise awareness about  maternal mortality and honour the memory of mothers who die in South Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>The Language of Birth: Feb 2013 Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our February 2013 weekend Spiritualbirth workshop was sublime as we each embarked on spiritual journeys of self discovery and mutual recognition under the summer sky. A journey that began with intense theory culminated in a symbol of love and unity chosen by one of the Dad&#8217;s for his unborn baby. Breakfast was a sumptuous feast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Birth Workshop Scarborough February 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birth Plan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marianne is hosting a Spiritual Birth Workshop in Scarborough, Cape Town on the weekend of the 16th and 17th February 2013. With a panoramic view of nature and the ocean, this idyllic location is a perfect place in which to explore the spiritual effects of natural birth! Register and be part of this workshop. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Successful Vaginal Birth After Two Caesarians</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth in South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaginal Birth After Caesarian(VBAC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love hormones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurochemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaginal Birth after Caesarian Section]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vaginal birth after two caesarians is possible when the mother is healthy and encouraged to do what her body is made for.]]></description>
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		<title>Midwifery and Birth Conference Cape Town 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/midwifery-and-birth-conference-cape-town-2013</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/midwifery-and-birth-conference-cape-town-2013#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth in South Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of our own Midwifery and Birth Conference with a South African flavour was born in the care during many journeys and discussions while travelling to homebirths with Ruth, my apprentice. Meanwhile, on travels in India, my good friend, Dr Gauri Lowe, was inspired by a similar concept and the idea took off. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Bond with your Unborn Baby</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/how-to-bond-with-your-unborn-baby</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy and Birth Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critical window]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love hormones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurochemicals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The period of our lives that has the most impact on our personality and adult health is the period we spend in the womb. Preparing ourselves for pregnancy and bonding with our unborn babies prior to birth will help to safeguard their emotional, physical and mental health, and our relationships with them.]]></description>
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		<title>A Spiritual Midwife</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biological birth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A true midwife operates from a place of deep respect and reverence for life. She understands suffering and is therefore capable of magnanimous compassion. Such a midwife is able to stand in her strength yet be as flexible as a willow branch in the wind, in order to withold her projections and refrain from disturbing the process of labour and birth.]]></description>
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		<title>A Week in the Life of a Midwife</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-midwife</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-midwife#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Midwife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gentle birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homebirth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skin to skin contact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spontaneous expulsion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A week in the life of a midwife is varied, interesting, never monotonous and requires endless energy and a core of calm resilience.]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Birth Workshop in Hilton December 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/hilton-natural-birth-workshop-december-2012</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/hilton-natural-birth-workshop-december-2012#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workshops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midwife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Birth Workshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiritual birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Travelling Midwife]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UNDISTURBED BIRTH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waterbirth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marianne will be presenting a Natural Birth workshop on the eighth and ninth of December 2012, at Passionate Births in Hilton, Pietermaritzburg. Register now for your chance to experience this uplifting and educational workshop on natural birth.]]></description>
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		<title>Bowlby and Beyond: How Emotions Shape Your Baby&#8217;s Brain</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/bowlby-and-beyon-how-emotions-shape-your-babys-brain</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualbirth.net/bowlby-and-beyon-how-emotions-shape-your-babys-brain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianne Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aware Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bowlby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bowlby&#8217;s landmark hypothesis that attachment to a loving caregiver is the core element in optimal development from infancy to adulthood, was a great step in our understanding of babies and children. The questions he raised about the importance of relationships for the growth of a baby&#8217;s brain preceded  advances in neurobiological research over the last thirty [...]]]></description>
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