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		<title>Making Your Marriage Work in the NICU</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/making-your-marriage-work-in-the-nicu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Risk Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Preemie Quarantine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Any marriage can and will change with the birth of a new baby, especially when it’s the first child being born to new parents.  When a baby’s arrival doesn’t goes as planned, though—when a child is born with health issues or simply comes too soon—that’s when preserving a marriage takes a lot more work!
My husband [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preserving Memories in the NICU</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/preserving-memories-in-the-nicu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/preserving-memories-in-the-nicu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journal Entries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Baby Care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s an old cliché that says, “Hindsight is 20/20.”  Never is that more true than a long NICU stay with a micropreemie!  Most of my regrets revolve around my memory-keeping techniques—and here’s the way I wish I had done things:

I would have taken pictures of Adeline every day.  I would have put her next to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support Groups</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/support-groups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/support-groups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in an earlier post, I recently returned to visit the NICU where my preemie lived for over three months.  During my visit I got in contact again with the Parent to Parent organization they had there to provide support for all of the parents in the unit.  It was brought to my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pumping: Low Milk Supply</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/pumping-low-milk-supply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/pumping-low-milk-supply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feeding Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preemie Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumping]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In February, Afton wrote a terrific post about her pumping experience called “Nessie the Milk Cow.”  Here’s an excerpt:
One day I left the parent’s lounge balancing milk bottles carefully on my way to the freezer when I saw another mother leaving a pumping area with only one little bottle in her hand – and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Many Perks of Having a Preemie</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/the-many-perks-of-having-a-preemie-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/the-many-perks-of-having-a-preemie-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Risk Toddler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preemie Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past two years, I have realized that having a child prematurely (or in our case, extremely prematurely) actually has some advantages.

We don’t fear “normal” childhood emergencies (e.g. broken arm or stitches) like other parents do.  Let’s face it—after dealing with Intraventricular Hemmorhage, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Respiratory Distress, Retinopathy of Prematurity, and/or Patent Ductus Arteriosus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/happy-mothers-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/happy-mothers-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 15:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Mother&#8217;s Day to all you mothers who have endured and sacrificed so much for your tiny preemie babies during their difficult first months of life (and beyond, of course).  It takes special dedication and love to care for a preemie, and many of you mothers put your own lives at risk just to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving Without Your Preemie</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/leaving-without-your-preemie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/leaving-without-your-preemie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost every preemie parent has to experience going home without their baby.  Some parents have to leave their baby in the care of the NICU for days, some for weeks, and some for months.  No matter how long your baby is in the NICU, you have to face the sorrow, the fear, the anxiety, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Scrubs Story</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/funny-scrubs-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/funny-scrubs-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, when I first arrived at the NICU where my 27-weeker had been lifeflighted to, I was recovering from a difficult c-section.  I had no pants to wear that were comfortable, and I was too skinny for maternity pants and too fat for pre-pregnant pants&#8230; you know how it is.
So, I was told by some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of March Giveaway!</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/end-of-march-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/end-of-march-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s another Preemie Babies 101 giveaway!  This is what I&#8217;m giving away:
 A single white preemie-sized onesie with this graphic on the front.  It&#8217;s cute and simple &#8211; created at inktastic.com and generously donated to me for free.
To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post naming the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NICU Survival Tip #2</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/nicu-survival-tip-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/nicu-survival-tip-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My NICU Survival Tip #2 is something that I didn&#8217;t really do myself during the 94 days my girl was in the NICU, but I wish that I would have.
I left my home and stayed with family near my preemie&#8217;s NICU during her stay, and I spent all day every day in the NICU with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attitude is Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/attitude-is-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/attitude-is-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m noticing that on a lot of boards or forums associated with preemies, raising children, or being pregnant, there is sometimes vulgarity and often whining or yelling.  I understand the need to release frustrations and to occasionally vent about when things are particularly bad or difficult, but I find it incredibly rude and immature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Out Loud</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/thinking-out-loud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/thinking-out-loud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journal Entries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I like to post twice a week, but sometimes it&#8217;s a little exhausting to think and feel the &#8220;preemie babies&#8221; topic so often because it&#8217;s such an emotional topic.  Even though my preemie doesn&#8217;t seem as much like a preemie anymore because she&#8217;s three years old, almost every post I write requires delving into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/merry-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/merry-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is a season of loving and serving others.  It&#8217;s a time when I am always inspired to think outside of my own troubles and lend a hand of comfort and friendship to those around me.
This Christmas you may be in the NICU with your little miracle, learning to monitor your baby&#8217;s oxygen, learning to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Thankful for My Preemies</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/im-thankful-for-my-preemies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/im-thankful-for-my-preemies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I couldn&#8217;t resist writing a tribute to my sweet preemies and my amazing husband this week in honor of Thanksgiving.  As difficult as it was to have my 21-weeker and lose him shortly after his birth, and then to have a 27-weeker and spend over 3 months in the NICU, I am so thankful for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Confession</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/a-confession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/a-confession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=685</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the past week or two I&#8217;ve joined a number of online discussions to talk with more parents of preemies and to leave advice or help where I can.  I&#8217;ve been having a great time and I&#8217;m enjoying talking with other women and getting to know their situations.  However, something is happening to me that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Time and New Friendships&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/time-and-new-friendships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/time-and-new-friendships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy Complications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I received an insightful comment on yesterday&#8217;s post that asked me to expand on how &#8220;time and new friendships helped me to accept my limitations and find peace in what I could do&#8221; after delivering two preemies and feeling inadequate as a woman.
First of all, time is necessary to heal wounds of loss.  As your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Loss of a &#8220;Normal&#8221; Delivery</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/the-loss-of-a-normal-delivery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/the-loss-of-a-normal-delivery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy Complications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent conversation with another preemie mom, I got to thinking about how I felt when I missed out on the &#8220;normal&#8221; delivery experience surrounding my first two children&#8217;s births.  I grew up terrified of giving birth, but I still had fantasies about how perfectly everything would go &#8211; resulting in a short and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Parents Get Sleep</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/help-parents-get-sleep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/help-parents-get-sleep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Preemie parents need to get good sleep.  The biggest reason for this is to keep their immune systems strong so that they don&#8217;t get sick and are then unable to visit and care for their preemie baby.  It is a terrible thing to not be able to visit your baby because you&#8217;re sick.
How can you, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Parents Find Shelter</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/help-parents-find-shelter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/help-parents-find-shelter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shelter is an important need, for obvious reasons.  If your friend or loved one has a preemie in a NICU near where you live then please, please open your doors to them!  Offer to let them move in for a few weeks if need be, or let them know that they can stop in any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NICU Survival Tip #1:  Basic Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/nicu-survival-tip-1-basic-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/nicu-survival-tip-1-basic-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Survival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was wheeled into the Triage room (Room 1) of the NICU three days after my preemie was born, I was so overwhelmed by the hospital, my baby, the machines, the nurses, and what the next few months held in store for me and my family that I burst into tears.  What I desperately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Shower While Baby is in the NICU</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/baby-shower-while-baby-is-in-the-nicu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a wonderful experience having a baby shower after my preemie baby was born and while she was in the NICU.  For one thing, I was living out of town to be with the baby, so being able to go home and feel support and love from so many wonderful family members and friends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pumping:  Your Greatest Commitment</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/pumping-your-greatest-commitment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 15:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pumping, pumping, pumping.  As soon as you have your preemie baby, if you are planning to feed your baby breastmilk, you will begin pumping.  It will feel like that&#8217;s all you do is pump.  Pump, pump, pump.  The nurses and OTs will tell you that you should pump for 10-15 minutes every 3 hours, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OTs:  My Very Best Friends!</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/ots-my-very-best-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/ots-my-very-best-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The OTs, or Occupational Therapists, were my very best friends in the NICU.  For one thing, there were only three of them in my NICU and as soon as I started learning to breastfeed my baby I got help from one of them almost every single day.  They were incredible.  They were encouraging, helpful, informative, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separated from Spouse:  Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/separated-from-spouse-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/separated-from-spouse-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 16:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we finally brought our baby home from the hospital our family was reunited.  Our baby was entirely our responsibility and that was when we truly became parents.  At last we got to experience the sleepless nights, blowouts, spit up, cuddles, smiles, and drool that many parents take for granted.  It was wonderful.  What wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separated from Spouse:  Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/separated-from-spouse-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/separated-from-spouse-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When your baby is sent to a NICU that is hours from where you live, chances are you and your spouse will be separated for some time.  As if dealing with having a preemie isn&#8217;t enough, you have to face much of it alone.  This, of course, only being the case if one of you [...]]]></description>
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