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		<title>Should I Save My 23-Weeker?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[23 Weeks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baby Loss]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=3361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alexia Pearce delivered her little boy at 23-weeks and says now, &#8220;If I&#8217;d known then what I do now, I&#8217;d have wanted him to die in my arms.&#8221; Take a moment to read her incredible story of now 3-year old Nathan and his inevitable premature death.  Alexia wishes to raise awareness of the important decisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to Stop Pumping?</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/when-to-stop-pumping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mskip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[24 Weeks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=3035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My son was born on July 3rd at 24 weeks.  The entire time he was in the hospital, I pumped every 3-5 hours.  Every day.  It was very meaningful to me because I knew how good my milk was for him, and it was something that no one else could do &#8211; only I could. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preterm Labor:  Trust Your Instincts</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/preterm-labor-trust-your-instincts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/preterm-labor-trust-your-instincts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mskip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Risk Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[24 Weeks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was talking with a friend of mine about her pregnancy, and we got on the topic of mine, and how my doctor missed my Preterm Labor (PTL) symptoms.  Had she caught them, I may have stayed pregnant longer than 24 weeks. I&#8217;ll give her this:  I had a subchorionic bleed my first trimester, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post Traumatic Stress Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bedrest]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months before my twin girls were to turn a year old, I started to have intense feelings of sadness.  I would see a book that I had read while on bed rest and begin crying.  If I caught a glimpse of the maternity clothes that I never got to wore, I broke down.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/home-for-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/home-for-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmyMullen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising a Preemie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Risk Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pediatrician]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When my son, Haylen, was born at 27wks 5days (2 lbs 13oz, 15.5 inches), we were much like other parents of preemies and we were caught completely unaware and off guard. From my own experience, I realized that though most people know that some babies are born prematurely, they really don&#8217;t understand the extent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Other Side</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/from-the-other-side/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/from-the-other-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How Others Can Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend whom I just found out was pregnant 2 weeks ago.  Then, last week I heard that she was having twins, that she was on hospital bedrest and that she was only about 23 weeks pregnant.  My heart started to pound as the implications of what this meant sunk in:  she was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment by Patricia Ray</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/comment-by-patricia-ray/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/comment-by-patricia-ray/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Support]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This comment was submitted by Patricia Ray on the &#8220;Book Giveaway!&#8221; post.  I thought it brought up many important concerns that we all face as parents of preemie babies, and I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to read it and respond.  Patricia graciously gave me permission to republish her comment. Hi there. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review of The Preemie Primer</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/review-of-the-preemie-primer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/review-of-the-preemie-primer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I finished reading The Preemie Primer, by Jennifer Gunter, MD.  Truthfully, it&#8217;s the first book about preemie babies that I&#8217;ve read cover to cover.  I was pleasantly surprised at how helpful and informative many sections of the book were, but I was also disappointed at how unpersonal it was.  Jennifer does share her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Quarantined During the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/being-quarantined-during-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/being-quarantined-during-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising a Preemie]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roxy came home on November 11, 2009.  Two weeks before Thanksgiving. Our hospital had placed strict rules on visitors to the NICU and Neonatal Nursery during Roxy&#8217;s last two months because the flu epidemic had gotten so bad in our area.  Only parents and biological grandparents were allowed to visit during October and the beginning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Were you prepared?</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/were-you-prepared/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/were-you-prepared/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Support]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m reading The Preemie Primer, by Jennifer Gunter, MD, and the book starts out with some general information about prematurity, descriptions of the causes of prematurity, and many statistics about rates of survival and other things.  I&#8217;m not very far into it yet, but I was imagining parents of preemies picking the book up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Therapy for your Preemie</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/music-therapy-for-your-preemie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/music-therapy-for-your-preemie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NICU]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bonding]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our NICU experience came with a lot of “Boy, I wish I had known that earlier…” moments.  Music therapy falls into that category! We were told about our hospital’s music therapy program a few months after our daughter was born.  The therapy team was a group of musicians who traveled around the hospital, playing music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dave Ramsey Call</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/the-dave-ramsey-call/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/the-dave-ramsey-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found it! I searched and searched for the original call that I referred to in my Preemies &#38; Social Security article a couple weeks ago, because a number of you requested it, and thanks to the help of the Dave Ramsey radio team I was able to get an audio of the complete call. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preemies &amp; RSV</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/preemies-rsv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/preemies-rsv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preemie Babies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was just wondering how many of our preemie babies have actually gotten RSV, either in the NICU (can they get it in the NICU?) or during their first few years of life at home. Some questions I&#8217;m curious about are: 1. If your preemie got RSV did you have him under strict quarantine or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preemies and W-Sitting</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/preemiesandw-sitting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/preemiesandw-sitting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising a Preemie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a preemie mom, I feel like I’ve been exposed to a lot of uncommon medical terms.  (A coworker told me her nephew has been diagnosed with craniostynosis and I immediately knew what she was talking about.)  However, the first time one of Addie’s therapists mentioned “W-sitting,” I was a little taken aback. “What sitting?” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do Preemies Have Flat Heads?  (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/why-do-preemies-have-flat-heads-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/why-do-preemies-have-flat-heads-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising a Preemie]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in February, Afton wrote a great post about premature babies having flat heads.  The official term for “flat head syndrome” is plagiocephaly.  Preemies usually have positional plagiocephaly due to lying in one position for a long period of time during their NICU stay. If you notice that your child has a flat spot on [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/making-your-marriage-work-in-the-nicu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1903</guid>
		<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 [...]]]></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>
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		<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>Having Faith is a Special Need</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/having-faith-is-a-special-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/having-faith-is-a-special-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Risk Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Something many preemie parent’s have to deal with is the chance of long lasting effects, such as mental disabilities. Although Drake’s reasons were different than most preemies, we too were faced with the chances of having a child with special needs. During my pregnancy I had some hormones come back high, putting me in a [...]]]></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[Parent Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feedings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Parenting]]></category>
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		<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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bedrest</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/bedrest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/bedrest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Risk Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bedrest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1819</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I mentioned that I was on hospitalized bedrest for 7 weeks.  I am often asked how I survived laying in a hospital room for that long.  Here are some things that I did to pass the time: Handheld Yahtzee or Any other Handheld Game:  This saved me!  I cannot tell you [...]]]></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[Parent Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
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		<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[Parent Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Parenting]]></category>
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		<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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflux:  Does it Ever End?</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/reflux-does-it-ever-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/reflux-does-it-ever-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising a Preemie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preemie Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflux]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My 27-weeker had reflux and we had her on Prevacid and Regalin;  I never thought either of them helped much.  It was very frustrating!  She spit up a ton, sheesh, I think until she was around 1-year old.  She was still spitting up when we were feeding her mostly table food. We didn&#8217;t have any [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>When Your Friend Has a Preemie</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/when-your-friend-has-a-preemie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/when-your-friend-has-a-preemie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How Others Can Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Risk Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you just find out that a friend or loved one had a preemie and you want to show support but aren&#8217;t sure what to do?  Here are some tips from a mother who lost a preemie at 21 weeks and then had a 27-weeker who spent 94 days in the NICU: Do everything you [...]]]></description>
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