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		<title>Jenny&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[31 Weeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bedrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cerclage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feedings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guilt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This story was thoughtfully submitted by one of our readers. The week after my husband and I were married, we decided we wanted children and I was overjoyed.  We had my son 11 months after we were married and besides having preeclampsia, I was called a “constant contractor”.  I went up to the hospital many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of My 21-Weeker</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21 Weeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my story.  I have wanted to share it for quite some time but I think I am finally ready.  I apologize for this being so long, but I&#8217;ve always wanted to get the entire experience written down as I remember it.  Writing my story has probably helped me more than it will help [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></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>NICU Christmas Gifts</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/nicu-christmas-gifts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/nicu-christmas-gifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NICU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU Care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the time that I was in the NICU with my preemie I&#8217;ve wanted to return the favor of so many who brought special Christmas gifts to the NICU during the holidays.  This year I finally had the privilege of paying it forward. My greatest wish was to bring something cheerful and Christmasy, something fun [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preemie Delivery]]></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>Dreams about Preemies</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/dreams-about-preemies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/dreams-about-preemies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Losing Your Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a dream a couple of nights ago that I had a preemie baby and that she wasn&#8217;t responding to me in any way and didn&#8217;t cry when she was hungry so I kept forgetting to feed her.  She was about as tiny as my 12 oz 21-weeker, but I was cradling her in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day in the Life</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/a-day-in-the-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/a-day-in-the-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NICU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journal]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is a typical day like in the life of a preemie mom? I was just thinking that it would be interesting to share our different experiences. Let&#8217;s start with a day during our preemie&#8217;s NICU stay. I&#8217;ll take a day out of my own experience, about 2 months into my daughter&#8217;s NICU stay, during [...]]]></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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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sharing Your Child&#8217;s Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/sharing-your-childs-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/sharing-your-childs-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Risk Baby]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The moment our daughter was born 14 weeks early, we were thrust into a flurry of decisions to be made.  Who would travel with her to the children’s hospital, who would stay with me in the maternity ward, who would contact our bosses and HR departments, and so on. Immediately, the news started to be [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Risk Baby]]></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>Friends in the NICU</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/friends-in-the-nicu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/friends-in-the-nicu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julianne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NICU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Impact]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best things we did for ourselves during our stay at the NICU was make friends.  I recall the first time my husband said hello and started chatting with the woman next to us.  At first I was thinking he shouldn’t bother her, but then she chatted back and told us how she [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Starting a March for Babies Family Team</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/starting-a-march-for-babies-family-team/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/starting-a-march-for-babies-family-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Support]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=2003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While our daughter Addie was in the NICU for 135 days, we struggled a lot with feeling isolated.  Our small support system was great, but most of our friends were far away and those that did live close had small children that were restricted from visiting the hospital due to the H1N1 outbreak. We would [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Story of Jack Matthew</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/the-story-of-jack-matthew/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/the-story-of-jack-matthew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[24 Weeks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[C-Section]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This story was shared by Lindsay, one of our readers. I am writing to share our story of our 24 week (15 ounces) miracle with you&#8230;JACK MATTHEW Now a little timeline of our whirlwind before I begin.  Matt and I had our first date in april 2005, engaged 2 weeks later, married 1 year later, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Parent Support]]></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 [...]]]></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[Parent Support]]></category>
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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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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>When One Twin Goes Home First</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/when-one-twin-goes-home-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/when-one-twin-goes-home-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Going Home]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 27, 2009 was the day that we had been anticipating for ten long weeks.  One of our babies was finally coming home!  We were so excited.  I had finally had my baby shower that weekend and had spent all day Monday organizing the nursery and putting the pack and play together for Lindsay&#8217;s homecoming. [...]]]></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[Parent Support]]></category>
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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>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>
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		<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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Visit to the NICU</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/my-visit-to-the-nicu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NICU]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I brought my preemie to visit the NICU and her primary nurse this week.  We got to see one of the OTs and another nurse I knew as well, and it was quite an experience for me. This is not the first time I&#8217;ve returned to visit the NICU.  I&#8217;ve been back twice before with [...]]]></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>
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		<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>National Day of Prayer</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/national-day-of-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/national-day-of-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The President has proclaimed today, May 6, 2010, as a National Day of Prayer.  The following is one section of his proclamation: &#8220;Let us remember in our thoughts and prayers those suffering from natural disasters in Haiti, Chile, and elsewhere, and the people from those countries and from around the world who have worked tirelessly [...]]]></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>
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		<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>Overwhelmed at the NICU</title>
		<link>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/overwhelmed-at-the-nicu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.preemiebabies101.com/overwhelmed-at-the-nicu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afton Mower</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The NICU]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.preemiebabies101.com/?p=1552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At first I was embarrassed at my uncontrollable display of emotions, but then I decided that it didn&#8217;t matter.  I was shocked and frightened at what lay before me, and I had just undergone major surgery!  I just didn&#8217;t have the strength to keep my composure any longer. After my 27-weeker was life-flighted to a [...]]]></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[Parent Support]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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