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	<title>HealthEWoman ~ Heal The Woman &#187; Post-Partum</title>
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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t I Sleep? Insomnia: A Daytime Problem with Night Time Consequences</title>
		<link>http://healthewoman.org/2009/05/22/why-cant-i-sleep-insomnia-a-daytime-problem-with-night-time-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 15:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Binkley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cognitive behavioral therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re having trouble sleeping you are not alone. While insomnia is a common problem, only ten percent of those with insomnia seek professional help for it. Many people self-treat, e.g. with alcohol. Some of these self-treatments exacerbate insomnia over the long-run.
Research into insomnia reveals it’s not just a disorder of sleep. It’s rooted in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it Baby Blues or Post-Partum Depression?</title>
		<link>http://healthewoman.org/2009/05/11/is-it-baby-blues-or-post-partum-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://healthewoman.org/2009/05/11/is-it-baby-blues-or-post-partum-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Binkley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighty-five percent of women experience baby blues; ten to fifteen  percent go on to have post-partum depression. Baby blues typically resolve within six weeks post-partum.; whereas post-partum depression can begin anytime in the first year after delivery.
Baby Blues and Post-Partum Depression: Why They Occur and How to Tell the Difference: How to Know When you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Pessaries &quot;Out-sex&quot; Surgery? A Thoughtful Approach to Incontinence and Prolapse</title>
		<link>http://healthewoman.org/2009/04/30/can-pessaries-out-sex-surgery-a-thoughtful-approach-to-incontinence-and-prolapse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Binkley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Incontinence and Prolapse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post-Partum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cystocele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incontinence surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pessary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prolaps surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rectocele]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Breach in the Dam
Do you have incontinence or prolapse? One of the fundamental contributors to prolapse/incontinence is an increase in the size of the genital hiatus. Did you know you can decrease the size of your genital hiatus by 50% without surgery? If you don&#8217;t know what your genital hiatus is, it&#8217;s an approximate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor or Midwife: Which Would You Choose?</title>
		<link>http://healthewoman.org/2009/01/22/doctor-or-midwife-which-would-you-choose/</link>
		<comments>http://healthewoman.org/2009/01/22/doctor-or-midwife-which-would-you-choose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Binkley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post-Partum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked this question on cafe mom. At the moment I did not have the time to answer it and when I went back I couldn&#8217;t find the question, so I&#8217;m answering it in this post. 
The short answer is: the initials after a person&#8217;s name do not signify the quality of care they provide. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weird post-partum symptoms</title>
		<link>http://healthewoman.org/2008/11/08/weird-post-partum-symptoms-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Binkley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[decreased libido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot flashes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You just delivered and you&#8217;re getting:


Night Sweats


Hot Flashes


Vaginal Dryness resulting in&#8230;


Painful Intercourse


Is this premature menopause? No, they are actually normal post-partum hormone changes. While you&#8217;re breast-feeding your milk hormone (prolactin) suppresses your ovarian hormones (estrogen and progesterone) to near menopausal levels.
Normally I don&#8217;t recommend treating these symptoms unless they interfere with normal function. One example [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Blues</title>
		<link>http://healthewoman.org/2008/10/02/weird-post-partum-symptoms/</link>
		<comments>http://healthewoman.org/2008/10/02/weird-post-partum-symptoms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Binkley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Post-Partum]]></category>

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After delivery your&#160; hormone levels plunge&#160; from that of 1000 ovulating women (at the end of pregnancy) to near-menopausal levels.
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Before you deliver your brain is awash in a sea of progesterone and estrogen. Your endorphin levels (the body’s “happy molecules”) are high because estrogen and progesterone increase your endorphin levels.&#160; Progesterone and its precursor molecules [...]]]></description>
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