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		<title>Stretch Marks Ruining Confidence (Lacie)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[my name is lacie, age 19. so i had my BEAUTIFUL baby girl on the 8th of April! she was 8 lbs 6 oz. she is our everything! i should feel great about everything in my life, i have a super amazing husband and the best baby in the world, but every time i look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Cut is the Deepest (Sharlene)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Age: 43 Number of pregnancies/births: 3/3 Ages of children: 19 years, 30 months and one year I always wanted more children than the one perfect daughter God had given me &#8211; but thought I was done, because my life hadn&#8217;t &#8220;gone that way&#8221;. So I had my tubes tied when she was 10. I woke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Beautiful Scars (Taylor)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Taylor. I am 21 years old and currently pregnant with my first child. From the day I found out I was pregnant I used lotions and creams to prevent any marks from appearing on my body. I got my first stretch mark at 20 weeks. It was all downhill from there. Everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low Self Esteem and Damaged (Tan)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still remember the joy of my first birth with my son. I was 21 years old. When I found out I was pregnant it was so exciting, but what I was not ready for was the stretch marks and the awful body that came with it. My whole life I have been physically fit. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From 104-124 (Anonymous)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am 22 years old, just had my first baby 3 months ago. I went from being very skinny my whole life, to having some volume added to my body. I don&#8217;t mind the extra weight, but I do mind my belly (look like im 3 months pregnant again), and my breasts (they used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ambivalent Body Image &#8211; Struggling (Alanna)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Age: 24 1 pregnancy &#038; 1 child 3 year old child I want to start this off by saying that I have been following SOAM for a couple years now and never felt confident enough to submit my photos. I was in a very unhealthy relationship for 9 yrs with the father of my child. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch SOAM on Huffington Post Live</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I participated in a panel discussion with two SOAM mamas, Autumn (who blogs here) and Tina (who blogs here), today on Huffington Post Live. I have social anxiety issues so stuff like this is always hard for me, but I survived and had a lot of fun, too. It was great getting to talk with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m going to be on Huffington Post Live today &#8211; and so can you!</title>
		<link>http://theshapeofamother.com/blog/im-going-to-be-on-huffington-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to be part of a discussion panel today discussing post-baby bodies on Huffington Post Live. You can watch the panel streaming or you&#8217;ll be able to see it archived. I hope you watch! I&#8217;ll post updates and more info later at one or more of SOAM&#8217;s online social networking place thingies. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does it Make Me a Failure? (Jamie)</title>
		<link>http://theshapeofamother.com/blog/does-it-make-me-a-failure-jamie/</link>
		<comments>http://theshapeofamother.com/blog/does-it-make-me-a-failure-jamie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Age:19 Pregnancies and births: 1 10 weeks postpartum I became pregnant when I was 18. I was told by doctors when I was younger that it would be difficult for me to conceive, and of I were to conceive, it would be a high risk pregnancy. I was so happy to find out i was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth Story: a Review</title>
		<link>http://theshapeofamother.com/blog/birth-story-a-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie (SOAM)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost twelve years ago (WHAT.) I got pregnant with my first child. At the time I was familiar with the idea of home birth since a number of my childhood friends had been born at home (I didn&#8217;t live on a commune, I swear!), but I didn&#8217;t begin planning immediately for a home birth. It [...]]]></description>
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