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	<title>Janet Fraser &#187; consumers</title>
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	<description>Where birth and feminism intersect.</description>
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		<title>Physiological miscarriage **trigger warning** loss, trauma</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2012/01/20/physiological-miscarriage-trigger-warning-loss-trauma/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2012/01/20/physiological-miscarriage-trigger-warning-loss-trauma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[who homebirths?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to the woman who generously offered this story. Miscarriage is rare at home nowadays despite the demonstrably poor support offered in overstretched hospitals which have neither the means nor capacity to support women like their own midwife. L &#8230; <a href="http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2012/01/20/physiological-miscarriage-trigger-warning-loss-trauma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Press cuttings</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/08/26/press-cuttings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[caesarean risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospital risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mortality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated list-in-progress here. Shamed but not named: bad medics use law to hide their identities Paying for negligence: Birth bungles cost $115m in NSW alone Hypervirulent strain of Clostridium difficile in Epworth Hospital in Richmond Melbourne Scared nurses&#8217; secret evidence &#8230; <a href="http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/08/26/press-cuttings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What does your uterus really do?</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/08/24/what-does-your-uterus-really-do/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/08/24/what-does-your-uterus-really-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers' rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hysterectomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reproductive health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks, Gloria, for sharing this on your blog. How many of us know all the stuff in this video? I sure didn&#8217;t! The increase of emergency hysterectomy after caesarean is quite marked in Australia in recent years. Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Opening your window to birth</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/07/05/opening-your-window-to-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/07/05/opening-your-window-to-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[birth in Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homebirth science not obstetric superstition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reproductive freedom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Birth, she is dying. This primal and unspeakably powerful initiation, the only road to motherhood for our ancestors, has been stripped of her dignity and purpose in our times. Birth has become a dangerous medical disease to be treated with &#8230; <a href="http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/07/05/opening-your-window-to-birth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breastfeeding, not special, just normal.</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/06/20/breastfeeding-not-special-just-normal/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/06/20/breastfeeding-not-special-just-normal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homebirth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgical monopoly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosleeping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I support a lot of women to find their way through personal and political gunk and reach a point where they can birth their babies in nice simple births.As the end of pregnancy draws near I encourage women to start &#8230; <a href="http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/06/20/breastfeeding-not-special-just-normal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I don&#8217;t do due dates &#8211; one woman&#8217;s perspective</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/06/09/why-i-dont-do-due-dates-one-womans-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/06/09/why-i-dont-do-due-dates-one-womans-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[induction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A first time birthing woman I know has been managing the fear others are feeling around her upcoming birth by choosing to present some facts for those who haven&#8217;t yet found out that obstetrics is mostly antiquated nonsense. I found &#8230; <a href="http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/06/09/why-i-dont-do-due-dates-one-womans-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Quality and Safety&#8221; and other lies we&#8217;re being told</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/05/17/quality-and-safety-and-other-lies-were-being-told/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/05/17/quality-and-safety-and-other-lies-were-being-told/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 22:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers' rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homebirth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homebirth campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midwives, midwifery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reproductive justice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Quality and Safety Framework&#8221; has been released. For something supposedly produced after hours of consultation and furrowed brows crouched over our hot submissions, it looks remarkably like all the other dross produced by the government and fellow travellers around &#8230; <a href="http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/05/17/quality-and-safety-and-other-lies-were-being-told/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The real birth wars</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/05/16/the-real-birth-wars/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/05/16/the-real-birth-wars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 03:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bullshit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[commentary that bites]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misinformation campaign]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[personhood of the foetus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesky pesce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;quality and safety framework&#8221; has been released. My response looks like this: Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com Tweet]]></description>
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		<title>Rest. Is it even possible?</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/05/11/329rest/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/05/11/329rest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers' rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just for fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/?p=329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the May Carnival of Natural Parenting: Role model This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have waxed poetic about how &#8230; <a href="http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/05/11/329rest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another day, another submission</title>
		<link>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/04/27/another-day-another-submission/</link>
		<comments>http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/04/27/another-day-another-submission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[careproviders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While under no illusions whatsoever that submitting anything  for consumers has anything to do with the process to dismantle homebirth, I still have to do it. We are still here, and we&#8217;re not going anywhere. This week&#8217;s treat is the &#8230; <a href="http://janetfraser.id.au/blog/2010/04/27/another-day-another-submission/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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