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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: McCain supports adoption, but not for gays</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby&#8221; is a closer look at adoption and my family&#8217;s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) Politics can get kind of sticky, especially when trying to sort through a candidate&#8217;s platform. Early on, I decided to take a closer look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAJOR, QUIET victory for foster children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby&#8221; is a closer look at adoption and my family&#8217;s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) So much coming out of Washington right now focuses on the election and bailout of the financial industry. Perhaps that&#8217;s how a significant piece of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: From adopted to adopting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoptee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthmother]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal experience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby&#8221; is a closer look at adoption and my family&#8217;s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) Once you decide to adopt, you suddenly discover just how many other lives are touched by adoption, too. I&#8217;ve met a lot of people in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: Why a baby?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/09/10/waiting-for-baby-why-a-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/09/10/waiting-for-baby-why-a-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby” is a closer look at adoption and my family’s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to adopt a baby to become a parent.&#8221; That&#8217;s how the e-mail started, and honestly, I expected it. This past weekend, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: Palin&#8217;s pregnant daughter part of &#8216;majority&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby” is a closer look at adoption and my family’s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin&#8217;s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant and plans to keep the baby. Political talk aside, it&#8217;s not really that surprising. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: If at first you don&#8217;t succeed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[letter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby” is a closer look at adoption and my family’s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) Networking always sounded like something working folks did to advance their careers. I never imagined it would be a method applied to growing my family. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: Best adoption picture book</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/08/13/waiting-for-baby-best-adoption-picture-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby” is a closer look at adoption and my family’s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) Anyone who&#8217;s seen the inside of my family&#8217;s office/library knows how much I love books. And ever since we decided to adopt, I&#8217;ve paid particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: Surrogate orphan stuck in India</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/08/06/waiting-for-baby-surrogate-orphan-stuck-in-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby” is a closer look at adoption and my family’s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) Some stories just break your heart. Manjhee is less than two weeks old. Already she has been abandoned by her two &#8220;mothers&#8221; and labeled the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: House cleaning, anyone?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2008/07/30/waiting-for-baby-house-cleaning-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby” is a closer look at adoption and my family’s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) My house has never looked this good. The towels are all neatly folded in the linen closet. My clothes are color coordinated in the closet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITING FOR BABY: Bad seed slips through crack</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>atatko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8220;Waiting for Baby” is a closer look at adoption and my family’s personal experience as we go through the process. It will appear every Wednesday in the aPARENTly Speaking blog.) Fingerprinting twice seemed a little absurd. As part of the pre-adoption home study process, my husband and I had to have our fingerprints processed for [...]]]></description>
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