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	<title>#34: It Was a Journey</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 06:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Tysha was basically born wanting to have a family of her own, with as many children as she could handle. But she got a late start, and it seemed as though she might never reach the destination she&#8217;d had in her heart when she started. photos by Tysha Carter]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Tysha was basically born wanting to have a family of her own, with as many children as she could handle. But she got a late start, and it seemed as though she might never reach the destination she&#8217;d had in her heart when she started. photos by Tysh]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tysha was basically born wanting to have a family of her own, with as many children as she could handle. But she got a late start, and it seemed as though she might never reach the destination she&#8217;d had in her heart when she started. photos by Tysha Carter]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>#33: 17 Years</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/17-years/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 03:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[For 17 years Jamie had hoped to have a baby but only experienced loss after loss after loss. Meanwhile, her cousin Bonnie was watching and waiting—knowing and hoping that she could offer a solution that would bring healing to both of them.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For 17 years Jamie had hoped to have a baby but only experienced loss after loss after loss. Meanwhile, her cousin Bonnie was watching and waiting—knowing and hoping that she could offer a solution that would bring healing to both of them.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[For 17 years Jamie had hoped to have a baby but only experienced loss after loss after loss. Meanwhile, her cousin Bonnie was watching and waiting—knowing and hoping that she could offer a solution that would bring healing to both of them.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For 17 years Jamie had hoped to have a baby but only experienced loss after loss after loss. Meanwhile, her cousin Bonnie was watching and waiting—knowing and hoping that she could offer a solution that would bring healing to both of them.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[For 17 years Jamie had hoped to have a baby but only experienced loss after loss after loss. Meanwhile, her cousin Bonnie was watching and waiting—knowing and hoping that she could offer a solution that would bring healing to both of them.]]></googleplay:description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Mini Episode #3: Between Worlds, Still</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/mini-episode-3-worlds-still/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Valerie and I often talk about how, no matter when we talk to someone, we are always in the middle of their story. We continue to change and evolve and process and grow. Our priorities change, our circumstances change, our lives change. We adjust, we readjust, we find balance—and then we fall again. And begin again.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Valerie and I often talk about how, no matter when we talk to someone, we are always in the middle of their story. We continue to change and evolve and process and grow. Our priorities change, our circumstances change, our lives change. We adjust, we rea]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Valerie and I often talk about how, no matter when we talk to someone, we are always in the middle of their story. We continue to change and evolve and process and grow. Our priorities change, our circumstances change, our lives change. We adjust, we readjust, we find balance—and then we fall again. And begin again.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Valerie and I often talk about how, no matter when we talk to someone, we are always in the middle of their story. We continue to change and evolve and process and grow. Our priorities change, our circumstances change, our lives change. We adjust, we readjust, we find balance—and then we fall again. And begin again.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:duration>12</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>#25: Are We Done Yet?</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/25-done-yet/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2659</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[We all know that in family planning there is no “one size fits all,” there is no, “take this quiz and find out how many kids you should have!” there is not necessarily a magic number or a magic feeling. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[We all know that in family planning there is no “one size fits all,” there is no, “take this quiz and find out how many kids you should have!” there is not necessarily a magic number or a magic feeling.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[We all know that in family planning there is no “one size fits all,” there is no, “take this quiz and find out how many kids you should have!” there is not necessarily a magic number or a magic feeling. ]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We all know that in family planning there is no “one size fits all,” there is no, “take this quiz and find out how many kids you should have!” there is not necessarily a magic number or a magic feeling.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>#25: Are We Done Yet?</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>49:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[We all know that in family planning there is no “one size fits all,” there is no, “take this quiz and find out how many kids you should have!” there is not necessarily a magic number or a magic feeling.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/stephaniesfam2.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>#24: A Hand to Hold</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/24-hand-hold/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[November is Prematurity Awareness month, and we have a story from Kelli Kelley, the founder of Hand to Hold on her experience watching her premie babies grow in the NICU. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[November is Prematurity Awareness month, and we have a story from Kelli Kelley, the founder of Hand to Hold on her experience watching her premie babies grow in the NICU.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[November is Prematurity Awareness month, and we have a story from Kelli Kelley, the founder of Hand to Hold on her experience watching her premie babies grow in the NICU. ]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[November is Prematurity Awareness month, and we have a story from Kelli Kelley, the founder of Hand to Hold on her experience watching her premie babies grow in the NICU.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>46:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[November is Prematurity Awareness month, and we have a story from Kelli Kelley, the founder of Hand to Hold on her experience watching her premie babies grow in the NICU.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/kellikelley.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>#23: &#8220;You Just Live Life As Best You Can&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/23-just-live-life-best-can/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[When Kristy went into labor at 33 weeks gestation and had her baby via emergency c-section, it seemed like a series of small miracles took place. She and the baby would have the healthiest outcome in a scary, unpredictable situation. End of story. But week after week, as Kristy and her family learned more about [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When Kristy went into labor at 33 weeks gestation and had her baby via emergency c-section, it seemed like a series of small miracles took place. She and the baby would have the healthiest outcome in a scary, unpredictable situation. End of story. But we]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Kristy went into labor at 33 weeks gestation and had her baby via emergency c-section, it seemed like a series of small miracles took place. She and the baby would have the healthiest outcome in a scary, unpredictable situation. End of story. But week after week, as Kristy and her family learned more about [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When Kristy went into labor at 33 weeks gestation and had her baby via emergency c-section, it seemed like a series of small miracles took place. She and the baby would have the healthiest outcome in a scary, unpredictable situation. End of story. But week after week, as Kristy and her family learned more about [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>57:55</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[When Kristy went into labor at 33 weeks gestation and had her baby via emergency c-section, it seemed like a series of small miracles took place. She and the baby would have the healthiest outcome in a scary, unpredictable situation. End of story. But week after week, as Kristy and her family learned more about [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kristy1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>#21: The Greatest Gift My Mother Gave Me (part 1 of 2)</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/21-greatest-gift-mother-gave/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2622</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The relationship we have with our moms can be fraught and complicated. We must differentiate ourselves from our moms, but no matter what we do or who we become, they are always guides or shadows on our paths. We can never fully disentangle ourselves from their influence—and in the best case scenario, we probably would [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The relationship we have with our moms can be fraught and complicated. We must differentiate ourselves from our moms, but no matter what we do or who we become, they are always guides or shadows on our paths. We can never fully disentangle ourselves from]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The relationship we have with our moms can be fraught and complicated. We must differentiate ourselves from our moms, but no matter what we do or who we become, they are always guides or shadows on our paths. We can never fully disentangle ourselves from their influence—and in the best case scenario, we probably would [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The relationship we have with our moms can be fraught and complicated. We must differentiate ourselves from our moms, but no matter what we do or who we become, they are always guides or shadows on our paths. We can never fully disentangle ourselves from their influence—and in the best case scenario, we probably would [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/megsmom2.jpg"></itunes:image>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>31:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The relationship we have with our moms can be fraught and complicated. We must differentiate ourselves from our moms, but no matter what we do or who we become, they are always guides or shadows on our paths. We can never fully disentangle ourselves from their influence—and in the best case scenario, we probably would [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/megsmom2.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>#19: &#8220;I Could Bring Him to His Family&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/19-bring-family/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2598</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[I knew that it wouldn’t do me any good to say, well, I’m going to have a baby and then I’ll figure out my life because I’d already made pretty much made a solid decision that I was going to place him for adoption and I didn’t want to put my life on hold any longer. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I knew that it wouldn’t do me any good to say, well, I’m going to have a baby and then I’ll figure out my life because I’d already made pretty much made a solid decision that I was going to place him for adoption and I didn’t want to put my life on hold ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[I knew that it wouldn’t do me any good to say, well, I’m going to have a baby and then I’ll figure out my life because I’d already made pretty much made a solid decision that I was going to place him for adoption and I didn’t want to put my life on hold any longer. ]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[I knew that it wouldn’t do me any good to say, well, I’m going to have a baby and then I’ll figure out my life because I’d already made pretty much made a solid decision that I was going to place him for adoption and I didn’t want to put my life on hold any longer.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/jillsfelix1-e1508378877194.jpeg"></itunes:image>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>46:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[I knew that it wouldn’t do me any good to say, well, I’m going to have a baby and then I’ll figure out my life because I’d already made pretty much made a solid decision that I was going to place him for adoption and I didn’t want to put my life on hold any longer.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/jillsfelix1-e1508378877194.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>#18: &#8220;We Have Derailed&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/18-we-have-derailed/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2590</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[When Grace was 28, she had just finished breastfeeding her 2nd daughter. Her husband, Dave, was working through his residency as an ophthalmologist. And their life in the Bronx, New York, was busy and mentally and physically taxing. And then she was diagnosed with breast cancer.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When Grace was 28, she had just finished breastfeeding her 2nd daughter. Her husband, Dave, was working through his residency as an ophthalmologist. And their life in the Bronx, New York, was busy and mentally and physically taxing. And then she was diag]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Grace was 28, she had just finished breastfeeding her 2nd daughter. Her husband, Dave, was working through his residency as an ophthalmologist. And their life in the Bronx, New York, was busy and mentally and physically taxing. And then she was diagnosed with breast cancer.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When Grace was 28, she had just finished breastfeeding her 2nd daughter. Her husband, Dave, was working through his residency as an ophthalmologist. And their life in the Bronx, New York, was busy and mentally and physically taxing. And then she was diagnosed with breast cancer.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>#18: &#8220;We Have Derailed&#8221;</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>38:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[When Grace was 28, she had just finished breastfeeding her 2nd daughter. Her husband, Dave, was working through his residency as an ophthalmologist. And their life in the Bronx, New York, was busy and mentally and physically taxing. And then she was diagnosed with breast cancer.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thepoulsens.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>#17: The Midwives</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/the-midwives/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 09:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2570</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[If you really understand what is going on for them, then you can actually take better care of them. It's about being open to what people are experiencing and not having an agenda for them, or making assumptions about them, or these plans for them, or clearly they would want this, this or this. It isn’t clear. I have to set down my expectations and my baggage around anybody else’s issues as best I can and be open to what they need.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[If you really understand what is going on for them, then you can actually take better care of them. Its about being open to what people are experiencing and not having an agenda for them, or making assumptions about them, or these plans for them, or clea]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you really understand what is going on for them, then you can actually take better care of them. It's about being open to what people are experiencing and not having an agenda for them, or making assumptions about them, or these plans for them, or clearly they would want this, this or this. It isn’t clear. I have to set down my expectations and my baggage around anybody else’s issues as best I can and be open to what they need.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e17_cocoonstories_BKmidwives.mp3" length="42138145" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you really understand what is going on for them, then you can actually take better care of them. It's about being open to what people are experiencing and not having an agenda for them, or making assumptions about them, or these plans for them, or clearly they would want this, this or this. It isn’t clear. I have to set down my expectations and my baggage around anybody else’s issues as best I can and be open to what they need.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bkmidwives.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bkmidwives.jpg</url>
		<title>#17: The Midwives</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>44:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[If you really understand what is going on for them, then you can actually take better care of them. It's about being open to what people are experiencing and not having an agenda for them, or making assumptions about them, or these plans for them, or clearly they would want this, this or this. It isn’t clear. I have to set down my expectations and my baggage around anybody else’s issues as best I can and be open to what they need.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bkmidwives.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Mini Episode #2: Imperfectly Perfect</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/mini-episode-2-imperfectly-perfect/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2565</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s mini episode JoAnna reads her essay about her baby Levi, who, after being diagnosed with trisomy-13 at 18 weeks, beat the odds and was born alive at 35 weeks gestation. Levi may have lead a tiny and quiet life, but his existence was like a firework that bursts onto the scene leaving wonder [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s mini episode JoAnna reads her essay about her baby Levi, who, after being diagnosed with trisomy-13 at 18 weeks, beat the odds and was born alive at 35 weeks gestation. Levi may have lead a tiny and quiet life, but his existence was ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s mini episode JoAnna reads her essay about her baby Levi, who, after being diagnosed with trisomy-13 at 18 weeks, beat the odds and was born alive at 35 weeks gestation. Levi may have lead a tiny and quiet life, but his existence was like a firework that bursts onto the scene leaving wonder [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/em_02_cocoonstories_joannadonkin.mp3" length="10066329.6" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s mini episode JoAnna reads her essay about her baby Levi, who, after being diagnosed with trisomy-13 at 18 weeks, beat the odds and was born alive at 35 weeks gestation. Levi may have lead a tiny and quiet life, but his existence was like a firework that bursts onto the scene leaving wonder [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/levi4.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/levi4.jpg</url>
		<title>Mini Episode #2: Imperfectly Perfect</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>10:29</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s mini episode JoAnna reads her essay about her baby Levi, who, after being diagnosed with trisomy-13 at 18 weeks, beat the odds and was born alive at 35 weeks gestation. Levi may have lead a tiny and quiet life, but his existence was like a firework that bursts onto the scene leaving wonder [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/levi4.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#16: &#8220;This is What I Am Meant To Do&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/16-this-is-what-i-am-meant-to-do/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 07:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2550</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Bente kept a journal when she was growing up in which she wrote that she would have 12 kids: 2 boys, then 2 girls, then 2 boys, and on and on. A couple of decades later we meet up with her and find that things went surprisingly well for her.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Bente kept a journal when she was growing up in which she wrote that she would have 12 kids: 2 boys, then 2 girls, then 2 boys, and on and on. A couple of decades later we meet up with her and find that things went surprisingly well for her.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Bente kept a journal when she was growing up in which she wrote that she would have 12 kids: 2 boys, then 2 girls, then 2 boys, and on and on. A couple of decades later we meet up with her and find that things went surprisingly well for her.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e16_cocoonstories_benterodriguez.mp3" length="32984003" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bente kept a journal when she was growing up in which she wrote that she would have 12 kids: 2 boys, then 2 girls, then 2 boys, and on and on. A couple of decades later we meet up with her and find that things went surprisingly well for her.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rodriguezlineup.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rodriguezlineup.jpg</url>
		<title>#16: &#8220;This is What I Am Meant To Do&#8221;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>34:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Bente kept a journal when she was growing up in which she wrote that she would have 12 kids: 2 boys, then 2 girls, then 2 boys, and on and on. A couple of decades later we meet up with her and find that things went surprisingly well for her.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rodriguezlineup.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#15: Who Am I Without This?</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/15-who-am-i-without-this/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 06:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2537</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Liz has known since she was a child that she would be a mother. It was the fact she based many of her life decisions around and the thing that made her "a crazy person."]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Liz has known since she was a child that she would be a mother. It was the fact she based many of her life decisions around and the thing that made her a crazy person.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Liz has known since she was a child that she would be a mother. It was the fact she based many of her life decisions around and the thing that made her "a crazy person."]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e15_cocoonstories_lizostler.mp3" length="41752612" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Liz has known since she was a child that she would be a mother. It was the fact she based many of her life decisions around and the thing that made her "a crazy person."]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/LizOstler.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/LizOstler.jpg</url>
		<title>#15: Who Am I Without This?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>43:30</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Liz has known since she was a child that she would be a mother. It was the fact she based many of her life decisions around and the thing that made her "a crazy person."]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/LizOstler.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#14: &#8220;In The End, Wasn&#8217;t It Worth It?&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/14-end-wasnt-worth/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2527</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Nicole had a severe case of pregnancy sickness called hyperemesis gravidarum—which is definitely NOT morning sickness—that left her feeling like a shell of a person for virtually her entire pregnancy. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Nicole had a severe case of pregnancy sickness called hyperemesis gravidarum—which is definitely NOT morning sickness—that left her feeling like a shell of a person for virtually her entire pregnancy.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nicole had a severe case of pregnancy sickness called hyperemesis gravidarum—which is definitely NOT morning sickness—that left her feeling like a shell of a person for virtually her entire pregnancy. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e14_cocoonstories_nicolefugal.mp3" length="35232153.6" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nicole had a severe case of pregnancy sickness called hyperemesis gravidarum—which is definitely NOT morning sickness—that left her feeling like a shell of a person for virtually her entire pregnancy.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nicoleandbaby.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nicoleandbaby.jpg</url>
		<title>#14: &#8220;In The End, Wasn&#8217;t It Worth It?&#8221;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>36:46</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Nicole had a severe case of pregnancy sickness called hyperemesis gravidarum—which is definitely NOT morning sickness—that left her feeling like a shell of a person for virtually her entire pregnancy.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nicoleandbaby.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Mini Episode #1: Love the One You&#8217;re With</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/mini-episode-1-love-one-youre/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2520</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Today’s episode is an essay written and read by Lizzie Heiselt. It takes on the “all that matters is that you have a healthy baby” idea. For anyone who’s been told this, you know there’s not really a response to that. On some level, it’s true. Having a baby—let alone a healthy one—is something to [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Today’s episode is an essay written and read by Lizzie Heiselt. It takes on the “all that matters is that you have a healthy baby” idea. For anyone who’s been told this, you know there’s not really a response to that. On some level, it’s true. Having a b]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today’s episode is an essay written and read by Lizzie Heiselt. It takes on the “all that matters is that you have a healthy baby” idea. For anyone who’s been told this, you know there’s not really a response to that. On some level, it’s true. Having a baby—let alone a healthy one—is something to [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/em01_cocoonstories_lovetheone.mp3" length="8.7" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today’s episode is an essay written and read by Lizzie Heiselt. It takes on the “all that matters is that you have a healthy baby” idea. For anyone who’s been told this, you know there’s not really a response to that. On some level, it’s true. Having a baby—let alone a healthy one—is something to [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lovetheboy.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lovetheboy.jpg</url>
		<title>Mini Episode #1: Love the One You&#8217;re With</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>09:30</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Today’s episode is an essay written and read by Lizzie Heiselt. It takes on the “all that matters is that you have a healthy baby” idea. For anyone who’s been told this, you know there’s not really a response to that. On some level, it’s true. Having a baby—let alone a healthy one—is something to [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lovetheboy.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>Bonus: A Beautiful Heart</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/bonus-beautiful-heart/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2516</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[In the days after Gina gave birth to her stillborn son, James, she wrote a record of the event on her blog. It was a beginning of her mourning and rebuilding process and captures both the grief she was feeling at the time and the hope that she had that her life would be made [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In the days after Gina gave birth to her stillborn son, James, she wrote a record of the event on her blog. It was a beginning of her mourning and rebuilding process and captures both the grief she was feeling at the time and the hope that she had that h]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the days after Gina gave birth to her stillborn son, James, she wrote a record of the event on her blog. It was a beginning of her mourning and rebuilding process and captures both the grief she was feeling at the time and the hope that she had that her life would be made [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e13b_cocoonstories_ginaspost.mp3" length="7864320" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the days after Gina gave birth to her stillborn son, James, she wrote a record of the event on her blog. It was a beginning of her mourning and rebuilding process and captures both the grief she was feeling at the time and the hope that she had that her life would be made [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/prescottfamily.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/prescottfamily.jpg</url>
		<title>Bonus: A Beautiful Heart</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>yes</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>8:12</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In the days after Gina gave birth to her stillborn son, James, she wrote a record of the event on her blog. It was a beginning of her mourning and rebuilding process and captures both the grief she was feeling at the time and the hope that she had that her life would be made [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/prescottfamily.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>yes</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>#13: The Full Human Experience</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/13-full-human-experience/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2509</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[The full human experience includes this: pregnancy, birth, life, death. And if all goes well and normally, the pregnancy is 9 months, the birth takes a day or so, the life is decades long, and the death neither sneaks up nor hovers for too long. But the normal order is sometimes confused. The pregnancy is too short. [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The full human experience includes this: pregnancy, birth, life, death. And if all goes well and normally, the pregnancy is 9 months, the birth takes a day or so, the life is decades long, and the death neither sneaks up nor hovers for too long. But the ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[The full human experience includes this: pregnancy, birth, life, death. And if all goes well and normally, the pregnancy is 9 months, the birth takes a day or so, the life is decades long, and the death neither sneaks up nor hovers for too long. But the normal order is sometimes confused. The pregnancy is too short. [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e13_cocoonstories_ginaprescott.mp3" length="31.7" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The full human experience includes this: pregnancy, birth, life, death. And if all goes well and normally, the pregnancy is 9 months, the birth takes a day or so, the life is decades long, and the death neither sneaks up nor hovers for too long. But the normal order is sometimes confused. The pregnancy is too short. [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sweetbabyjames.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sweetbabyjames.jpg</url>
		<title>#13: The Full Human Experience</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>33:52</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[The full human experience includes this: pregnancy, birth, life, death. And if all goes well and normally, the pregnancy is 9 months, the birth takes a day or so, the life is decades long, and the death neither sneaks up nor hovers for too long. But the normal order is sometimes confused. The pregnancy is too short. [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sweetbabyjames.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#12: &#8220;But Honestly, How Are You Feeling?&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/2504/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2504</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[There is an expectation with pregnancy that growing a life leads to glowing. The question, "How are you feeling?" is supposed to elicit maybe some talk about morning sickness, followed quickly by, "But we're so excited." The words "prenatal depression" are rarely heard even in the rare case they are acknowledged by the expectant mom. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There is an expectation with pregnancy that growing a life leads to glowing. The question, How are you feeling? is supposed to elicit maybe some talk about morning sickness, followed quickly by, But were so excited. The words prenatal depression are rare]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There is an expectation with pregnancy that growing a life leads to glowing. The question, "How are you feeling?" is supposed to elicit maybe some talk about morning sickness, followed quickly by, "But we're so excited." The words "prenatal depression" are rarely heard even in the rare case they are acknowledged by the expectant mom. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e12_cocoonstories_AnnieAppel.mp3" length="31.2" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is an expectation with pregnancy that growing a life leads to glowing. The question, "How are you feeling?" is supposed to elicit maybe some talk about morning sickness, followed quickly by, "But we're so excited." The words "prenatal depression" are rarely heard even in the rare case they are acknowledged by the expectant mom.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_9732.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_9732.jpg</url>
		<title>#12: &#8220;But Honestly, How Are You Feeling?&#8221;</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:34</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[There is an expectation with pregnancy that growing a life leads to glowing. The question, "How are you feeling?" is supposed to elicit maybe some talk about morning sickness, followed quickly by, "But we're so excited." The words "prenatal depression" are rarely heard even in the rare case they are acknowledged by the expectant mom.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_9732.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>#11: On the Brink of Something Big</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/that-first-pregnancy/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2501</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[We talked to some soon-to-be-moms about this, their first pregnancy, to find out how they are feeling, what they are thinking, and what their story is as they are on the brink of becoming someone new. Someone's mom.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[We talked to some soon-to-be-moms about this, their first pregnancy, to find out how they are feeling, what they are thinking, and what their story is as they are on the brink of becoming someone new. Someones mom.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[We talked to some soon-to-be-moms about this, their first pregnancy, to find out how they are feeling, what they are thinking, and what their story is as they are on the brink of becoming someone new. Someone's mom.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We talked to some soon-to-be-moms about this, their first pregnancy, to find out how they are feeling, what they are thinking, and what their story is as they are on the brink of becoming someone new. Someone's mom.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/onthe-brink.jpg"></itunes:image>
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		<title>#11: On the Brink of Something Big</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[We talked to some soon-to-be-moms about this, their first pregnancy, to find out how they are feeling, what they are thinking, and what their story is as they are on the brink of becoming someone new. Someone's mom.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/onthe-brink.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#10: What Does &#8220;Healthy Birth&#8221; Even Mean?</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/what-does-healthy-childbirth-even-mean/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2494</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Among her 5 children, Alanna Smith has had just about every type of childbirth experience you can have, and each one has left an impression and shaped her perspective. In episode 10 she shares the ups and downs of childbirth—and how, by the time she had her 4th baby, she found what she was looking for in a healthy birth.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Among her 5 children, Alanna Smith has had just about every type of childbirth experience you can have, and each one has left an impression and shaped her perspective. In episode 10 she shares the ups and downs of childbirth—and how, by the time she had ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Among her 5 children, Alanna Smith has had just about every type of childbirth experience you can have, and each one has left an impression and shaped her perspective. In episode 10 she shares the ups and downs of childbirth—and how, by the time she had her 4th baby, she found what she was looking for in a healthy birth.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e10_cocoonstories_alannasmith.mp3" length="32.2" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Among her 5 children, Alanna Smith has had just about every type of childbirth experience you can have, and each one has left an impression and shaped her perspective. In episode 10 she shares the ups and downs of childbirth—and how, by the time she had her 4th baby, she found what she was looking for in a healthy birth.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/alanna2.jpeg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/alanna2.jpeg</url>
		<title>#10: What Does &#8220;Healthy Birth&#8221; Even Mean?</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>35:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Among her 5 children, Alanna Smith has had just about every type of childbirth experience you can have, and each one has left an impression and shaped her perspective. In episode 10 she shares the ups and downs of childbirth—and how, by the time she had her 4th baby, she found what she was looking for in a healthy birth.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/alanna2.jpeg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#9: &#8220;My Joy Is Always Tainted&#8221; (part 2 of 2)</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/9-my-joy-is-always-tainted-part-2-of-2/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2016 10:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2468</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[In episode 8, Misty told us about how when she was 18, she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that made it a really bad idea for her to have biological children, and about the first few disappointments she and her husband went through as they pursued growing their family through adoption. In this episode [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In episode 8, Misty told us about how when she was 18, she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that made it a really bad idea for her to have biological children, and about the first few disappointments she and her husband went through as they purs]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In episode 8, Misty told us about how when she was 18, she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that made it a really bad idea for her to have biological children, and about the first few disappointments she and her husband went through as they pursued growing their family through adoption. In this episode [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e09_cocoonstories_mistybrough2.mp3" length="52.8" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In episode 8, Misty told us about how when she was 18, she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that made it a really bad idea for her to have biological children, and about the first few disappointments she and her husband went through as they pursued growing their family through adoption. In this episode [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mistyandkids.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mistyandkids.jpg</url>
		<title>#9: &#8220;My Joy Is Always Tainted&#8221; (part 2 of 2)</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>57:44</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In episode 8, Misty told us about how when she was 18, she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that made it a really bad idea for her to have biological children, and about the first few disappointments she and her husband went through as they pursued growing their family through adoption. In this episode [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mistyandkids.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#8: &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Want You To Bear Children&#8221; (part 1 of 2)</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/8-i-dont-want-you-to-bear-children-part-1-of-2/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 02:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2465</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[At 18, Misty was a college freshman enjoying the freedom of life away from home for the first time. Then she got sick, and her life changed dramatically. One result: she could no longer safely bear children. Instead she and her husband have adopted 3 children—and brought many others into their family as well. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[At 18, Misty was a college freshman enjoying the freedom of life away from home for the first time. Then she got sick, and her life changed dramatically. One result: she could no longer safely bear children. Instead she and her husband have adopted 3 chi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[At 18, Misty was a college freshman enjoying the freedom of life away from home for the first time. Then she got sick, and her life changed dramatically. One result: she could no longer safely bear children. Instead she and her husband have adopted 3 children—and brought many others into their family as well. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e08_cocoonstories_mistybrough1.mp3" length="34288435.2" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[At 18, Misty was a college freshman enjoying the freedom of life away from home for the first time. Then she got sick, and her life changed dramatically. One result: she could no longer safely bear children. Instead she and her husband have adopted 3 children—and brought many others into their family as well.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mistysfamily1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mistysfamily1.jpg</url>
		<title>#8: &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Want You To Bear Children&#8221; (part 1 of 2)</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>35:48</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[At 18, Misty was a college freshman enjoying the freedom of life away from home for the first time. Then she got sick, and her life changed dramatically. One result: she could no longer safely bear children. Instead she and her husband have adopted 3 children—and brought many others into their family as well.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mistysfamily1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#7: I Never Stopped Building My Life</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/7-i-never-stopped-building-my-life/</link>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2015 02:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2462</guid>
	<description><![CDATA["I never stopped building my life," Gloria says. At 17, she found herself pregnant and abandoned. At 18 she gave birth to her baby in a new country where she hardly spoke the language. Since then she has continued to work and to make something beautiful from the unexpected life she found herself in. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[I never stopped building my life, Gloria says. At 17, she found herself pregnant and abandoned. At 18 she gave birth to her baby in a new country where she hardly spoke the language. Since then she has continued to work and to make something beautiful fr]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA["I never stopped building my life," Gloria says. At 17, she found herself pregnant and abandoned. At 18 she gave birth to her baby in a new country where she hardly spoke the language. Since then she has continued to work and to make something beautiful from the unexpected life she found herself in. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e07_cocoonstories_gloriasanchez.mp3" length="37.3" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA["I never stopped building my life," Gloria says. At 17, she found herself pregnant and abandoned. At 18 she gave birth to her baby in a new country where she hardly spoke the language. Since then she has continued to work and to make something beautiful from the unexpected life she found herself in.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gloriaandtansy1.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gloriaandtansy1.jpg</url>
		<title>#7: I Never Stopped Building My Life</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>41:00</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA["I never stopped building my life," Gloria says. At 17, she found herself pregnant and abandoned. At 18 she gave birth to her baby in a new country where she hardly spoke the language. Since then she has continued to work and to make something beautiful from the unexpected life she found herself in.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gloriaandtansy1.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#6: The Ups and Downs of Breastfeeding</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/6-the-ups-and-downs-of-breastfeeding/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2458</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Best things about breastfeeding: bonding, still moments, connection, losing the baby weight. Worst things: lack of sleep, hallucinations, insanity, depression. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Best things about breastfeeding: bonding, still moments, connection, losing the baby weight. Worst things: lack of sleep, hallucinations, insanity, depression.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Best things about breastfeeding: bonding, still moments, connection, losing the baby weight. Worst things: lack of sleep, hallucinations, insanity, depression. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e06_cocoonstories_breastfeeding.mp3" length="33918389" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Best things about breastfeeding: bonding, still moments, connection, losing the baby weight. Worst things: lack of sleep, hallucinations, insanity, depression.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Scarlett-and-boys.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Scarlett-and-boys.jpg</url>
		<title>#6: The Ups and Downs of Breastfeeding</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>35:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Best things about breastfeeding: bonding, still moments, connection, losing the baby weight. Worst things: lack of sleep, hallucinations, insanity, depression.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Scarlett-and-boys.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#5: Not My Mother&#8217;s Story</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/not-my-mothers-story/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2456</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Many women experience fear during pregnancy: fear of pain, fear that something is wrong with the baby, even fear of death—their own or the baby’s. But not many women have actual first-hand experience with the realities of maternal mortality. Suvi does. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Many women experience fear during pregnancy: fear of pain, fear that something is wrong with the baby, even fear of death—their own or the baby’s. But not many women have actual first-hand experience with the realities of maternal mortality. Suvi does.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many women experience fear during pregnancy: fear of pain, fear that something is wrong with the baby, even fear of death—their own or the baby’s. But not many women have actual first-hand experience with the realities of maternal mortality. Suvi does. ]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e05_cocoonstories_suvilambson.mp3" length="23592960" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many women experience fear during pregnancy: fear of pain, fear that something is wrong with the baby, even fear of death—their own or the baby’s. But not many women have actual first-hand experience with the realities of maternal mortality. Suvi does.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/suvi.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/suvi.jpg</url>
		<title>#5: Not My Mother&#8217;s Story</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>23:24</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Many women experience fear during pregnancy: fear of pain, fear that something is wrong with the baby, even fear of death—their own or the baby’s. But not many women have actual first-hand experience with the realities of maternal mortality. Suvi does.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/suvi.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#4: Incompatible With Life</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/4-incompatible-with-life-stillbirth-pregnancy/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2447</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re 20 weeks pregnant and it looks like something is wrong with the baby. How do you spend the rest of the pregnancy? Jodie and Adrian tell us how they handled a worst case scenario and came out of it feeling strengthened, loved, and grateful.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[You&#8217;re 20 weeks pregnant and it looks like something is wrong with the baby. How do you spend the rest of the pregnancy? Jodie and Adrian tell us how they handled a worst case scenario and came out of it feeling strengthened, loved, and grateful.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[You&#8217;re 20 weeks pregnant and it looks like something is wrong with the baby. How do you spend the rest of the pregnancy? Jodie and Adrian tell us how they handled a worst case scenario and came out of it feeling strengthened, loved, and grateful.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e04_cocoonstories_JodieAdrian.mp3" length="60824933" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[You&#8217;re 20 weeks pregnant and it looks like something is wrong with the baby. How do you spend the rest of the pregnancy? Jodie and Adrian tell us how they handled a worst case scenario and came out of it feeling strengthened, loved, and grateful.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-06-at-9.23.35-PM.png"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-06-at-9.23.35-PM.png</url>
		<title>#4: Incompatible With Life</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:03:22</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re 20 weeks pregnant and it looks like something is wrong with the baby. How do you spend the rest of the pregnancy? Jodie and Adrian tell us how they handled a worst case scenario and came out of it feeling strengthened, loved, and grateful.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-06-at-9.23.35-PM.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#3: The Birth of a Podcast</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/3-the-birth-of-a-podcast/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2441</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[There is always hope that out of every difficult, painful experience, there is something good to be gained. Lizzie tells about her own losses and struggles and her hope that Cocoon Stories will help her—and others—find a silver lining. Listen in iTunes here.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[There is always hope that out of every difficult, painful experience, there is something good to be gained. Lizzie tells about her own losses and struggles and her hope that Cocoon Stories will help her—and others—find a silver lining. Listen in iTunes h]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[There is always hope that out of every difficult, painful experience, there is something good to be gained. Lizzie tells about her own losses and struggles and her hope that Cocoon Stories will help her—and others—find a silver lining. Listen in iTunes here.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e03_cocoonstories_LizzieMicah.mp3" length="36022825" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is always hope that out of every difficult, painful experience, there is something good to be gained. Lizzie tells about her own losses and struggles and her hope that Cocoon Stories will help her—and others—find a silver lining. Listen in iTunes here.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/perfectdayincentralpark.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/perfectdayincentralpark.jpg</url>
		<title>#3: The Birth of a Podcast</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>37:31</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[cocoon]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[There is always hope that out of every difficult, painful experience, there is something good to be gained. Lizzie tells about her own losses and struggles and her hope that Cocoon Stories will help her—and others—find a silver lining. Listen in iTunes here.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/perfectdayincentralpark.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
</item>

<item>
	<title>#2: Cancer Has No Place in this Family</title>
	<link>https://cocoonstories.com/podcast/2-cancer-has-no-place-in-this-family/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoon]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cocoonstories.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2437</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Annie and Ben Howington share their experience of helping their daughter fight childhood cancer—and what it did to their family.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Annie and Ben Howington share their experience of helping their daughter fight childhood cancer—and what it did to their family.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Annie and Ben Howington share their experience of helping their daughter fight childhood cancer—and what it did to their family.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/listen.cocoonstories.com/e02_cocoonstories_AnnieBen.mp3" length="33743272" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Annie and Ben Howington share their experience of helping their daughter fight childhood cancer—and what it did to their family.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/annieandlila.jpg"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://cocoonstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/annieandlila.jpg</url>
		<title>#2: Cancer Has No Place in this Family</title>
	</image>
	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>35:09</itunes:duration>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2015 04:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[A sneak peek at what's coming. Full episodes begin August 26th.]]></description>
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