tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14499419232542990972012-01-04T23:18:54.622-05:00Meant to be Loved...Professional Labour SupportMehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635986523916981049noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449941923254299097.post-88761078806001849652011-10-15T13:24:00.002-04:002011-10-17T13:29:00.331-04:00Welcome Keira!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4VHF0dlQdnc/TpxlH_3G1jI/AAAAAAAAAnw/oCZVKYinvPA/s1600/320704_606288441549_60801561_32830733_1424522846_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4VHF0dlQdnc/TpxlH_3G1jI/AAAAAAAAAnw/oCZVKYinvPA/s320/320704_606288441549_60801561_32830733_1424522846_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"><b>Welcome to the world Keira!</b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1449941923254299097-8876107880600184965?l=meanttobeloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635986523916981049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449941923254299097.post-27755943890103074392011-07-12T18:05:00.002-04:002011-08-27T20:45:44.583-04:00Welcome Luna!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-21fs1trTe-w/TdFt4lAREwI/AAAAAAAAAkY/RGF3i24jWPI/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-21fs1trTe-w/TdFt4lAREwI/AAAAAAAAAkY/RGF3i24jWPI/s320/073.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">Welcome to the world Leonardo!</span></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1449941923254299097-116319352309244909?l=meanttobeloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635986523916981049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449941923254299097.post-15553164043826284032010-10-13T14:24:00.009-04:002011-05-16T14:28:55.355-04:00Welcome Isobel!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ftoVoD2E-Qs/TdFseevhxhI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/0t8-hx7uclY/s1600/1013102134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ftoVoD2E-Qs/TdFseevhxhI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/0t8-hx7uclY/s320/1013102134.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">Welcome to the world Isobel!</span></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1449941923254299097-1555316404382628403?l=meanttobeloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635986523916981049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449941923254299097.post-33003206689373355742010-06-02T14:45:00.000-04:002010-06-02T14:45:22.122-04:00We have a winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/TAamIPHKXtI/AAAAAAAAAjk/neiBmcM4DaU/s1600/rANDOM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/TAamIPHKXtI/AAAAAAAAAjk/neiBmcM4DaU/s320/rANDOM.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the Winner is Kim L. !!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congrats!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for everyone who helped, and donated!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1449941923254299097-3300320668937335574?l=meanttobeloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635986523916981049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449941923254299097.post-26904993016963860872010-05-21T20:02:00.003-04:002010-05-22T07:55:55.544-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Enter for a chance to win Harriet, the wonderful birthing momma, and her little baby boy Alex!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/S_ccdXi3NvI/AAAAAAAAAic/Uj9-TWp-_8k/s1600/harriet1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/S_ccfbZliYI/AAAAAAAAAis/lTSJPCGY4h0/s1600/harriet3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/S_ccfbZliYI/AAAAAAAAAis/lTSJPCGY4h0/s320/harriet3.jpg" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/S_ccgbkB-QI/AAAAAAAAAi0/6Dn4-UOH6LM/s1600/harriet4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/S_ccgbkB-QI/AAAAAAAAAi0/6Dn4-UOH6LM/s320/harriet4.jpg" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">All proceeds with be donated to The Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.foundationformidwifery.org/home"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">http://www.foundationformidwifery.org/home</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, san-serif;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The Foundation For the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM) was formed in 1998 with the original purpose of providing a 501(c) 3 organization for interested individuals to donate to projects of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. Very quickly, however, FAM developed its own identity as an organization with a broad vision of what is needed to advance midwifery in the United States through research, education, and public policy.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">FAM has granted nearly $250,000 to more than 20 programs after its first grant in 2003. Program areas that have been funded include critical research on the midwifery model of care and training programs for those serving vulnerable populations of birthing women.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Tickets are $2 each or 3 tickets for $5!</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Thank you for supporting midwifery!</span></span></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">raffle ends at 5pm EST 6.1.10</span></span></span></b></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" /><br /><input name="hosted_button_id" type="hidden" value="UWYVU5VSULUFU" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><input alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" border="0" name="submit" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" type="image" /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /></span></span></form><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1449941923254299097-2690499301696386087?l=meanttobeloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635986523916981049noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449941923254299097.post-65324778866749962542010-04-26T11:37:00.003-04:002010-04-26T12:35:28.643-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/S9WzH3PSaYI/AAAAAAAAAh0/Q6J-u5ziN0c/s1600/kids2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QdFZXvqjeeY/S9WzH3PSaYI/AAAAAAAAAh0/Q6J-u5ziN0c/s400/kids2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1449941923254299097-6532477886674996254?l=meanttobeloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01635986523916981049noreply@blogger.com0