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					<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s you and me, and the quiet and the dark. Whether you know it or not, you burrow deeper under my chin, resting your body over my heart. I close my eyes and my hand continues moving in slow circles along your tiny back. You&#8217;ve been lulled to sleep, or maybe you&#8217;ve finally decided that &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/04/02/you-and-me/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">You and Me</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two days before A regular checkup because I&#8217;m past my due date. The doctor looks at the CTG, frowns. She scribbles a note, picks up the phone, and sends me next door to the hospital maternity ward. The midwife explains that I&#8217;m being admitted to be monitored. I ask if I should call my partner. &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/03/21/arrival/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Arrival</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Expecting &#8211; Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You were introduced to DJs and electronic music when you were the size of an ear of corn. And my, did you dance! When you were the size of an eggplant, your papa and I took a walk in woods full of colour. Gentle drops of rain began to fall and we wondered if you &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/03/01/expecting-part-ii/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Expecting &#8211; Part II</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[About ten years ago, I went through a difficult period in which I couldn&#8217;t see a future; I couldn&#8217;t dream. I tried to imagine one, five, ten years into the distance and saw blackness, absence, nothing. It wasn&#8217;t that bad things were happening, but that I couldn&#8217;t see anything at all. I tried the same &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/02/12/a-dream/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Dream</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Getting Ready</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Michelle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently started my time in Mutterschutz, the period from six weeks before my due date until eight weeks after the baby&#8217;s birth in which I am not supposed to work but receive my full salary, paid partially by health insurance. This time of &#8220;mother protection&#8221; is there to help avoid physical or mental strain, &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/01/20/getting-ready/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Getting Ready</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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