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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Oh wow

Posted by Lani at 7:54 AM
Labels: Doulas, Humor, Pain in Childbirth, Spreading the word

2 comments:

Liz Johnson said...

AWESOME. I love those guys!

September 15, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Sarah H said...

Cute!

September 15, 2009 at 9:32 AM

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