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		<title>The Brutal, Beautiful Truth About Motherhood (And Why It Made Me a Stronger Woman)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Before I became a mother, I didn’t believe my life would change so [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before I became a mother, I didn’t believe my life would change so radically. It was just a dream to complete my existence, to give my life some meaning, and a bunch of other silly things that were stuck in my head back then… so I had to become a mom at all costs. So many women had done it, why not me?? It’s a piece of cake — a simple walk in the park — because I (unlike many other unfit…</p>
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