To make the best, most satisfying decisions about your unexpected pregnancy, you deserve to have your voice heard. As the one who is pregnant, you need time and space to carefully develop and clearly express your views in order to make your choices. Strangely enough, many women in your shoes face this critical decision while […]
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We all like to think we are in control of our lives. And, to some extent, we are. But sometimes life hits us like an enormous wave, throwing us in a direction we never intended to go. An unexpected pregnancy, for instance, can drag us into a whirlpool, spinning out of control. Panic ensues. That’s
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We all like convenience. Drive-up windows. Microwaves. Cell phones. Very convenient. But when what’s at stake is our health, we have to consider what “convenience” may cost us. These days, abortion-by-telemedicine is being touted as a convenient solution to unexpected pregnancies. A medical (“chemical”) abortion that used to require talking in person with an abortion
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You’re holding a positive pregnancy test in your hand. This was not supposed to happen. Not now. But it did. What are you going to do? Your first impulse may be to find a way to reset everything. Restore the old normal. But the “old” you, the one who was never pregnant, no longer exists.
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Even though breastfeeding is one of the best things mothers can do for their babies, many moms find it hard to continue doing it. They often give up long before they want to. The reason? They don’t have enough support. This year’s focus for National Breastfeeding Month is “Support Changes Everything”—a theme that resonates with
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Choosing to give birth to a child—like any other choice—leads to more choices down the road. For women who smoke, the choice to kick that habit may come next. At Choices Pregnancy Center, we support women who make such positive choices for their own health and their child’s. Yet we know that ending an addiction
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Representative picture used. Mia* found out she was pregnant the same day she got accepted to her top-choice college. “This is really going to mess with my plans,” she thought. “After that one night at the party… now this.” She figured she would just have to get an abortion. But her friend Steph* asked her
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Have you ever wondered why we’re called Choices Pregnancy Center? Does that mean we are pro-choice? Or pro-life? If you’re one of the people who wonders, let us take you beyond the hackneyed labels and talk about why we’re here for women making real choices about real lives. What’s a Choice? In order for a
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For decades people have described adoption with words like “giving your child up” or “putting your child up” for adoption. It’s as if they think a mother who makes an adoption plan is just abandoning her child or displaying him for sale! If you’re a pregnant woman in a difficult situation, don’t let those old-fashioned
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At this important intersection, which way will you turn? Once you make that turn, where will that lead you? Will you find yourself on a one-way street, with no way to turn back? Or will you find yourself heading for all the things that matter most to you? If you can’t see around the corner,
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