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Nourishing You and Your Baby: Building a Strong Place for Your Baby’s Growth Part One
Pregnancy is a miraculous journey filled with joy and anticipation, but it can also be a time of uncertainty and worry, especially if it's unexpected. As a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, you are likely experiencing a lot of different emotions, and you wonder if...
Finding Support for You and Your Baby (part two)
In our last blog, we discussed the importance of laying down the tracks of emotional and medical support to make you feel more secure and to help make your months of pregnancy more healthy, stable, and even melodious. In addition to having an emotional and medical...
Finding Support for You and Your Baby (part one)
Sweet is the melody, so hard to come by– It's so hard to make every note bend just right. You lay down the hours and leave not one trace, But a tune for the dancing is there in its place. -Iris DeMent When you first find out that a new life is forming inside you,...
Making Ends Meet: Where To Go For Free Food and Supplies
When you’re unexpectedly expecting, and you’re beginning to feel the weight of the responsibility of staying healthy not only for yourself but for the growing life within you, it can feel heavy. We understand the worries you have. You might be wondering: How can I eat...
I think I might be pregnant. How do I know, and what should I do?
Your period was supposed to start. It didn’t. . .yet. Could you be pregnant? We know how it feels to wonder but not know. It can be scary, and you may feel alone or overwhelmed about what this possible pregnancy could mean for you and for your future. At Hope Rising,...
Can I Reverse the Effects of the Abortion Pill?
You’ve changed your mind. Now what? You’ve taken the first of 2 medications to induce an abortion, but you’re second-guessing that decision. If you’re within the 24-72 hour window and have not taken the second pill, it may not be too late to save your pregnancy....