You’ve probably heard this phrase once or twice in your life before, and if you are currently pregnant, people probably love to tell you exactly what you should be eating and what you shouldn’t. While I am not a medical professional, I am a newly pregnant first-time mom who I trying to make sense of…
So there are a lot of opinions out there about pregnancy and everything that comes with it. People tell you how you should and shouldn’t feel right from the beginning, which I think can create a lot of guilt. Well, I am here to tell you something. All pregnancies are different, and all are surrounded…
Our wonderful client advocate, Tammy, shares her story with our center below. I have loved and believed in the mission of Hope First ever since I first learned about it two years ago. I began volunteering behind the scenes helping with fundraisers and sending out mass mailings. Over that year, I saw the most amazing,…
For most women, the first symptom of pregnancy that they notice is a missed period. Usually, this will prompt them to take a home test or call their doctor. Many women don’t know, however, that just 1 week after your missed period, the baby’s heart begins to BEAT! When I was training to become a client advocate at…
Even for women who are trying to get pregnant, that moment when the pregnancy test is positive, there’s a euphoric feeling of being frozen in time. All of a sudden, so many things in your life will change. You realize, very quickly, that your body is being shared and causing some symptoms like nausea, fatigue, or headaches. Suddenly, this…
I had an awesome conversation this week with our Nurse Manager, Michelle, about how we question whether or not we are where we’re meant to be. We both started our jobs here within the last year and discussed similar stories of our past work experiences. I worked at a mortgage company for a while over…
