Does a pregnancy center have anything to do with men’s health? Isn’t pregnancy a women’s issue? Those questions are exactly why we address men’s health related to a pregnancy. To begin with, if there’s a pregnancy, a man has been involved. When he wants to stay involved, supporting his health will promote better outcomes for […]
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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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Women are fascinating and complex human beings. Their health involves the entirety of their bodies, minds, and spirits. It makes sense, then, that serving “women’s health” would promote the well-being of all three facets of a woman. At Choices Pregnancy Center, we promote women’s health in multiple ways. Do you find that surprising? Because pregnancy
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You’ve seen resilient children: the ones who fall down and get back up. The ones who try something, fail, and try again. Resilient kids are problem-solvers. They face the future with confidence and hold onto hope when things get tough. Would you like to raise your child to be resilient too? Raising a resilient child
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Quarantined by COVID? Stuck at home in nasty weather? Laid up, laid off, or otherwise unable to get away from home? Then watch out for rising tension, one of the most common triggers of child abuse. Easy Targets When adults (or older siblings) who are stuck at home become stressed, frustrated, and angry, infants and
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When you face a crisis, you find out how powerful connections are. It goes back to the old saying, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Sometimes, who you know makes the difference between succeeding and failing in tough times.
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Concerns about the coronavirus, COVID 19, have caused uncertainty in many parts of our society. In the midst of the upheaval, we at Choices Pregnancy Center are certain that serving our neighbors’ pregnancy and parenting needs remains our top priority. Therefore, we choose to continue serving, calmly and with appropriate care for our neighbors’ health
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“Minnesota Nice” is alive and well in our community. But many of us feel being “nice” isn’t enough. We see hurting families and individuals, and we want to heal the pain and help people find positive solutions in difficult situations. We want to offer compassion to all those struggling people. Sometimes that can seem impossible.
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A whole lot of people are handicapped by the perception that the best way to say “I love you” is by having sex. How crazy is that? There are literally hundreds of ways to give and receive love. And if we want strong, happy, and healthy relationships, we’ll take the time to figure out which
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Do you ever dream of doing something so great that it changes the world? You know, something people would look up to you for—the way they do human rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. or computer genius Bill Gates, or scientist Louis Pasteur? What if a world-changing accomplishment were within your reach?
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