Category Archives: Pregnancy
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Which Personal Care Products Should be Avoided While Pregnant?
When you’re expecting a child, your world changes, and so does the way you view everyday habits, including your personal care routine. From the lotion you use to the shampoo in your shower,…
What I Didn’t Know About Adoption
People make a lot of assumptions about adoption. About why mothers (families) voluntarily place babies for adoption, and why individuals and/or couples look to adoption to grow their family. A lot of clichés…
Things to Know About Adoption
Social workers have really interesting jobs. I work in an office full of social workers and I am constantly amazed at their ability to tackle difficult conversations with clients about difficult life circumstances.…
Maternal Mental Health
The Blue Dot (https://www.thebluedotproject.org/) has become a symbol of solidarity for families that have experienced perinatal mood disorders. Hopeful Beginnings is proud to offer free counseling services that help empower and heal families.…
A Mother’s Counseling Journey
Although my pregnancy started off as planned, it quickly went off course due to all the chaos within my personal life. For years I battled with anxiety disorder and depression, but I was…
Pregnancy Taking Care of Yourself
At Hopeful Beginnings, we talk a lot with mothers and families about taking care of themselves during pregnancy and after baby is born. As a social service agency that provides counseling, generally we…
What are the Signs of Perinatal Depression
Depression or anxiety that occurs during pregnancy is called perinatal depression or perinatal anxiety. Perinatal depression can include symptoms such as; frequent crying, mood swings, irritability, extreme fatigue, difficulty concentrating, sleep problems, loss…
Hopeful Beginnings 2022 in Review
As we wind down 2022, I want to take time to reflect on the best present that we can give this season and that is the gift of hope. On so many occasions…
Teen Parenting Intern’s Story
Hi, my name is Jessica, and I’m one of the teen parenting interns for the 2022-2023 school year. I’m a first-year MSW student at Loyola University Chicago. In May 2022, I graduated from…
A New Mom’s Counseling Success Story
Not every story at Hopeful Beginnings ends on a joyous note but when they do, we celebrate those moments with our clients. Here is one of the incredible stories that we were so…
Child Birth Education
Child Birth Education – if you ask my husband, the two full days of childbirth education I asked (forced?) him to attend with me at the hospital were among the longest two days…
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