Tag: Financial readiness
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$113 Billion in Unpaid Child Support: What Raising a Child Can Cost in Los Angeles
By L.A. Loss & Abortion Doula “You can always get child support.” For a woman considering whether to continue a pregnancy, that reassurance may leave important questions unanswered. How much support would arrive? Would payments be consistent? Could she cover rent, diapers, child care, and transportation if that money did not come? A published analysis…
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Before You Call Life a Gift, Evaluate the Branch
The In Between: For the Woman Deciding Whether to Continue Her Pregnancy I was listening to an Alan Watts lecture once, and he made an observation that stuck with me. Imagine an alien arriving on Earth and trying to understand what this strange planet does. It might look around and conclude: The Earth peoples. The…
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Before the Test
Preconception Reflection & the Wisdom of Rilke A Doula’s Guide to Listening to Your Life Before Pregnancy Begins Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet is a small but powerful book composed of ten letters written between 1902 and 1908. A young aspiring poet named Franz Kappus had reached out to Rilke for guidance,…