Rita-Marie Goudreau, a Certified Nurse Midwife with The Adler Center, talks about our monthly Women's Health Seminars.

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Many women have questions about what they should be doing to prepare themselves to become pregnant. Should they be taking vitamins? Should they be eating certain types of foods? Should they stop exercising at the gym? ...and many more. Pam Becker, one of our midwives, will be hosting this month's Women's Health Seminar on Preconception. She will be providing information about things you can do while trying to become pregnant.

The seminar will be held on Monday, September 27th from 6:30pm-7:30pm at our Woodbridge Office. Please feel free to bring a friend! Light refreshments will be provided.

We I have a sad beginning and a wonderful ending. In 2000 I had a son, Kyle, that was "stillborn" according to the doctor's statement. So a year and three months later, you could imagine how my husband, my then 5 year old son and I felt when we learned I was pregnant again. In fact we didn't even discuss it for three days - we didn't really even speak. I was excited, my faith had led me to believe that no matter what, God always has a plan and even though I may not like it, that is the way he has planned it for us. So, with that faith I was certain that NOTHING would happen to this baby.

Of course I didn't go back to the doctor/midwife that had delivered my son, Kyle. I actually started with a new doctor, Doctor Anderson, who was wonderful, unfortunately, he only delivered at one hospital, the same in which Kyle was born, which is not someplace you would want to go back to remember and face again. So with that, I asked Dr. Anderson, who knew my situation, for a referral to someone he trusted. He gave me a name and I thought I would try a couple of others just to feel everything out and make sure I got a great doctor. I made trips to Maryland and Richmond, (well, half-way to Richmond, I decided that was really just too far) and just couldn't find a doctor that made me feel 100% positive about him.

Any loving caregiver--married or single, related or not- can be an effective sexuality educator. For simplicity, we refer to all caregivers as parents. Children learn their values by constantly watching the people who care for them-by seeing what you do and how you act. Children begin learning about sexuality when they are infants, and they are sensitive to a parent's silent signals. By the time children start school, they already know a lot about human sexuality, especially their own.

This document is about ways you can teach your child about sexuality. Sexuality education is not just about sex. Sexuality education includes sex, but also the roles, behaviors and values people associate with being a man or woman.

Sexuality is both physical and emotional. You can see it in everything we do: the clothes we wear, the way we walk, the way we talk, how we show affection and in many everyday events. Good sexuality education is based on the idea that loving and caring parents actively discover a child's needs for information and then find ways to fill those needs. Even adolescents in their mid-teens are still learning from you. (Yes, you can talk to your teenager about sexuality!)

I have worked here at The Adler Center for three and a half years seeing both obstetrical and gynecological patients. Prior to my position here, I have worked in Georgia, Massachusetts, St. Thomas and California. Originally, I am from England. I left there eleven and a half years ago to come and work in the USA for about 1-3 years.....

My hobbies are mainly (other than shopping, of course), crafty types, as I love "making things". I have also been known to dabble in a woodwork project or two. When my eyes need a change of scenery, traveling is on my list of things to do - vacation time is never wasted if I've been on a plane to go somewhere.

I recently finished a twelve week basic Spanish course. I am nowhere near fluent, but I do try. Perhaps one time I'll spend my vacation in a Spanish speaking country!

So far our monthly E-Newsletter has had terrific response. More and more people are signing up to receive it daily. The purpose of our E-Newsletter is to provide you, our reader, with current information on health issues as well information about The Adler Center and our staff. Let us know what you would like to see in our next E-Newsletter by clicking the link below. If you aren't already on our email list and would like to receive our monthly E-Newsletter, click here.

We have also been updating our website monthly. Our goal is to keep you informed with current information. So far we've added the ability to obtain information about our practice such as appointment scheduling, patient forms, medical records and our prescription line. We've added links to our E-Newsletter issues and even a video to our site. Information about our Monthly Women's Health Seminars is also available through our Resources page. After each seminar, we place an article on the web with the information that was provided to the attendees. Check out our Resource page and our Contact Us page and let us know what you think!

Our subscribers have loved reading our baby stories each month. Many people have told us that they can't wait until the next E-Newsletter to read another! If your baby was delivered by The Adler Center, and you would like to share your experience on our E-Newsletter, we urge you to write an article and email it to us. Don't forget to send a picture to go along with the article!

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