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It is an honor for me to express what the Florida Pregnancy Support Services Program represents to me.  I received FPSSP services at my local pregnancy center and it has been a wonderful experience.  I am dearly grateful that they have been a part of my life. Currently, I take classes on how to care for my baby.  I have a wonderful teacher who makes me feel at home and we can talk about anything.  She is always there for me.  The pregnancy center is the best place to go [...]

I am a 19 year old high school dropout, working two jobs. When my boyfriend and I found out that I was pregnant, we were shocked, scared and excited all at the same time. We were homeless, living in our car, and did not know how we would raise a child. The first thing I did was call my mom because my mom had me at 16, and she stayed at a halfway house until I was born. She told me I needed to find someone who would help us [...]

My name is Kesha. I am 18 years old and just started my second semester of college. I have a beautiful little girl named Anna. This is my story. I was planning to go into the military after graduating from high school. I had excellent grades and had been in JROTC since middle school. I loved it and believed it would save me from the environment I have lived in all my life. My mom was single and told my sister and me that our fathers didn’t even know we [...]

Being 20 years old, it seems I have still not processed the fact that I am pregnant, again. My son is almost 18 months old, and my boyfriend and I are anxious about him being a sibling. I have been very sick this pregnancy, so it has not been a fun experience and the fact that neither one of us are ready for another child has made this whole situation difficult. I am currently not in school nor am I employed, which makes the situation even worse. We live with [...]

I am 43 years old.  I just had a beautiful baby girl.  It is very likely that my precious baby would not have been born had it not been for the services I received through the Florida Pregnancy Support Services Program.  I came to the pregnancy center when I began to suspect I was pregnant.  I took a pregnancy test and, sure enough, I was pregnant.  I was scared and did not think I could go through with the pregnancy.  My youngest child was 14, and the thought of having [...]

My first visit to the pregnancy center was to take a free pregnancy test and verify my pregnancy, so I could apply for benefits. At that point I had no idea that the center would have other great services to offer and that I would soon become a regular at the women’s center. Some of these great services that have benefited me have been the Earn While You Learn program, the bi-weekly mommy support groups and the new breastfeeding support group. When I first visited the center, I had an [...]