First Step Pregnancy Center has repeatedly come onto the umaine campus to try to "educate" people about their options; they are not a center for women. They are anti-choice, and give factually incorrect information out to students about reproductive health. It's sickening and honestly I can't believe it's even allowed on our campus. It makes me uncomfortable that they can occupy space in my school and feed false claims to young students. read more

The people at First Step are so caring and kind. They provide support in a non judgmental way. It's sad that people who favor pregnancy termination are engaged in a smear campaign designed to scare others away from finding help with difficult life decisions. read more

This place doesn't provide abortion or refer to to anywhere that does, although their name and the options listed on their site makes it seem like abortion would be an service they provide, they do not. read more

I just want to thank First Step for being such a wonderful support for our granddaughter when she needed help and guidance. Partly because of your caring, counsel, and material help, we have an adorable great grandson. Please keep up the good work. read more

I've been a doula for almost ten years and I have been training other women to become doulas for three years now. I work with people in all walks of life; rich, poor, single, married, those who have gone through stillbirth and miscarriage, those who are hit hard with postpartum depression. I have seen it all and worked with it all, and as a mother of a large family I have been through a lot of it myself. First Step provides Pregnancy Resources for families. What they do is literally in their name, providing Pregnancy Resources. And this is desperately needed in the community. Society is pro-choice until you make the choice to be a mother, then us women are tend to be left alone. First Step makes sure this does not happen. They offer free parenting and baby care classes. They are the only ones in the area who does this. Even the hospital charges for childbirth education and it is not comprehensive like the program First Step uses. The women's health centers in the area and beyond do not provide classes or resources when expecting a baby, just health care. Mother's need more than health care. They need love, support, and encouragement. You will get Love, Support, and Encouragement at First Step Pregnancy Resource Center. You will leave with a group of women who are mothers who understand what you are growing through supporting you. You will leave with knowledge and confidence on how to take care of your new baby. You will leave with the resources to cloth and diaper your baby to get a head start. You will have constant support even after you had your baby. I can say not just as an experienced doula but as mother who had dealt with severe postpartum depression and anxiety that these women here care and will help and support you. As a mother, not a professional, I have reached out to centers, doctors, and other professionals for help with the severe symptoms I have had to deal with. No one offered more help in all my children than the women at FIrst Step. The same goes when I had a stillborn child. I was left hanging from my medical providers. I was healthy and medically fine after I gave birth to a baby who had died so what more did I need? I needed support, I needed to grieve, I needed people around me who cared. I didn't have these opportunities at a health center or from medical providers. I could have had this opportunity had I found First Step then and not so much later in my life. You can recieve help, services, and support with First Step regardless of where you receive your medical care. You will never leave regretting that you have the knowledge and skills to care for yourself and your new baby. Whether you are having your first baby or your sixth baby, you will gain so much from the classes, support, and resources First Step Offers. You will never regret gaining knowledge in your life read more

This pregnancy "resource" center is anything but. Its sole mission is anti-choice and to persuade those facing an unintended pregnancy to not terminate the pregnancy, while at the same time offering no medical pre-natal care. It is not a medical facility and has no requirement to offer medically factual information or to protect the privacy of the health information of its clients, since it is not HIPAA-regulated. I will always advise women facing an unintended pregnancy to search for answers at a Planned Parenthood facility, which is an actual medical facility, skilled at offering factual information and presenting the choices that American citizens have a legal right to hear about and access if chosen. read more