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University takes baby steps toward helping student mothers

Devony Taylor is expecting. She is seven months pregnant with her second child. She was carrying her first daughter while attending SJSU, in the fall of 2004. She is one of the 32,746 students enrolled at SJSU in 2008, according to the Office of Institutional Research Web site. (4) comments

Every girl needs the right type of support. Angelina Espino, mother to 3-year-old Marissa, said she wasn't comfortable while she was pregnant at De Anza College. "You kind of get looked down upon, you know, by the younger ones and then, even the teachers. (0) comments

Every girl needs the right type of support. Angelina Espino, mother to 3-year-old Marissa, said she wasn't comfortable while she was pregnant at De Anza College. "You kind of get looked down upon, you know, by the younger ones and then, even the teachers. (4) comments

Angelina Espino, a junior social work major, said she's drawing the line: She isn't having any more children. "My birth control is my daughter," Espino said. She was pregnant with her child, Marissa, while she was attending De Anza College in 2005. For those who don't want children anytime soon, Melinda Chu-Yang, wellness and health promotion coordinator, said each student can get four male condoms, one female condom and one dental dam for free, every day at the Student Health Center. (0) comments

Bonnie Sugiyama, director of the Women's Resource Center, would like students to dress up their speculums. When she worked at the women's center at Cal State Sacramento, she said she held a "Decorate Your Speculum Day" to soothe people's fears about gynecologists and the tools they use. (0) comments




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