"I had nowhere to go," `Suzanne' said. "My sister told me about the Haven. I had never heard of it before."

So, Suzanne said, she arrived at the teen home just after her two-month-old child was born.

"I don't like it here because there are too many rules," Suzanne said. "And we can't have TV's in our rooms."

The young mother also said one of the hardest adjustments for her has been having to live with seven other women, many of whom are not as tidy as she is.

"Other girls not picking up after themselves really irritates me," she said.

But Suzanne doesn't have to endure her dislikes any longer because on the week-end she is leaving the Haven for good.

"I'm going to live with a family member," she said.

The high school graduate said she plans to attend college in the future to fulfil her dreams of becoming a nurse.

When asked whether she ever envisioned herself having a new-born and no place to call home, Suzanne said: "I never thought I would end up here.

"But I know I will never come back."

`Stephanie' however sees the Haven in a different light. The 20-year-old is awaiting the birth of her first child on Christmas day.

"I plan on living here for as long as I'm allowed to stay," she told The Royal Gazette.

While Stephanie said "behavioural problems" caused her to become homeless, the former college student said she has no regrets.

"I'm on my own and feel a lot better," she said.

Although she is over eight months' pregnant, Stephanie said she still could not believe that she was going to be a mother.

"It has not hit me yet. Sometimes I think that I'm not even pregnant, until the baby kicks," she said.

And although the father of her child is not in her life anymore, Stephanie said she was prepared to do the best she can for her baby.

"I will give it everything that I could not have. That's love," she said as her eyes began to well up with tears.

While she called the Teen Haven an "okay" place to live, Stephanie said she is looking at the broader picture.

"I have to work things out for myself so that my child can have a good life."