Evelyn

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I discovered I was pregnant. It was about 5 weeks and 4 days old. I did an abortion on 18th April 2014. I took 12 misoprostol tablets, no mifepristone. I was alone and scared. I had bouts of fever and severe nausea and almost vomitted the second dose after 3 hours. I had very bad cramps that night and continued to bleed very heavily over the next few days. On the whole I took almost 800mg of ibuprofen daily and woke up early every morning with cramps so bad I could hardly breathe. I bled from April 18th through September. 6 months! Not continuously and not heavily but I remember completely losing myself. Some days I will not bleed at all. Sometimes even for a week or two. Then the bleeding would start again. I didn't go for an ultra sound because of fear, indecisiveness and hostility. I faced a lot of hostility while trying to procure misoprostol. Some pharmacies admitted they had it but still won't sell to me. The cramping stopped after about 3weeks but the bleeding felt like it had come to stay. Since then I still have bouts of severe abdominal pain every once in a while. I'll go for a check up soon.

2014 Nigeria

Scary

Did the illegality of your abortion affect your feelings?

Yes. A lot. People are so annoying, pretentious and judgemental. And all the pain is on the woman!

How did other people react to your abortion?

Nobody knew really.

Baby

Nunca me senti tão sozinha!

Andy

Decidí sobre mi futuro.

Nahir

Hice lo mejor que pude.

Mitzi .

I had an abortion. And i know that was the best choice.

Javiera

Yo aborte en Chile, en pandemia gracias a Wow

Micaela Mica

Debo decir que no me senti ni culpable ni arrepentida en ningún momento al…

Naad

I had an abortion when I was 23 years old

Daniela

Yo aborté y es la mejor decisión que pude haber tomado.

mery elizabeth

tomando la decisión de mi vida

Génesis

Hola. Esta es mi experiencia.
Tengo 17 años actualmente, no soy virgen pero…

Jay

I had a medical abortion when i was 18 years old at 5 weeks pregnant. Yes, it…

Magui

La mejor decisión

Fabiana

y te lo cuento

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