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2021 Egypt

Somehow this whole process changed my mind and made me realize that I would like to be a mother at some point, but definitely not right now, so I do feel relieved about being so fortunate to have this experience be as safe and as comfortable as it was. I’m definitely lucky. It definitely could have been worse.

Surprisingly fine. I expected it to be excruciating and intolerable, but it ended up being just extremely painful. My boyfriend and I rented a hotel room for 2 days and stocked up on pain medicine, food, tea and sanitary pads. He was very helpful and supportive. I put a hot water bottle on my stomach and we slept through the pain. When we were awake we binge watched TV shows. After the sac was passed, I bled for like 2 or 3 weeks maybe, I would get cramps and have to use pain medicine. The doctor prescribed another medicine after the abortion ended in order to empty my uterus. This medicine caused leg cramps that somehow still exist till now. I’m now on my first period after the abortion.

I’m not married to my boyfriend so it’s impossible to have a child in my country. We were only 7 months into the relationship when we had to deal with that. And even if we were married, it’s still too early in our lives and careers to be parents.

Did the illegality of your abortion affect your feelings?

It made me really scared and worried about which gynecologist to visit. I had to ask around a lot of people. The day we visited the gynecologist for the first time i was shaking and out of breath. But it went well thankfully.

How did other people react to your abortion?

Only 2 people + my boyfriend know. They were all very supportive thankfully.

Madison

Una lucha constante.

Fernanda

Descobri que estava grávida no dia do meu aniversário, na época, sem nenhum…

Jaq

I was 21, and nowhere near ready or willing to carry and birth a child because…

Jordan

The reviews were scary and I was afraid of what would happen when I took the…

Bia

E no começo me arrependi mas vi que seria a melhor opção, e escrevendo meu…

Emma

I got pregnant the first time I had sex. I was just 18 and knew nothing. I was…

Bel

Tak, miałam aborcję

Beata

Informacja o ciąży przeraziła mnie...nie potrafiłam się z tym pogodzić, byłam…

Beth

No estaba 10% segura pero lo hice,
Yo aborte.

Olivia

J'ai avorté et je me sens très bien

Urszula

Po porodzie miałam postanowienie, wiecej dzieci nie chcę, mój ginekolog dobrze…

Ale

Muy difícil decisión

Ianne

A cry of freedom for all women who are dictated by the mentality of the norms…

SD

I had an abortion. It was in October of 2008, when I was 21. The guy I was…

Karolina

Przez problemy z tarczycą, totalnie rozregulował mi się cykl… i doszło do tego…

Javi

La historia, tal cual, detrás mi aborto

Bruna Campos

Minha história é um pouco longa,mas vou procurar contar tudo detalhadamente…

Mireya Mireya

Y no siento culpa, dolor o pena se que aún sigue siendo tabú en México por la…