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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.

Daisy

I had an abortion about seven years ago when I was 16. I was in an abusive…

Andy

Decidí sobre mi futuro.

Vale

Mi hijo se transformó en una estrella.
Ahora veo a los demás de otra manera.
A…

Katarzyna

Nie mogłam mieć dziecka z kilku powodów: jeszcze się uczę, chłopak w ogóle nie…

Alejandra

Tomé una desición

Evelyn

I discovered I was pregnant. It was about 5 weeks and 4 days old. I did an…

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znów mogę cieszyć się życiem...

Lola

mifepristona + misoprostol

Raquel Monterrey

I spoke with the spirit of my child before my abortion. That spirit who was…

Frida Ku

La experiencia que me cambio.

Daisy

Miałam aborcję. I nie jestem z tego dumna.
19 lutego 2020 roku zrobiłam test…

Daniela

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

Paula Paula

Miałam aborcję... to była trudna decyzja, nigdy nie zapomnę...

Esperanza

El adiós más difícil.

Naad

I had an abortion when I was 23 years old

Yukino

Yo aborte