Erika

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I knew I had to do it from the moment I found out.

2021 Qatar

I’m relieved more than anything. I do not want to bring a child in this world without being fully prepared.

I have been taking combination pills for almost 3 years now, but there were times when I forget to take it. The moment I didn’t bleed after 21 days was the moment I knew I was pregnant. A week later, I started having consistent nausea and tender breasts. I knew I didn’t want to have a child from the start and so I resorted to searching for ways to have natural miscarriage (high dosage of vitamins c, unripe papaya, ginger teas) but none of them worked. By luck, I came across womenonweb and found out that I can have a safe medical abortion in my first trimester. At that time, it has been around 7 weeks after my last period. So I donated right away, and received the package in 9 days. The fear that customs will block its delivery scared me more than the actual procedure. I took the mifepristone the night before that I got it, and took the first 4 misopostrol 22 hours after. I drank 2 panadols 30 mins before 1 took the misopostrol. I felt cramping right after and it gets sharp occasionally. No bleeding, but there was diarrhea. After 3 hours, I took 2 more misopostrol, and 20 mins after I started throwing up, with some of the pills still in my mouth. I bled simultaneously and some clots went out. When I peed, a greyish sac a size of a golf ball came out, but I still have mild cramping and blood clots whenever I pee. It’s been 5 hours as I’m writing this. The breast tenderness is not like before, but I am still feeling a bit nauseous. Don’t be scared. You will get through it.

Did the illegality of your abortion affect your feelings?

It did. It’s illegal to get pregnant out of wedlock, so I didn’t even get an ultrasound. Waiting for customs to clear the package is the most scary part.

How did other people react to your abortion?

Nobody knew. Just one friend.

Bia Li

Me encontro na cama deitada nesse momento, após ter passado um dia inteiro no…

Frances

Feeling like myself again

Kamila

Ożyłam

Amanda

E não me arrependo, não se culpe por isso
Você é dona de si.
Eu sou bem jovem

Lucero Lucero

Creo que por fin tuve control de mi vida.

Florencia

No podía quedar embarazada, las posibilidades para que eso suceda (según los…

Dália

Eu li uns 100 depoimentos que me ajudaram muito ,então decidi escrever para…

Cela B

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Domi

Cześć stwierdziłam że wreszcie tu napiszę. Aborcje przeprowadziłam jakoś po…

Jessica

No estaba lista para ser madre, no se si algún día lo estaré.

Barbara

MAM PRAWO DECYDOWAĆ

Daisy

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

Ididit

Miałam aborcję wykonaną farmakologicznymi środkami otrzymanymi od Fundacji…

Lisal M. C

It was a big decided that I made in my life. I had a complexity relationship…

Dita

I choose abortion hard at the beginning but I know this is the right choice

VIcky

Yo aborte

BC

Depois de algum tempo lendo os depoimentos por aqui, decidi deixar também o meu.