Rachelle

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I have had 3 abortions, one clinical, 2 medical. I do not regret those decisions for a minute, although I wish I would have never had to make those choices in the first place. I've never be ashamed of having more then one abortion, but I know others that are. I hope there comes a day when others stop judging and proclaiming things like "it's ok to have an abortion...but only one." Guess what? Shit happens... Things come up that you didn't expect. We don't have complete control over our bodies, as much as we might try sometimes. I'm allowed to make more then one mistake in my lifetime, and that doesn't mean I have no regard for human life. Life is complicated, and no one has to live it but YOU. I'll make the decisions I can live with, you make the decisions you can live with, and let's love and respect each other all the same.

2005 United States (born in United States)

My first AB I went to a clinic a friend worked at. While I was sure of my decsion, they still took care of me and made sure I had concretely solidified things within myself before my proceedure. I later understood how important it is to give women the opportunity to openly discuss their feelings openly before their proceedure, validate the wide range of *normal* emotions that can go along with their decsion, and making sure they had a plan of how to take care of themselves afterwards as needed. I think part of the reason I have never had regrets or second guessing myself is because of the valuable care I got before, during and after my AB. It's unfortunate that not all clinics operate in the same manner, and that care is subjective sometimes...

My preference is for the surgical abortion, but I knew early with my 2nd and 3rd pregnancy and didn't want to wait until 6 wks. so did medical with those. Surgical @ 10wks: local anestetic before, 800mg Motrin and hot water bottle after, strong but tolerable cramps that lasted about 20 minutes post proceedure. A few days of bleeding, spotting up to about 2 wks. post AB. Medical: hated the "waiting" game. Tolerable cramping/bleeding, but bled longer all together then with surgical. I had no complications with any of them.

I like children, but am not sure I need to have one myself or on my own. I would maybe consider it if I was in the right relationship, but it is not an overwhelming need for me. My last AB I was in a relationship, but it was unstable. I did not want to be tied for the rest of my life to a man that had that many issues...

How did other people react to your abortion?

Supportive

Clarice

Sempre fui a favor do aborto, não por uma questão feminista, mas por acreditar…

Jéssica Santos

Me submeti ao aborto!

AS

I am having an abortion as I am writing this, at home with cytotec…

Ananda

No es mi primera vez, es mi segunda vez que lo hago y no me arrepiento.

Yasmin Lara

Bom,eu encontrei vários relatos e quis deixar o meu bom eu tenho só 17 anos e…

Atenea

No eres la única. No estás sola. Transformalo en algo positivo para tu vida.

diana

naprawde nie miałam wyjścia jestem miesiąc po,nie bolało szczerze mówiąc…

Lili

I interrupted my early pregnancy

*De*

Fiz um aborto

Luka

Hice lo mejor que pude, estando bajo toda la presión del mundo.

Eléonore Delmas

I had an abortion

Priscilla Silva

Oi, bom é tanta coisa pra falar ... mas vamos lá! Abortei em Março dia 17

I had an abortion and I'm not ashamed

Abigail

2 miesiące po aborcji. Moje życie wróciło do normy. Jest dobrze..

Lucille 2

I had an abortion. I got pregnant from a brief relationship and very…

Andy

Decidí sobre mi futuro.

Cacau

O aborto é uma escolha apenas da MULHER.

takaja

zrobiłabym to jeszcze raz

Samantha

Grow Yourself, Before You Grow a Baby.

Julia

Uratowałam sobie życie