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Don’t confuse ‘what ifs’ with regret.

2016 Verenigd Koninkrijk

Sometimes I feel selfish, but then I stop and tell myself, no it’s my body and my life. I don’t regret what I did and need to stop letting the what ifs get into my head!!

The process itself was straight forward in terms of how everything went about. But for me mentally and physically it was horrendous. I knew as soon as I found out I was pregnant that I didn’t want the baby. I wasn’t ready. I’d just handed my notice in at work and my partner and i were going travelling later that year for 12 months. Like I said, the process was straightforward. I met with my GP who gave me the number of a clinic I had to ring. I made an appointment, had a scan and discussed options. The nursing staff were incredibly friendly and non judgemental. It felt like a very warm environment. My first option was the pill. I could have taken one then and come back the following day and taken another one, but because I’d already lied to work about where I was, the fact I worked an hour away and the fact I was a teacher, I couldn’t go through with it. So because of time restraints my second option was minor surgery to remove the fetus. It was painful, and both during and after. After a few hours there was a lot of a blood and the cramps were horrendous. There is still a stigma around abortion and because of that I’ve lived with this secret for almost 2 years. Because of the stigma I couldn’t tell my boss so I had to go back to work the next day and teach 32 ten year olds whilst I was in incredible pain and still miscarrying.

Hoe reageerden andere mensen op je abortus?

The only person who knows about the abortion was my partner at the time. Something I’ve found difficult since I made my decision was coping with the fact he didn’t want me to go through with it. It’s something he held against me for the rest of our relationship.

Freedom77

I was lucky enough to be able to have an NHS surgical termination at 8 weeks.

Lisa

I always thought I cannot be pregnant, as I was diagnosed with primal…

Julia

Y fue lo mejor

Jess

This is something that was necessary for me but most definitely the hardest and…

Jess

I was let down by birth control and had two abortions. During my second…

Nthati

It was a difficult but necessary choice to have made.

Sarah

Because I could barely provide for the child I had already.

Viridiana Aguilar

I had an abortion

Ella

I was so scared but it was right and I know deep in my heart now.

Ana

Fiz um aborto e não me arrependo. O meu desejo é que todas as mulheres tenham…

Tina

I had an abortion when I was 15 years old. After my abortion, I went to college

H

I had two abortions by the time I was 23 and a third when I was 29. All…

Charlotte Sigler

I had an abortion

Valéria

Espero que minha experiência possa ajudar quem vai passar pela mesma situação

Libertad

El orgullo de ser mujer y poder decidir.

Marie

I had an abortion. It's a choice I want available for every woman, for…

Jennifer

Sin duda ha sido la decisión más difícil que he tomado en lo que llevo de vida

Daniela Moraes

É fácil defender o aborto das outras. Difícil é decidir quando a gente precisa…

Minnie

Strach ma wielkie oczy