Han

Deel je ervaring

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.

Jennifer

At the age of 15 I was told that I would likely never be able to get pregnant…

Melanie

No era el momento ni la persona

Maria

Maria

Eva Paradise

Aborté. Fue un alivio. Nunca me arrepentí. Hoy tengo dos hijos y puedo criarlos…

Maiara Rejane

Não havia outra alternativa.
Dia 02 de Julho, voltava de uma festa, havia bebido…

Flor de Luna

Piloto automático, pero no me arrepiento

Karolina

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

Paula *

Yo acompañe a mi hermana quien pasó por este proceso, siempre fui una persona…

Kasia —-

Od miesiąca bylam w związku ze swoim przyjacielem, wszystko zapowiadało się…

Sam

I was 21 years old. I actually had just stopped using Birth Control due to the…

Gina

Porque no era el momento indicado y los anticonceptivos fallaron.

noname

Miałam aborcję.

Beth

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

Vale

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

A.

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