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CareConfidential Stories Archive
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Teenage PregnancyAwaiting review ...
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AbortionA medical abortion at 5 weeks.
Though I accidentally got pregnant, soon as I realized it, I started getting attached emotionally to the child. But being in no position to keep it in me due to various reasons, I decided to abort it. My partner was more eager than me to let go of our little one. He was no way bonded to it and didn't feel even a little sad about what has happened. This disturbed me the most.
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A regreted medical abortion.
I'm eighteen years old. I'm a mother, student, and wife. I found out I was expecting the night before my 18th birthday.. I was crushed. I didn't know what to do. I have a seven month old son already, my marriage is barely surviving, I'm barely passing my classes, I can't even afford my pg&e let alone another baby is what was running in my head. I cried for three days wondering what I was going to do.
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I had a surgical abortion at Marie stopes in Reading today under sedation.
I found out a week and a half ago that I was pregnant. It was only by chance I took a pregnancy test as I was getting very tired and had breast ache, and it confirmed I was.
I went in to a calm shock and called Marie stopes to ask for advise. I chose for a surgical abortion as I had researched a lot and this seemed the most simple and 'clean' method.
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I am 19 and had a medical abortion today at 7 weeks
This woman was worried about having a medical abortion after reading of others experiences. Fot her the pain was minimal and she did not find the experience too difficult.
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I didn't want to ruin MY life.
I want to have a decent job and be able to fully support my family when I finally decide to have children, not be another statistic living off of government hand-outs. I also found the pregnancy symptoms unbearable; I could never decide what my cravings were, I felt nauseous 24/7 but could never make myself sick, my boobs were over-sensitive and I always had stiff nipples (sorry to be blunt). I'm just not emotionally or mentally ready for children.
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Keeping my babyI was raped by my step father
This woman chose to continue her pregnancy after she was raped by her step father at 24.
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AbortionHow could I terminate my baby when it hurt so much to lose the 2 we had already lost.
Whilst pregnant with my son,because I was still overweight, I was so stressed out that something bad would happen the whole pregnancy, I wasn't in a great place mentally. I didn't feel I could cope with the stress again. My partner was/is suffering from severe depression, we were struggling for money, had no space and I found out that the pill I had started taking, could seriously damage the babies development. My head was a total blur, I cried constantly. I just didn't know what to do. I had
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3 unwanted abortions
This woman has been forced into abortion 3 times by her husband, and feels distress and grief.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 15, pregnant and my baby is due on 19 July 2012.
While I was grieving from the death of my little brother, I slept with 3 different guys over 2 weeks, so I don't know who the father is and I feel ashamed for doing it. A few weeks later, I began noticing that my boobs were getting tender and sore and then I missed a period. I went to my GP and she told me that I was pregnant. I am strongly anti abortion so that wasn't an option. I considered adoption but I couldn't face the thought of having someone else raise my baby, even in an open adoption.
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AbortionWe broke up after I had an abortion.
This 5 year relationship broke up 3 months after an abortion, even though they had both felt they did not want a baby.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 9 weeks pregnant, but my partner doesn't feel we should have this baby.
This 26 year old woman has PCOS which makes it unlikely that she would fall pregnant naturally. Despite this and against the odds, she is now 9 weeks pregnant, but her partner of 6 months feels it is too soon for them to have the baby.
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AbortionI was eighteen years old when I found out I was pregnant.
I was actually excited to be pregnant, despite my age. My fiance was seventeen at the time, and he was scared for us. We went to talk to his parents, and his mom immediately tried to usher me onto the abortion bus. She kept telling me not to tell my mom about what was going on, because she was afraid my mom would change what she had already decided for me.
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I should have been 27 week pregnant with my second child instead I've got a empty hole.
It all happened so quick at my 12 week scan they found an abnormality with my baby's brain and if I continued with the pregnancy the baby would die, so me and my husband went for a abortion, the only option I felt we had.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 26 and pregnant again with my 3rd child.
This 26 year old woman told her fiancee that she wanted to keep the baby, but he walked out on her. She now feels scared and confused about what she should do, as she feels she does not live close enough to family and friends for support.
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AbortionA difficult medical abortion
This woman had a medical abortion that she found very painful, and was unable to keep and pain relief down as she kept vomiting.
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Teenage Pregnancy16 and 9 weeks pregnant
'My whole life I've always believed in abortion, and if I were to get pregnant before 26 then I would have a termination'. Now this young person is in that position she is finding it harder to make that decision.
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Pregnant at 15
This 15 year old had an unplanned pregnancy and found she was carrying twins.
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I was told you can never get pregnant on the pill.
This 14 year old has a 20 year old boyfriend. She is on the pill but is getting some unusual symptoms that make her think she could be pregnant.
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AbortionI had an abortion 21 years ago, aged 24 and it still hurts as much today as it did back then.
This 45 year old woman still thinks about the abortion she had 21 years ago and feels guilt and regret over not keeping her baby.
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We opted for the medical abortion
This 21 year old woman had a very painful medical abortion, but felt that it was still the right decision for her.
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I had an abortion at 23, I was 19 weeks
This woman finds it hard to move on from her abortion and feels that it keeps coming up with her friend, and struggles with the due date.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 47 years old and discovered on the 10th April that I was pregnant
I went to my GP with a viral rash which I contracted on Good Friday. She asked if I had any joint pain, when I responded no but my breast were very tender and I had been feeling nauseous for days, she asked about the possiblity of being pregnant. I dismissed this as I knew I couldn't be. She did the test just in case and we were both laughing as we felt it couldn't be. When she checked it spoke loud and clear, I was five weeks gone. Needless to say I was shocked and started to cry.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 15 years old and scared I could be pregnant
This 15 year old girl is worried that she could have got pregnant from sperm on her boyfriend's hands.
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AbortionI had no choice but to end my pregnancy
The word abortion is such a horrible word, when you hear people talk about it so casually it makes you wonder if these people think of the pain and suffering that comes with making the choice of having a abortion.
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I was talked into abortion by my new boyfriend
This woman had just ended a 14 year relationship and became pregnant with her new partner. She wanted to keep the baby but gave in to pressure and had an abortion. She now regrets this decision and wishes that she had been stronger to say 'no'.
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AdoptionI gave my little girl up for adoption
This woman has 3 beautiful boys, but still grieves the loss of her little girl who was placed for adoption when she had no job, money or home to support her.
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AbortionA story of baby loss, abortion and subsequent infertility problems.
This story describes a difficult and abusive childhood. The writer then escaped to university and felt her life had really changed, until she was taken to A and E with a late miscarriage without realising she was even pregnant.
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Teenage PregnancyCould I be pregnant?
This 16 year old has had unprotected sex and wonders if she could have fallen pregnant.
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I had unprotected sex with a guy who was older than me
This 13 year old girl had unprotected sex with an older guy, and is now late for her period.
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AbortionA couple of days ago I had an abortion
This woman had a medical abortion at 14 weeks after her partner told her it was him or the baby. He left her 2 days after the termination and she now feels guilt and regret about her decision.
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I knew I was going to fall pregnant as soon as I'd had unprotected sex.
For some reason, I knew I was going to fall pregnant as soon as I'd had unprotected sex. I'd been carried away in the moment with someone I regarded as a friend and hadn't used any protection. Part of me was thinking 'I should really stop this and get the condoms out', then another part of me was saying "you're not going to get pregnant this one time, women at your age try for years unsuccessfully".
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Crisis PregnancyI'm 14 weeks pregnant and my partner cheated on me.
This 28 year old woman was distressed to find out that her partner had been cheating, even though they planned to marry once she had given birth to their baby. She doesn't know if she can forgive her partner for this.
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Teenage PregnancyA late period after unprotected sex.
This 16 year old girl is worried that she could be pregnant after unprotected sex.
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Men's StoriesMy new partner is pregnant
This story describes a man's dilemma when his new partner found out she was pregnant. He does not feel ready to father a child at the moment, but his partner really wants to keep the baby.
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Teenage PregnancyI am refusing to have the baby terminated
This story describes a possible rape situation of a 15 year old girl, and she is now getting all the signs of an early pregnancy. She has already decided that she will continue her pregnancy, and has a lot of support from her boyfriend, family and friends.
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AbortionAn abortion at 38 years old
This 38 year old woman has two children. Her ex partner was 45 and said that he was too old to have a baby when she became unexpectedly pregnant. She felt that she could not cope with another baby as a single mum.
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I had to have an abortion when I was 15 years old
This 15 year old had an abortion 2 months ago because the father of the baby was much older than her and said she would have to get rid of it. Although she did not believe in abortion for herself, she felt that she did not have a choice.
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A 17 year old who had an abortion at 10 weeks
This 17 year old hd decided with herboyfriend to keep her baby. They told their parents when she was 8 weeks, but her mum put a lot of pressure on them to have an abortion. She finally had an abortion but now regrets this decision.
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A medical abortion at 10 weeks
This 18 year old is at uni and felt that she and her boyfriend were not in a position to have a baby. Although she felt sure about her decision, she is now struggling with post abortion problems, crying every day, getting flash backs and does not want to be around children.
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A surgical abortion at 5 weeks and 6 days
This single mum has had 2 difficult relationships. When she became pregnant during a casual relationship, she decided to end the pregnancy but is confused that she feels so bad about it now.
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A medical abortion at 10 weeks
This woman went through the process of a medical abortion quickly, and wondered if she might naturally have miscarried.
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A second posting 19 months after the termination.
This story describes some of the difficult and painful times the writer has been through as she has tried to come to terms with her termination.
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Crisis PregnancyAn unplanned pregnancy in an unhappy relationship
This 38 year old woman has 4 children and has found her partner selfish and unsupportive during the first year of her baby's life. She is now pregnant again and fearful about coping with another baby alone.
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Teenage PregnancyMy 18 year old daughter is pregnant.
This mother is pregnant herself and has just found out that her 18 year old daughter is unexpectedly pregnant.
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AbortionA medical abortion at 6 weeks after a one night stand
This 19 year old young person was at college and became pregnant the first time she ever had sex. She was keen to lose her virginity, but on reflection regrets this now as the student in question was not interested in her, and she feels that she gave away a precious gift to someone who didn't care about her.
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A medical abortion at 8 weeks
This woman is in her twenties and had just come back from travelling when she found herself pregnant. She and her boyfriend decided on abortion, although it was him who stongly pushed for this and she did not feel she was doing it because she really wanted to. She now regrets that she did not listen to what her own heart wanted.
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A regreted 3rd abortion after suffering depression
This 23 year old woman has suffered with longterm depression after a difficult childhood. Although she wanted the baby when she became pregnant this time, she found that depression together with nausea and vomiting, made her feel unable to continue. After her abortion, she regreted not being able to hold out until the sickness passed.
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A regreted abortion experience 2 years ago
This writer has downloaded her story in the past but wanted to add her thoughts and feelings 2 years on. She still feels a great deal of pain and regret, and has found it hard to move on from the experience despite having counselling.
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Miscarriage StoriesSupport form a centre after 3 early miscarriages
This 43 year old woman describes the help and support she received from The Beresford Centre after experiencing 3 early miscarriages.
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AbortionA medical abortion at 6 weeks
This 30 year old woman describes her experience during an early medical abortion.
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Men's StoriesWe agreed abortion was the best way forward but she desperately wanted our baby.
This story describes a man's affair with a single mum, while engaged to his fiancee. When an unplanned pregnancy resulted he left his fiancee, but the booked abortion still went ahead. His new partner desperately wanted to keep their baby but he never felt he could call off the abortion. When his new partner suffered after the abortion, he left her and went back to his fiancee because he felt he had ruined his new partner's life.
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AbortionA 39 year old mother of 3 who had a surgical abortion at 11 weeks under local anaesthetic
This 39 year old woman had an unplanned pregnancy. Her husband wanted another son, but not a girl as they had 2 girls and a boy. When they found out they were expecting a girl, he pushed her into abortion although she longed to keep the baby.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 9 weeks pregnant and will be 16 in 3 weeks time.
This young person wants to continue with her pregnancy, but her boyfriend feels she should have an abortion. She is worried that she will ruin his life if she has the baby, but equally concerned about her own reaction if she chooses to have an abortion.
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Keeping my babyHe was against abortion even more than I was.
This story describes an ugly scene at a party, where this young woman was nearly raped before her best male friend intervened. She realised that she was in love with her friend and their new relationship quickly developed with a pregnancy on the way.
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Crisis PregnancyAlmost 38 with 4 children and pregnant again
This woman has been with her partner for 6 years and they have 4 children. They had been talking about getting married when she found that she was pregnant again. They feel unsure about coping with another pregnancy and baby at this time in their lives.
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AbortionA medical abortion at 5 weeks
This story describes a medical abortion from a writer in USA.
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Crisis PregnancyIs it the right time to have a baby?
This 25 year old has been with her partner for 7 years and they both want to have a baby. She is anxious about the right time and fears of not having enough money to provide for a child. She also worries that she will lose her identity.
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Men's StoriesMy wife does not want the baby
This 44 year old man has had a roller coaster life recently after finding out that his wife had become emotionally involved with her boss. During the time when they were sorting out their relationship they discovered they had an unplanned pregnancy. he would dearly love to keep the child but his wife is planning an abortion.
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Teenage PregnancyTrying for a baby this year.
This young person is trying to get pregnant. She has been on depo-provera contraceptive injection and is not having regular periods.
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AbortionA medical abortion at 13 weeks for fetal abnormality
This womanwas expecting her second child but at 13 weeks the doctors told her that there was a fetal abnormality, and that the baby was unlikely to survive to term.
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My miscarriage felt like payback for my past mistake.
4 years ago this woman had an abortion which she regreted. When she eventually became pregnant again she was thrilled, but sadly she lost the baby and felt that she was being punished for her previous abortion.
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AdoptionI had to choose adoption beacause I am against abortion.
This young girl was in care and became pregnant at 13. She realised she could not bring a baby up but was against abortion, so she placed her baby for adoption. her adoptive family agreed to an open adoption so she is still able to see her baby every 2 weeks.
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AbortionOh how I wish I had done something different.
This woman has written a song 'Altered Future' expressing some of the emotions she feels as she works through her post abortion counselling.
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Keeping my babyI made a drunken mistake.
This 21 year old had some relationship difficulties and ended up sleeping with an ex boyfriend. She is now pregnant and unsure who the father of the baby is.
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AbortionTermination after being pressurised into a sexual relationship
This story describes a short relationship that this woman had with her co-worker. On their first date he got very drunk and pushed her into having unprotected sex. When she found out she was pregnant, he did not want to continue the relationship, or to be involved with the baby.
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A medical termination because of birth defect fears
This woman was very anxious that the medication she was taking for her medical condition had affected her unborn child. Although her obstetrician could not confirm this, she felt so strongly that something was wrong, that she chose to terminate the pregnancy. She is now ambivalent about her decision.
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Crisis PregnancyA 4th baby at 37
This 37 year old woman has 2 teenage children, and a 3 year old who has behavioural problems. She is now expecting her 4th child and wondering if she can cope with another baby.
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Keeping my babyAn unplanned pregnancy for an engaged couple
This story describes a 21 year old girl who is engaged and soon to be leaving college. She and her fiance had unprotected sex on New Year's eve and she has found out that she is pregnant. She wants to keep the baby but has been shocked at her fiance's negative reaction.
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AbortionA medical abortion for fetal disability
This family found out at their 12 week scan that their second baby had a serious disability. After talking to their consultant, they took the difficult decision to have an abortion.
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A medical abortion of a planned baby.
This young woman thought she was with the man of her dreams and trying for a baby. Little did she know that he was cheating on her and already expecting a baby with his ex partner.
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I am 19 weeks pregnant, and was going through with the abortion.
This woman has had 3 abortions booked but has been unable to go through with any of them. She is now booked again.
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A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved
Aslady looks back at how she went through an abortion alone and advises others not to do it on their own.
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A medical abortion at 7 weeks.
This woman is happily married with 2 girls. She had just got a new job that was very important to her when she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant.
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It's been 4 months but I still regret it every day.
This young woman wanted to keep her baby but her boyfriend ended the relationship, and her parents felt that abortion would be the best choice for her. Afterwards she felt empty, hopeless and sad, and has struggled to come to terms with the regret she feels.
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Crisis PregnancyPregnant again after recurrant miscarriages.
This woman has recently had recurrant miscarriages. She has just found out that she is 5 weeks pregnant again, and feels unsure whether to continue the pregnancy for fear of miscarrying again.
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AbortionI was always against abortion
This 18 year old girl was still in further education, and although she did not agree with abortion, she chose this option as she and her boyfriend felt it was the wrong time for them when they had no work and no way of providing for a baby.
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I had a medical abortion today, at 7 weeks and 6 days.
This woman felt that her family was complete with their 3 year old daughter. Although they had thought about a second baby they had always decided against it, so when she became unexpectedly pregnant, she chose to terminate the pregnancy.
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I had a surgical abortion at 13 weeks.
This woman has a 5 year old daughter and felt that for her as well as her partner she should have an abortion.
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The relief I felt after the abortion has been replaced by sadness and guilt.
This story describes a young person finding out they were pregnant 2 weeks after their boyfrind had left for university. She quickly arranged an abortion without telling him, but now feels sadness and regret that she did not talk her decision through properly.
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2 surgical abortion procedures.
This woman had a surgical abortion under sedation, but 2 weeks later she was still bleeding heavily and on having a second scan she was told that the abortion was not complete and some products of conception were still left in her womb. She had to have a second procedure to remove these.
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I had an abortion 2 months ago and I can't get over it.
This 15 year old has an 18 year old boyfriend. When they had an unplanned pregnancy, he pressurised her into having an abortion which she now regrets.
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Crisis PregnancyBy some miracle I am pregnant
This 25 year old single woman had been unable to get pregnant, until she had a short term relationship and found herself pregnant. She is now unsure what to do as the father of the baby wants her to have an abortion.
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AbortionA 16 year old who had an abortion she regreted
This 16 year old had an abortion which she now regrets. She dropped out of college and was seeing her friend's boyfriend. She knew she was taking a risk having unprotected sex and when her period did not come she felt sure she was pregnant, even though the first tests were negative.
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A painful abortion
This 16 year old girl was planning to keep her baby, but when her famuly found out they persuaded her to have an abortion.
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I am 34 and have been longing for a child all my life
This story describes a woman who had been told it was almost impossible for her to get pregnant. However, when a miracle happened and she found out that she was pregnant, her partner was adamant that he did not want children, and she had an abortion for fear of losing him.
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A medical abortion
This woman became pregnant when she was changing her contraception. She had a coil removed and was waiting for her period before starting the pill, but unfortunately she fell pregnant during that wait.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 15 and had unprotected sex
This 15 year old is worried that she could be pregnant after having unprotected sex.
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Crisis Pregnancy40 years old and pregnant
This woman has 2 teenage children, and finds herself pregnant again at 40. She and her partner are unsure what to do about this unplanned pregnancy.
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Keeping my baby16 and pregnant
This 16 year old moved in with her boyfriend and then found out she was pregnant. They had talked about what would happen if they had an unplanned pregnancy, and had agreed they wouold keep the baby.
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AbortionYou're not alone
This woman wants to encourage others considering abortion that they aren't alone, after her past experience. She decided to have an abortion after her partner became violent and controlling, and isolating her from her friends.
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Miscarriage Stories3 pregnancies ending in baby loss
This 35 year old woman has had a devastating succession of 2 miscarriages followed by a Down's syndrome baby that she gave birth to at 16 weeks.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 14 and pregnant, help !!
This 14 year old lives in France and has found out she is pregnant. She is frightened about telling her parents.
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AbortionA medical abortion in April 2011
This story describes the regret that this 19year old woman felt after she had a medical abortion.
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A sequel to the 7 week medical abortion
This woman wrote earlier about her contraceptive failure which led to a 7 week mediacal abortion. Unfortunately the abortion was not complete and she bled heavily, ending up back in hospital having a surgical procedure which has been very traumatic for her.
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Crisis PregnancyWho is the father?
This young girl has had unprotected sex with 2 different men. She is now pregnant and wonders who the father is.
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Abortion2 abortions in a year.
At 15 this girl had a surgical abortion. She is now just 16 and found herself pregnant again and booked for a medical abortion, as she still feels she is too young to cope.
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Crisis PregnancyExploring options with a Care Confidential advisor
This 23 year old woman guessed that she might be pregnant, and was not surprised when the home test came up positive. She contacted a CareConfidential advisor through the helpline and found it very supportive. She and her partner now plan to go to a drop-in centre to explore their options.
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AbortionI should have a 23 year old now
This woman is now 39 and pregnant but her pregnancy has triggered some painful memories of a pregnancy that she had when she was 18. At that time she chose to terminate the pregnancy and now has deep regrets about her decision.
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A medical abortion at 7 weeks
This 32 year old married woman had 3 children and felt that she could not cope with a fourth.
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A medical abortion at 7 weeks
This woman fell pregnant after starting the progesterone only pill, and because she was struggling to cope with 2 young children, she felt that termination was her only option.
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A medical abortion
This woman found out she was pregnant when her boyfriend was serving in Afganistan. He made it clear he was not ready for a baby.
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Crisis Pregnancy14 weeks pregnant after an abusive relationship
This 27 year old woman has 2 children and has come out of an abusive relationship. She is now pregnant again but worried that her new relationship is showing signs of being difficult as well
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AbortionA medical abortion at 18
This 18 year old girl fell pregnant during a time when she was changing her pill and had unprotected sex once. She had a medical abortion that was a difficult experience for her.
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Crisis PregnancyPregnancy soon after an abortion
This woman felt that her life fell apart after her abortion. She had a short relationship and became pregnant again but by the time she realised it she was already over 20 weeks.
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AbortionA surgical abortion under local anaesthetic
This agonising account describes the experience of a 22 year old woman who had a private abortion. She had to drive to the clinic some distance and opted for a local anaesthetic so that she could drive herself home afterwards.
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A medical abortion
This story describes a medical abortion, which the writer found to be less difficult than she was expecting after reading information on other web sites.
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A surgical abortion at 11 weeks of pregnancy
This story describes a surgical abortion on a woman who said that she was 100% sure of her decision. Her comment was that she was never talked through her other options or given any information other than for abortion, and she felt that for some women they could have felt pressurised towards abortion.
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A surgical abortion at 13 weeks
This woman thought she was in the early stages of pregnancy, but a scan dated her at 13 weeks. Years after her abortion, she was feeling guilty and unable to face what she had been through, until she found post abortion help from the Reading Lifeline centre.
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Teenage Pregnancy16 years old and expecting twins.
This young couple discovered that they were expecting twins. They had no home and had just finished their GCSE's, but they continued against the odds. They have had a lot of support and now have their own home, and feel that they made the right decision.
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Baby LossA story of baby loss
This story describes the events leading up to the diagnosis of a partial-molar pregnancy that had to be induced at 20 weeks.
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AbortionA suction termination at 16
This 16 year old was happy to be pregnant at first, but her family told her to 'get rid of it' and she felt swept along by this decision.
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Teenage PregnancyUnprotected sex after too much alcohol
This 18 year old had unprotected sex after drinking alcohol, and cannot remeber what happened. She has taken emergency contraception but now believes it had passed its expiry date.
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Baby LossAn abnormality at the 12 week scan
This 32 year old woman had been trying for a baby for 5 years, when she finally became pregnant. Sadly they found out that the baby had a serious abnormality and were advised that nothing could be done to correct this.
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AbortionI can't let go of the pain, anguish and loss.
A whirlwind romance that ended with an unplanned pregnancy went badly wrong, when this woman's partner wanted her to have an abortion, and made it clear that the relationship was over for him.
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A surgical abortion at 7 weeks and 6 days
This woman describes her experience at a BPAS clinic and her feelings of guilt and regret following her abortion.
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Keeping my babyA change of mind at the abortion appointment
This 20 year old woman had felt that abortion was her only option because of difficult accomodation and career circumstances, which made it feel like the worst time. She spoke to CareConfidential advisors several times, and when she attended her first abortion appointment, the scan image made her change her mind.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 15 and think I may be pregnant
This 15 year old is wondering what she should do if she's pregnant, because although she would like to keep the baby, she's aware how young she is and what her boyfriend and parents might think.
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AbortionFeelings of guilt, regret and pain over her abortion
This woman talks of her struggle to go through with her abortion after her partner's ultimatum. He threatened that he would be out of her and their present child's life if she did not have a termination, but he walked out anyway.
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[ Views: 117 ]
Teenage Pregnancy14 year old desperate to be pregnant again after abortion at 5 months
A 14 year old pressurised into an abortion at 5mths tells how she's desperate to be pregnant again.
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AbortionAn abortion at 42
This 42 year old woman had 3 older children and found out she was pregnant again. Her GP was against abortion and she found it difficult to get any help or support during her decision making process. She now regrets the decision that she made.
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Crisis PregnancyA 21 year old single mum who is pregnant again
This 21 year old single mum had a short relationship with a man she soon realised she did not want to be with. Unfortunately after the relationship finished she found out she was pregnant, and is now left with a dilemma of what to do.
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AbortionA medical abortion at 7 weeks
This 28 year old woman responded to her crisis pregnancy with a quick abortion. Her boyfriend wanted to get married and keep the baby, but she was still in education and did not feel prepared. Now she feels she has made a big mistake and regrets the decision she took
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[ Views: 189 ]
A medical abortion at 15
This 15 year old girl was happy and excited about her pregnancy, but her 17 year old boyfriend pressurised her into having an abortion. She now deeply regrets this decision and feels that she went against her personal belief that abortion is wrong
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[ Views: 128 ]
Teenage PregnancyA worried 16 year old
This 16 year old girl is worried that she might be pregnant from her boyfriend's precum touching her vagina.
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[ Views: 184 ]
AbortionAn abortion at 17
This 17 year old felt excited and scared at the prospect of being a parent, but her mother wanted her to have an abortion, and she and her boyfriend had no where to live. In the end they chose abortion as they felt they could not provide for a baby, but she now has deep feelings of regret.
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[ Views: 87 ]
Teenage PregnancySymptoms in pregnancy
This young person wondered if you could get pregnancy symptoms 2 days after unprotected sex.
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AbortionA surgical abortion at 14 weeks and 4 days
This story describes a young woman's dilemma of falling pregnant just before she started her university course. She made arrangements to defer her course for 2 years, but was then unable to get the support and accomodation she needed to continue the pregnancy.
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[ Views: 169 ]
Teenage PregnancyTwo medical abortions in 15 months
This woman has had 2 medical abortions in 15 months and is concerned that she has not had a period after the second medical abortion.
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[ Views: 172 ]
AbortionAn abortion at 19 and pregnant again
This 20 year old is facing her second crisis pregnancy. Although her first abortion was a difficult experience she is wondering whether she will have to face a second abortion.
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[ Views: 250 ]
A surgical abortion under general anaesthetic
This woman describes a surgical abortion at bpas at 16 weeks pregnancy.
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[ Views: 342 ]
Keeping my babyA pregnant 16 year old
This young girl is feeling frightened and confused. She feels that she is already bonding with her unborn child, but has friends who have advised her to have an abortion. She has not been able to tell her parents, or the father of the baby, and feels alone and scared.
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[ Views: 192 ]
Crisis PregnancyA second pregnancy after an abortion in February.
This woman has one child and felt unable to continue with her pregnancy earlier this year. She found the abortion very upsetting, but is now faced with another crisis pregnancy.
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[ Views: 240 ]
AbortionA surgical abortion under general anaesthetic
This 22 year old student came from a traditional Asian family, was still at university, and felt too young for a baby. She decided to end her pregnancy, but afterwards felt guilt, and regret that she had not had the courage to have her baby.
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[ Views: 309 ]
Teenage PregnancyA 15 year old girl who is worried about her decision to abort.
This 15 year old has a 15 year old boyfriend who felt that abortion was what they had to choose. Her core values tell her that she does not agree with abortion and she is worried about having to go through it.
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[ Views: 233 ]
AbortionAn early medical abortion.
This woman did not tell anyone that she was pregnant, or that she was having a medical abortion.
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[ Views: 394 ]
Crisis PregnancyA first year university student and four weeks pregnant
This first year university student has just found out that she is four weeks pregnant, and feels that abortion is the right choice for her.
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[ Views: 236 ]
AbortionMy 18 year old daughter chose abortion
This sad story tells of a mum who thought that her daughter was continuing with her pregnancy until just before her 12 week scan when she booked and had an abortion.
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[ Views: 196 ]
Abortion clinics in Romford.
This woman is asking for information about abortion clinics in the Romford area
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[ Views: 194 ]
Teenage PregnancyPregnant at 15
This young person was pregnant at 15, and descrbes it as one of the hardest but most rewarding times of her life.
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AbortionA medical termination at 8 weeks
This 32 year old woman had such bad morning sickness that she decided to terminate her pregnancy. She and her partner had planned their 3rd child, and her views were anti-abortion, but she felt so ill during early pregnancy and made her decision after her 2nd admission to hospital.
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[ Views: 354 ]
A story of complaint
This story was not posted but has been commented on by the editor
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A poem of grief and regret
This woman has written a poem of her abortion experience and the regret that she now feels.
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[ Views: 255 ]
Crisis PregnancyAn unplanned pregnancy.
This married woman would love to have another baby, but her husband does not want her to continue the pregnancy.
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[ Views: 304 ]
AbortionA medical abortion for fetal defect
At the 16 week scan, this woman was told her baby had spina bifida and would not survive the birth.
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An awake vacuum aspiration
This student was facing her A level exams and hoping to go to university, when she discovered she was pregnant. Her boyfriend's immediate reaction was that she should 'get rid of it', and he arranged an appointment at the abortion clinic.
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[ Views: 289 ]
Teenage Pregnancy13 and pregnant
This young girl is asking for help. She is 13 and pregnant.
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[ Views: 301 ]
Crisis PregnancyMy first baby died at 3 months from sudden infant death syndrome
After losing her first baby at 3 months, this 21 year old woman is fearful about being pregnant again and considering abortion.
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[ Views: 148 ]
AbortionThe biggest regret of my life
This story describes a 16 year old girl who wanted to keep her baby, but her boyfriend said that he wasn't ready for a baby and arranged an abortion. She was afraid of being left to bring up the baby alone and went through with the abortion, but now feels a lot of painful grief and regret.
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[ Views: 141 ]
A medical abortion 2 years ago
This young girl became pregnant just before she was due to start a university course. She was determined not to give up her new future so she had an abortion. Now she is struggling to cope with her constant feelings about her abortion.
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[ Views: 179 ]
A medical abortion of twins
A story about a 30 year old woman who was thrilled about being pregnant until she discovered she was expecting twins.
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[ Views: 472 ]
A grandmother who lost twin boys
This story describes the grief of a grandmother who discovered that her daughter had aborted twin boys.
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[ Views: 199 ]
A medical abortion at 19.
This 19 year old woman was at university, and had recently got back together with a longterm boyfriend when she discovered she was pregnant. She describes the physical and emotional experience she has been through.
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[ Views: 217 ]
Baby LossA baby loss at 21 weeks and 5 days
This couple had the devastating news that their baby had a foetal abnormality, and they felt that they would have to deliver their baby at 21 weeks and 5 days
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[ Views: 259 ]
AbortionAn abortion for foetal abnormality
At the 14 week scan this woman found that there was a serious abnormality with the baby. She and her husband eventually chose to abort the baby, but she has struggled with the grief and loss of her baby.
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A medical abortion at 28
This 28 year old woman got pregnant on the pill. She felt that she could cope with the pregnancy but her partner told her that he did not want the baby. She has had an abortion that she regrets even after 8 months.
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[ Views: 207 ]
Teenage PregnancyA 15 year old girl with a possible crisis pregnancy
A story about a 15 year old girl who is taking the mini pill but did not realise that it was important to take it at the same time each day.
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[ Views: 206 ]
AbortionA medical abortion at 17.
This 17 year old girl became pregnant 2 weeks after the first time she had sex. Her boyfriend did not want her to have the baby, and her mum expressed disappointment and felt abortion was the only option. She herself wanted to keep the baby but did not dare to tell her mum this
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An abortion booked for Saturday
This woman describes the agonising thoughts and emotions she is going through as she waits for Saturday when she has an abortion booked. Her partner wants her to have an abortion, but she already feels a bond with her unborn child and feels it is a decision she will deeply regret.
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[ Views: 210 ]
A follow up story to a medical abortion
This is a follow up story of an earlier posting about a medical abortion. This woman had a repeat scan to check that she had passed the pregnancy.
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[ Views: 298 ]
Crisis PregnancyAn unplanned pregnancy at 42
This 42 year old woman has an unplanned pregnancy that her husband feels they should terminate. She is unsure that she could go through with this and feels very uneasy about the decision.
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[ Views: 445 ]
AbortionA hysterectomy after a medical abortion
This 41 year old woman had a medical abortion 9 months ago, but after persistent problems with bleeding, she discovered she still had some retained products of pregnancy. After haemorrhaging during surgery she ended up with a hysterectomy
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[ Views: 238 ]
My daughter is 23 weeks pregnant and is having an abortion tomorrow
A mother's painful story of how her daughter is choosing to have a late termination after losing her premature son hours after birth.
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[ Views: 472 ]
A story of post abortion recovery.
This woman struggled after her abortion for a year before finally seeking help at a pregnancy crisis centre. She was taken through The Journey post-abortion recovery programme and has found a place of peace, and an ability to get on with her life.
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[ Views: 193 ]
A medical abortion at 8 weeks
This story describes a medical abortion at 8 weeks. The 29 year old woman found the hardest thing was waiting for her appointment, and also describes the mixed emotions she felt afterwards.
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[ Views: 449 ]
Teenage PregnancyA 15 year old girl who is worried she could be pregnant
T. this 15 year old girl had sex with her boyfriend a few days after starting their relationship. The condom split and now she is very worried she could be pregnant.
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[ Views: 359 ]
A 16 year old with an unplanned pregnancy
This 16 year old has an unplanned pregnancy and although she and her boyfriend plan to keep the baby, she is unsure about her decision.
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[ Views: 256 ]
AbortionI would really like my scan photo
This 16 year old girl had a termination of pregnancy in February this year. She now feels she would like to see her scan photo.
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[ Views: 211 ]
A medical abortion at 8 weeks
This woman felt relieved after her medical abortion, but comments that the procedure was very painful. She advises that women should think carefully about choosing this option.
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[ Views: 280 ]
Men's StoriesA termination 24 years ago
This story describes a man who girlfriend had an abortion 24 years ago. he had successfully buried his feelings about the event until he heard about a phone-in on abortion, on the radio. he was suddenly aware of how much that baby had ment to him.
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[ Views: 373 ]
Crisis PregnancyAn unplanned pregnancy
This 31 year old woman thought that her boyfriend was happy about her pregnancy, although it was unplanned, but at 8 weeks he said she was ruining his life and walked out on her.
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[ Views: 295 ]
AbortionA medical abortion in 2008
This story describes an abortion 3 years ago of a 32 year old woman who was having an affair with a married man. Her fear of splitting up his family made her decide to end her pregnancy, but she is left with the question 'what if...' and struggles to come to terms with the abortion.
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[ Views: 231 ]
Teenage PregnancyA story of a 14 year old girl
This 14 year old girl has a 20 year old partner, and is thinking of trying to get pregnant so that they can stay together.
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[ Views: 385 ]
AbortionI thought for a month before deciding to get an abortion.
This story describes some bad choices that led to an unplanned pregnancy, and then an abortion that this woman is struggling to come to terms with.
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[ Views: 254 ]
Teenage PregnancyI'm 16 years old and pregnant with twins
This 16 year old girl had a 23 year old boyfriend, but on finding out they were expecting twins he split up with her. She has no support from friends, and her parents don't know about her boyfriend as he has a criminal record.
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[ Views: 279 ]
Unprotected sex at 14
This 14 year old girl has had unprotected sex and now feels she is getting some pregnancy symptoms. She is not due for her period for another 4 days but wonders when a pregnancy test will be accurate.
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[ Views: 215 ]
Men's StoriesA son of 13 I have never met.
The father in this story is wondering about the 13 year old son he has never met. He was conceived during a brief relationship, and he describes himself as full of bitterness and hatred towards his ex.
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[ Views: 244 ]
AbortionI got pregnant after a drunken one night stand.
This sad story highlights the pain and sadness experienced by some women following an abortion. This woman had a surgical abortion, but afterwards felt she had made a huge mistake and realised how much she had wanted to keep her baby.
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[ Views: 353 ]
A medical abortion 9 weeks into the pregnancy
An 18 year old girl who felt it all happened too quickly for her, and she wished that she had taken more time to think through her options.
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[ Views: 336 ]
Teenage PregnancyA 17 year old faced with the dilemma of an unplanned pregnancy
This 17 year old has the support of her parents and boyfriend, but she is questioning whether she will be able to cope with a baby at her age.
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[ Views: 245 ]
AbortionA medical abortion after failed emergency contraception
A 17 year old who plans to get married next year but found herself pregnant after sleeping with her fiance and taking emergency contraception. Although she and her fiance long for a family, fear of their parents' reaction made them choose abortion. Now she is experiencing pain and grief following her medical abortion.
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[ Views: 230 ]
A surgical abortion at 18 weeks and 3 days
A story of a woman who took emergency contraception after a condom had split. She continued to have what she thought were her periods, but found out she was pregnant when she was 17 weeks. She chose abortion fearing that she would be a single mum on benefits, but now wonders if she made the right decision.
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[ Views: 466 ]
2 Early Medical Abortions
This 24 year old woman has had 2 early medical abortions, and describes the 2 experiences and how they differed.
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[ Views: 317 ]
A Poem about an Abortion
A 64 year old woman wrote this poem many years after her abortion.
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[ Views: 229 ]
Crisis PregnancySupport in pregnancy
This lady is on a low income and looking for practical support in her pregnancy.
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[ Views: 226 ]
AbortionA medical abortion at 7 weeks
This 28 year old woman was ready to go back to work when her youngest son started school, but found she was unexpectedly pregnant. She was sure she did not want another baby and opted for a medical abortion.
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[ Views: 391 ]
Teenage Pregnancy8 months pregnant at 15
This young girl became pregnant at 14 and was going to have an abortion, but protestors outside the clinic made her think again about her decision.
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[ Views: 343 ]
AbortionThe biggest regret of my life
This story describes the very sad situation of a planned pregnancy that was aborted when the boyfriend lost his job, and they felt that they could not provide for a baby.
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[ Views: 201 ]
7 weeks pregnant and considering abortion.
This young mother is 7 weeks pregnant and considering abortion, but is not sure how to access it and is scared of telling the father.
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[ Views: 219 ]
Teenage PregnancyPregnant at 16.
This story is written by a 31 year old woman looking back on her experience of pregnancy at 16.
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[ Views: 249 ]
A crisis pregnancy at 16
This 16 year old is pregnant,and feels she is being pulled in different directions by her boyfriend and her family. She doesn't know what to do.
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[ Views: 197 ]
AbortionI am now finally mourning all my losses
After the death of her Dad, this young woman had 2 abortions and has found that the grief from her losses is finally all coming out at once.
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[ Views: 174 ]
An abortion at 23 weeks
At 18 weeks of pregnancy this 18 year old girl realised that she could not cope as a single mum and was suffering with depression. She chose to have a late termination at Marie Stopes.
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[ Views: 666 ]
Crisis Pregnancy19 weeks pregnant, the worst and best time of my life.
A relationship of ten years that ended when this 42 year old woman had a planned pregnancy that her partner could not cope with.
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[ Views: 393 ]
Keeping my babyThe hardest decision of my life
This story highlights the dilemma involved in making a decision about an unplanned pregnancy, and the process this 25 year old woman went through before finally deciding to continue her pregnancy.
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[ Views: 579 ]
Teenage PregnancyPregnancy after a rape at 13.
This young girl was raped when she was 13 and found out a few months later that she was pregnant. She chose to continue the pregnancy with the support of her family, and now writes that she is glad she made that decision.
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[ Views: 449 ]
Crisis PregnancyI am keeping my baby
Far from the ideal time to have a baby, this woman explored all her options, but came to the conclusion thaty for her keeping her baby was the best decision.
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[ Views: 293 ]
AbortionA surgical abortion at 12 weeks
This 23 year old woman describes the enormous pressure her partner put on her to have an abortion, despite the fact that he knew how much she wanted to keep the baby.
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[ Views: 356 ]
He insisted on abortion.
This 17 year old girl had an abortion because of pressure from her boyfriend, but is now suffering horrific and traumatising nightmares.
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[ Views: 192 ]
Teenage PregnancyI'm only 15 and 4 months pregnant
This young girl was happy with the news of her pregnancy, and once she got over the anxiety of telling her mum, she and her boyfriend looked forward to the birth of their baby.
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[ Views: 201 ]
AbortionAn illegal abortion over 40 years ago
This woman describes her experience of an unplanned pregnancy before the legalising of abortion in 1967.
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[ Views: 298 ]
Crisis PregnancyAn unplanned pregnancy with 3 young children
This story describes the dilemma of a woman with an unplanned pregnancy and 3 young children. She felt at one stage that she would book a termination but cancelled the appointment when she was so distressed by the thought of going through with it.
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[ Views: 346 ]
Mental HealthAbortion increases risk of mental health problems
Research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81% increased risk of mental health w problems, and nearly 10% of the incidence of mental health problems was shown to be attributable to abortion.
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[ Views: 238 ]
Baby LossWe were told that our baby's heart had stopped beating at our 35 week scan
This couple were very excited to be expecting their first baby after being told that they could't have children. Sadly at a scan when she was 35 weeks pregnant they found that the baby's heart was no longer beating, and she had to have an induced birth.
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[ Views: 466 ]
AbortionA surgical abortion at 11 weeks of pregnancy
This couple had a contraceptive failure and decided that they did not have the money to have a baby yet. After a surgical abortion at BPAS, she found that there were still some retained products of conception. She had to have further surgery and then found that she was struggling with depression.
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[ Views: 408 ]
Teenage Pregnancy16 years old and 4 months pregnant
This young person has chosen to continue her pregnancy, and has found strength and support from her mum who had her in her early teens.
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[ Views: 134 ]
AbortionA woman of 37 who has a surgical abortion booked
This 37 year old woman describes her thoughts about an unplanned pregnancy. She has 2 boys already but thought she wanted a baby with her new partner who does not have children of his own.
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[ Views: 238 ]
Baby LossIt was diagnosed as a missed miscarriage
The woman in this story has had a rollercoaster experience of being told she had miscarried, and a second scan then finding a heartbeat. She has now had a third scan and been told they can't find a heartbeat, and although they have said she has now miscarried, she is finding it hard to trust this information.
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[ Views: 286 ]
Teenage PregnancyHow do I tell my mum I'm pregnant?
A young person struggling to tell her mum she is pregnant.
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[ Views: 274 ]
I'm 15 and 99% sure I'm pregnant.
A 15 year old girl who thinks she may be pregnant and is terrified about telling her parents.
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[ Views: 244 ]
Baby LossA baby loss due to chromosomal abnormality
This couple's happiness at expecting their baby turned to grief when they found their baby had a serious abnormality that was not compatible with life.
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[ Views: 247 ]
A baby lost through a bladder abnormality
This young girl was 16 when she found out she was pregnant, and felt excited about having the baby until an abnormality was picked up at her dating scan. At first this seemed to be a condition that they could treat but at 18 weeks the consultant gave her devastating news.
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AbortionA surgical abortion under conscious sedation
At over 12 weeks pregnancy, this woman was told that she would be advised to have conscious sedation or an anaesthetic. She had looked at all her options and sought help from Online advisor and the stories on the website.
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[ Views: 407 ]
A surgical abortion.
This 29 year old, unmarried woman came from an Asian background and was torn between honouring her parents and their values, and keeping her baby, but risking the upset it would cause to her family.
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[ Views: 264 ]
An abortion 5 years ago
This story expresses the regret and sadness of an abortion 5 years ago, when the writer had been in a relationship for 6 months. She was physically unwell, and shocked to discover the pregnancy, but now realises that her decision has caused her immense sadness.
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[ Views: 200 ]
Teenage PregnancyI'm 17 and I think I'm pregnant
This young person is frightened she could have become pregnant when she had sex for the first time with a close friend.
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[ Views: 213 ]
AbortionA medical abortion at 6 weeks
This writer was expecting her medical abortion to be more painful but found that her painkillers worked well
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[ Views: 403 ]
An abortion at 19 weeks and 3 days
This university student was taking the pill and still having periods and very few symptoms. At 19 weeks she felt movements in her stomach and her doctor confirmed she was pregnant. She had a late surgical abortion the next day.
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[ Views: 465 ]
A bitterly regretted decision.
This 30 year old woman had finished a longterm relationship recently and got pregnant after a one night stand. Abortion seemed the right option, but immediately afterwards she regretted the decision she had made.
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[ Views: 229 ]
An abortion now regret
This short account describes the pain and regret of an abortion in 2010.
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[ Views: 211 ]
An abortion at 18
This 18 year old felt pressurised into abortion by her circumstances and felt grief stricken afterwards. She has recently had a second abortion which has brought up painful emotions from the past that she had never dealt with.
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[ Views: 177 ]
Teenage PregnancyPregnant at 13
this brief description gives a snapshot look at what it was like for a 13 year old girl who found herself pregnant.
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[ Views: 336 ]
AbortionMy story of a medical abortion 2011
This is a detailed account of a medical abortion with the complication of haemorrage after the pregnancy was passed. The writer feels that she made the right choice despite this complication, and is having follow up care with a gynaecologist.
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[ Views: 410 ]
An abortion for fetal abnormality
This story describes an abortion for fetal abnomality after the mother was told that the pregnancy was not viable.
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[ Views: 207 ]
Keeping my babyA young woman who changed her mind about adoption
This young woman decided to place her baby for adoption when her mother persuaded her that she would be a better mum for her 3 year old son if she did not have another baby. After the birth she went to see her new baby and fell in love with him.
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[ Views: 229 ]
AbortionA surgical abortion
This story relates the strong influence that this woman's partner had over her decision. She never wanted an abortion but was afraid of losing her partner after being a single mum for 2 years.
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[ Views: 249 ]
Miscarriage StoriesA miscarriage after falling on the stairs
This 18 year old was pregnant when her partner decided to leave her and go back to his ex. During a low period in her life she fell on the stairs and subsequently lost the baby.
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[ Views: 440 ]
AbortionNever let anyone else influence your decision
At 23 this lady talks of the inability to move on from the abortion she had 8 years ago in order to keep her boyfriend, who she lost anyway.
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[ Views: 225 ]
An early medical abortion.
This 24 year old woman felt relieved when her abortion was over. She had severe morning sickness which made her feel exhausted and unwell, and felt from the start that she could not keep the baby as she was studying and had no money to offer a stable home
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[ Views: 302 ]
A problem with the abortion pill
This story describes the experience of a 37 year old woman who took the abortion pill in May. She haemorraged in July and ended up in hospital, and is still bleeding now.
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[ Views: 298 ]
Crisis Pregnancy9 weeks pregnant and he has told me to get rid of it.
This story describes the dilemma for this 22 year old single mum whose new partner wanted a baby. Once she had conceived he decided that he was not ready for a baby.
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[ Views: 420 ]
I think I may be pregnant.
This story describes a previous abortion that was emotionally difficult, and the woman's fear that she could be pregnant again
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[ Views: 227 ]
He doesn't want anything to do with the pregnancy.
This story describes a woman's doubts about her booked abortionin 2 days time.
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[ Views: 340 ]
AbortionA surgical abortion
This woman speaks of her emotional response to the surgical abortion of her unplanned pregnancy after her husband failed to get a vasectomy, and the impact on her relationship with him.
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[ Views: 200 ]
Keeping my babyWe are going to have this baby.
This couple have 3 children close together, and when they found out they were expecting again their initial thought was to end the pregnancy. However they have changed their minds knowing that termination was not a decision they felt comfortable with.
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[ Views: 224 ]
Teenage PregnancyHe told me to go for an abortion because he wasn't ready.
This 17 year old girl was worried that she couldn't fall pregnant, and her boyfriend had taken a fertility test. Now she is pregnant, he has told her he is not ready for a baby, and doesn't want it.
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[ Views: 137 ]
Keeping my babyArrived from Italy and 4 months pregnant
A couple who have arrived from Italy and need support with their pregnancy.
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[ Views: 137 ]
Crisis PregnancyThe shock of an unplanned pregnancy
This woman was prompted to write in after reading a story very similar to her own circumstances. She is still trying to decide about her pregnancy after feeling that her family was complete with 2 little girls.
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[ Views: 152 ]
Miscarriage StoriesA miscarriage at 12 weeks
This 17 year old girl had not anticipated having a baby yet, but when she fell pregnant she was thrilled at the prospect of being a mum, and started to plan her future with her new baby until a tragic miscarriage at 12 weeks dashed her hopes and dreams.
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[ Views: 229 ]
AbortionAn early medical abortion.
This 30 year old woman felt that she was not able to provide stability for a child that was conceived after a casual relationship.
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[ Views: 381 ]
A grandmother's story
This story describes the pain a grandmother felt when her daughter decided to terminate her second pregnancy.
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[ Views: 161 ]
Abortion is an ugly word isn't it?
This is a detailed story of a woman whose contraception failed, and her subsequent decision on a medical abortion.
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[ Views: 213 ]
My biggest regret of my life
This 19 year old girl describes the abortion she had 8 months ago. She felt numb during the time leading up to her medical abortion, but as soon as it was over she started to regret her choice for abortion.
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[ Views: 171 ]
A medical abortion at 6 weeks
This story describes a 17 year old girl at college who found out she was unexpectedly pregnant. She and her boyfriend wanted to keep the baby, but felt they could not provide for it
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[ Views: 313 ]
Crisis PregnancyPetrified about being pregnant.
This 30 year old woman is happily married, but petrified about being pregnant and the changes it may bring to her life.
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[ Views: 277 ]
Miscarriage StoriesA story of miscarriage
This young woman had a placement in Germany, where she had a short fling with the son of her host family. The resulting pregnancy sadly ended in miscarriage.
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[ Views: 149 ]
Teenage Pregnancy15 yrs old and pregnant
This 15 yr old is pregnant but frightened to tell her mum.
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[ Views: 198 ]
23 weeks pregnant and feeling anxious and fearful
This 18 year old girl is feeling anxious and vulnerable, after she fell pregnant 2 months into her relationship.
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[ Views: 215 ]
AbortionA late term medical abortion
This woman wanted to describe her experience of a medical abortion at 16 weeks as she read an NHS leaflet and felt that the information did not match her experience.
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A medical termination at 6 weeks
This 17 year old girl has found it difficult to get over the medical termination she had. Although it was a joint decision with her boyfriend she now feels frustrated and angry, and feels unable to talk to her boyfriend about her feelings.
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A surgical abortion
This single Mum fell pregnant with a younger man who could not commit to becoming a dad. She went ahead with abortion but looks back and wonders why she chose this option as she regreted it immediately.
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I regret the decision I made to have an abortion.
This woman wanted to keep her baby, but her boyfriend and family pressurised her to have an abortion. She now regrets this decision and feels angry guilty and depressed.
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An illegal medical abortion.
This couple obtained their own tablets and had a medical abortion alone at home.
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Crisis PregnancyA crisis pregnancy at 30
This 30 year old woman is pregnant after a casual relationship and feels sure about her abortion decision. She is finding waiting for the procedure difficult and wonders if she will ever have the chance to be a mum.
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A possible contraceptive failure
This 14 year old girl may have had a contraceptive failure after she forgot 2 POPs.
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Baby LossA baby loss at 14 weeks
This woman has MS and had recently met the man of her dreams. They planned to try for a baby but after becoming pregnant, she and her partner lost their baby with an abnormality.
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AbortionAn abortion at 15
A seventeen year old girl who had a previous abortion and now longs for a baby.
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Miscarriage StoriesA story of 4 miscarriages
This very sad story describes a woman who has lost 4 babies through miscarriage, and the struggle she has had with her grief, loss, and anger in coming to terms with what has happened to her.
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AbortionI'm 17 and I had an abortion 10 months ago
This 17 year old girl found herself pregnant after having unprotected sex with a boy she was seeing on a casual basis
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After the abortion he walked out on me.
The sad story describes a 23 year old woman who had an abortion because her boyfriend begged her to and then found that he was cheating on her and had another girlfriend.
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A medical abortion at 16 weeks
This woman struggled with her decision about an unplanned pregnancy, and began to feel her love for her unborn child as the time went on.
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9 months down the line I'm in utter pieces
This story describes the pressure this young woman felt from her mum, who wanted her to have an abortion. She now feels people hate her for what she has done, and she hates herself for going through with it
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Every day since my abortion I have cried
This 17 year old felt pressurised into having an abortion by her parents. Now she regrets that she wasn't stronger, and thinks about the baby she lost and what might have been.
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A medical abortion yesterday
This story briefly describes the experience of a medical abortion at nearly 7 weeks.
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Crisis PregnancyI found out last week I am 5 weeks pregnant
This young woman feels trapped by an unplanned pregnancy, and a relationship that is difficult at the moment. She had an abortion at 17, and still feels guilt and regret over her loss.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion at 13 weeks on the nhs
This 18 year old woman was planning to go to uni and felt that she could not have a baby at that time.She had a medical abortion at 13 weeks but was shocked to see the fetus she passed and to realise that it was fully formed.
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A medical abortion at 9 weeks
This 32 year old woman describes her fears and anxieties after finding out that she was unexpectedly pregnant. She used the CareConfidential helpline, as well as a local pregnancy centre to help her as she made her decision.
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Crisis PregnancyAn abusive relationship
This story has been edited and describes a young girl trapped in an abusive relationship.
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AbortionA surgical abortion.
A story of a 17 year old studying for A levels, who found herself pregnant.
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AdoptionAdopted at 4 in 1949
This story is from a woman who was adopted just after the war and would love to meet others in a similar situation.
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AbortionAn abortion at 12 weeks
This sixteen year old was just starting college, and her boyfriend had a university place. They felt that they could not continue their pregnancy although they both wanted the baby.
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A medical abortion at 15 weeks
This 18 year old had decided to keep her baby but was unable to cope with the pressure from family and partner to end the pregnancy.
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AdoptionA woman who is 8 weeks pregnant considering adoption.
This woman feels that she cannot offer her baby a home as she support her elderly mother. She does not feel comfortable with abortion, and would like to explore the adoption option.
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AbortionA medical abortion at 15
This young woman became pregnant after having unprotected sex and did not want her parents to know what had happened.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 20 weeks pregnant and decided to have a late termination
This 22 year old woman is worrying that she will not be able to cope with 2 children, and although she was happy about the pregnancy at first, she is now considering a late termination
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An abortion that failed
This story is a little unclear but sounds as though the writer may have tried to have a medical abortion through tablets bought on the internet
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AbortionA medical abortion
A 30 nyear old woman who had a medical abortion at BPAS.
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Crisis Pregnancy8 weeks pregnant.
This 31 year old woman has 4 children and is 8 weeks pregnant. She split up with her husband and during a new relationship conceived again, but sadly this relationship ended and she is left struggling with a decision about her pregnancy.
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Men's StoriesI practically forced my girlfriend to get rid of the baby
This story describes the heartbreaking consequences for a man who pressurised his girlfriend to have an abortion when they were at university.
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AbortionA regreted medical abortion
This 23 year old regrets the medical abortion she had.
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A surgical abortion.
This 25 year old woman was in a longterm relationship with her boyfriend, but when she found herself unexpectedly pregnant neither of them felt ready to have a baby.
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A surgical abortion at 7 weeks
This 35 year old woman has 2 children and had an unplanned pregnancy. She had medical problems as well as financial difficulties which made her reluctantly decide on abortion.
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An early medical abortion
This 17 year old felt that she could not have a baby at this stage of her life and opted for an early medical abortion.
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Crisis PregnancyMy husband wanted us to have a baby
This story describes a difficult marriage relationship. The pregnancy was planned hoping that it would draw them closer together but after 2 months things have got worse, and this woman is afraid of bringing a baby into a family like this.
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He said he is not ready to be a dad.
This woman was happy to be pregnant until her partner changed his mind and said that he was not ready to be a dad yet
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A 42 year old woman with a risky late pregnancy
This woman has had a number of pregnancy losses and now at 42 she is wondering what to do about this pregnancy.
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AbortionA surgical abortion of twins
This story describes the difficult situation of finding out an unplanned pregnancy is twins.
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A medical abortion of twins
This woman and her partner had teenage children, when an unplanned pregnancy revealed she was having twins. She decided to have an abortion, although her partner would have loved to keep the twins. 6 years later she is still struggling with this decision.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 17 and 2 months pregnant.
A 17 year old girl wanting to have a secret abortion but she also has a heart condition.
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AbortionI became pregnant a month after my sixteenth birthday.
This young person was pleased to be pregnant until severe sickness in pregnancy made her feel unable to cope with the pressure she was under.
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Miscarriage StoriesI miscarried at approx 6 weeks
This 26 year old woman has had 2 miscarriages. Her first pregnancy was accidental and she booked an abortion, but miscarried before the date of her appointment. The subsequent planned pregnancy
sadly ended in miscarriage as well.
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AbortionAn early medical abortion at 30.
This 30 year old woman had a difficult experience during her early medical abortion. She is now finding that she is emotionally affected as well and has sought post abortion counselling
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A medical abortion at 8 weeks
This writer wanted to reassure others that her experience during her medical abortion was not as bad as she had read from other accounts, and she found the pain was well controlled with paracetamol.
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I'm 16 and had an abortion 10 months ago.
This 16 year old girl had an abortion 10 months ago that she now regrets, and is thinking of trying for another baby.
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Keeping my babyA positive pregnancy test after believing I couldn't conceive
This 23 year old woman thought that she could not conceive but had a positive pregnancy test after some hormone tests at her doctor's surgery. Since then she has had a scare when no heart beat could be found, after which the heart beat was detected. She is now waiting in trepidation for her next scan.
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Crisis PregnancyAn unplanned pregnancy
This woman is struggling in her relationship with her boyfriend and has now found out she is pregnant. She does not know what decision to make and is worried about the influence this man will have on her life longterm
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AbortionA medical abortion at 12 weeks
This woman had a 10 month old baby and was struggling to trust her boyfriend when she became pregnant again after being ill with a chest infection. Her subsequent medical abortion left her shocked at what she saw.
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An abortion I will always regret
This story describes a pregnancy that seemed to be going well until the couple realised that the boyfriend was not the father of the baby.
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A medical abortion a year ago
This woman had 3 children and her new partner had a genetic disorder in his family that he was worried could pass on to a baby. She felt pressurised by these circumastances and eventually decided to have an abortion.
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A surgical abortion in an NHS hospital
This story is written by a 25 year old woman who restarted her pill with a new relationship but fell pregnant the foirst time they had sex.
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Medical Abortion at 9 Weeks
This 21 year old woman was on the contraceptive pill but found out she was pregnant after a course of antibiotics. She describes her clear decision to have an abortion and how she coped with the medical procedure.
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I'm 14 and I had a surgical abortion
This 14 year old girl was having unprotected sex with her boyfriend of 5 months and after missing as period started to feel different in herself. A test confirmed that she was pregnant.
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Keeping my babyI am totally pro choice but abortion was not for me.
This woman found help for her unplanned pregnancy at a drop-in centre affiliated to CareConfidential. She was able to talk through her options and make a decision she was comfortable with.
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AbortionA medical abortion that went wrong
This 29 year old woman had an extreme reaction to the medical procedure and vaginal tablets and was admitted to hospital for an emergency D and C
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A surgical abortion under local anaesthetic
This story describes a relationship with a married man which ended with an unplanned pregnancy. The woman involved felt that she was unable to continue the pregnancy as a single mum with nothing to offer the baby.
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Teenage PregnancyNow that I am pregnant he has left me.
A 19 year old who has been left with no support from her family or boyfriend who wanted her to have an abortion.
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I decided to keep my baby.
A 17 year old girl decided to keep her baby. She is realistic about her education and career, and has ambitions to do further education. She never felt comfortable about abortion, and is glad that she has chosen to parent despite the difficulties.
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AbortionA surgical abortion under conscious sedation at Marie Stoppes
This story describes the procedure this woman went through to have a surgical abortion under conscious sedation.
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A medical termination at 15.
This story describes a holiday romance at 15 that ended in pregnancy. She decided on termination but still thinks about the baby 5 years later.
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I had a medical abortion with BPAS nearly 2 weeks ago.
This woman was shocked by the amount of pain she went through with her medical abortion. She felt that she had not been prepared for this and was also distressed when she passed the pregnancy in the shower.
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An extremely painful medical abortion.
This woman and her boyfriend were medical students and felt that they couldn't continue with their pregnancy. She chose a medical abortion but was given no information about what to expect and found the procedure extremely painful.
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A medical abolrtion at a private abortion clinic
A story of an 18 year old woman who was pressurised into an abortion by her parents and boyfriend. Although she has found happiness in a new relationship, she still feels the pain of a difficult time in her life
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A late medical abortion at 16 weeks
This woman's story describes how she hoped that her boyfriend would be won over by seeing the scan picture at 12 weeks. However he pressurised her to have an abortion and this eventually took place at 16 weeks.
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Baby LossOur daughter was delivered stillborn at 39 weeks
This very sad story describes how nothing could have prepared this couple for the complete devastation that was caused by the loss of their baby daughter at birth.
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AbortionAn early mediacl abortion.
This story describes an early medical abortion.
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I had an abortion last summer
This story describes the difficulties a 17 year old girl had following an abortion last summer. her relationship with her boyfriend ended, but he still blames her for having an abortion.
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A surgical procedure in Russia
This lady had an abortion when she was in Russia after finding out that her boyfriend was a married man.
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I had a medical termination and was 8 and a half weeks pregnant.
This young woman found out she was pregnant when she was 18 years old and had planned to go to university. Pressure from her boyfriend and worrying about disappointing her mum made her choose a medical abortion which she now deeply regrets.
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I'm dead against abortions but I really don't think I can cope with another child.
This 18 year old has a 10 month old child and is pregnant again. She is struggling to decide what to do because she is going through a rough patch with her boyfriend.
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An abortion at 16 weeks that is still painful after 6 years
This woman became pregnant in her first year at University and felt that abortion was the right decision for her. Six years later she is still struggling with grief and guilt.
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Pregnancy after a condom failure
This woman has four children and has an unexpected pregnancy after a condom failure. She was refered for a termination but feels scared and unsure she can go through with it.
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It was all I had dreamt of but at 11 weeks I terminated my pregnancy
This 38 year old woman thought that she could not have children and was overjoyed when she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant. However relationship problems made her feel unable to continue with her pregnancy.
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A poem to SAMMY
This woman has been receiving some help and support from a satellite centre in Bognor Regis following an abortion that she now regrets
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Crisis PregnancyI don't want to regret my decision
This lady is under a great deal of pressure from her partner to have an abortion, even though she was very happy at first to be pregnant.
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I am 20 weeks pregnant and booked for a later medical termination on Monday
This 20 year old woman is booked to have a medical termination of pregnancy at 20 weeks, but is having doubts about her decision.
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[ Views: 438 ]
AbortionI had a medical abortion 4 days ago
This story describes the experience of a 22 year old woman who was 8 weeks pregnant when she had a medical abortion.
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Crisis PregnancyI have booked two terminations both of which I haven't turned up for
This woman is 21 and is now 19 weeks pregnant after cancelling two terminations. She is still uncertain about her decision, and each time she has cancelled her appointment her boyfriend has left her.
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[ Views: 349 ]
AbortionI had a medical abortion on 8/3/11
This lady had a medical abortion and was concerned about what she saw when she passed the pregnancy.
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A painful medical abortion at 9 weeks
This woman was anxious about having a surgical procedure and opted for a medical abortion. Her counsellor and nurse suggested it may be very painful at her stage of pregnancy, and afterwards she felt that she had made the wrong choice.
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A surgical abortion at 19 weeks
This woman became pregnant after a one night stand and booked several appointments with bpas abortion clinic but did not turn up. Eventually when she went for an appointment she was told she was 19 weeks pregnant.
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4 weeks pregnant, he's over the moon, I'm confused
This woman has 2 children and is on income support but works a few hours a week to subsidise her support. Her circumstances seem to point towards difficulties in continuing her pregnancy but her partner is excited about the prospect.
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An early medical abortion
This story describes an early medical abortion that seemed to go smoothly until the woman passed what looked like her foetus 2 days later. She and her partner saw what she had passed and this image has changed her perception of the abortion.
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I had a medical abortion a week ago
This woman felt very much on her own when she was going through her experience of making her decision, and then going to bpas for a medical abortion.
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[ Views: 418 ]
A medical abortion at 8 weeks
A medical abortion at 8 weeks
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Two experiences of medical abortions
This young woman was 19 when she had her first medical abortion when she described the pain she experienced as horrific despite taking pain killers. She has recently had a second abortion and experienced mild cramps which was very different to her first experience.
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Crisis PregnancyA pregnancy using withdrawal method
This couple have 2 children and were using the withdrawal method when they fell pregnant again. One of their main problems is that she developed Hellp syndrome during her previous pregnancies and this can be a very serious threat to her health.
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Miscarriage Stories2 miscarriages within a few months. Will it happen again?
This very sad story tells of a couple who have had 2 miscarriages in quick succession. As they work through the pain and grief they are feeling, their is also a fear that it could happen again.
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AbortionA medical abortion that took 51 hrs to begin
This 26 year old woman booked for a medical abortion with Marie Stoppes. She had the second stage of the procedure but nothing happened for 51 hours.
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[ Views: 441 ]
Men's StoriesMy girlfriend had an abortion
This young man was 16 when his girlfriend became pregnant. She chose to have an abortion, but he has found this dofficult and painful to come to terms with
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[ Views: 537 ]
AbortionThe grief of a grandmother
This grandmother has written of her longing for a baby that was aborted.
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I had a medical abortion this morning
This young woman felt unprepared to have a baby and decided quickly that she would have an abortion, but has found it a difficult decision and is feeling sad.
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[ Views: 377 ]
Crisis Pregnancy27 and facing an unplanned pregnancy
This 27 year old woman is facing a difficult decision. She is 9 weeks pregnant and her partner has already left after hearing this news.
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[ Views: 306 ]
Abortion2 medical abortions in a year
This woman had 2 contraceptive failures with the mini pill, and had one medical abortion with bpas, and then a second one under the nhs. Her account compared her 2 experiences.
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A medical abortion on Valentine's day
Writing this story has helped this young woman to work through some of the emotional pain she feels after having a medical abortion a year ago.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 33 and 9 weeks pregnant
The woman describes the anxiety of wanting the abby but not sure of the relationship.
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AbortionA surgical abortion
This 35 year old woman was booked for a medical abortion but was told she would have to have a surgical proceedure as she was over 35 and smoked
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[ Views: 534 ]
Crisis PregnancyA planned pregnancy so why does it feel like a crisis?
This older mum always wanted 3 children, and decided to try for a third before it was too late. She became pregnant but has suffered doubts and anxieties after feeling under pressure with difficult finances, and a series of illnesses.
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Support when I was feeling confused and isolated
This woman found help and support at a local pregnancy crisis centre that helped her through a difficult pregnancy, and gave her the chance to explore all her options.
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He's not ready for a baby
This 23 year old is pregnant but her boyfriend has given her mixed messages seeming excited about being a dad, and then saying he does not want the baby.
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[ Views: 467 ]
Mental HealthMajor problems with study showing no link between abortion, mental health problems
Response to conclusion that 'Early abortions don't trigger psychiatric problems' in research published in New England Journal Medicine 2011
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Early abortions don't trigger psychiatric problems
The relative risk of a psychiatric contact did not differ significantly after abortion as compared with before abortion...
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AbortionA muslim girl who had an abortion
This young muslim girl had an abortion when her boyfriend told her to 'get rid of it'. She has found it a very difficult experience and is struggling to come to terms with it.
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A surgical abortion 6 months ago
This 23 year old woman felt pressurised by her boyfriend and after having an abortion felt that she had made a big mistake.
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A medical abortion yesterday
This woman describes the medical abortion she had recently, and compares it to a past experience when she had a planned abortion that she did not go through with.
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[ Views: 613 ]
Teenage Pregnancy15 and scared to tell anyone I'm pregnant
This young girl is pregnant but feels too scared to tell her mum or her boyfriend.
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Miscarriage StoriesA miscarriage at 46
This 46 year old woman was surprised to find out she was expecting at 46 but decided to continue with the pregnancy. Unfortunately she miscarried in the first few weeks.
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Keeping my babyJust 14 and pregnant.
This young girl comments on how she managed to keep her baby despite being very young.
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AbortionAn abortion at 12 weeks
This 17 year old girl became pregnant after a 3 month relationship, but shortly after finding out her boyfriend finished the relationship and she discovered that he had also been seeing her best friend.
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I had an abortion because my parents did not agree with teen pregnancy
This 18 year old girl wanted to keep her baby and her boyfriend was going to support her. However she knew her parents would be upset and disappointed so chose abortion.
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Crisis PregnancyAn abortion 6 months ago and now another panic
This young woman had a difficult abortion last year and is now panicking that she could be pregnant again.
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AbortionThe shock of my life, pregnant at 41
This 41 year old woman was shocked by an unplanned pregnancy, and felt that with her own health issues she could not have the baby.
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It seemed right at the time, but now it's hard
This woman chose abortion because of pressure from her patner, but now some strong emotions and questions are surfacing.
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Terrified at bringing a baby into the world
This woman chose abortion because of a very difficult situation, and is now trying to come to terms with it.
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Shock pregnancy at 40 years old
This woman had a medical termination just after her 40th birthday, after discovering she was unexpectedly pregnant.
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Teenage Pregnancy15 and just found out I am pregnant
This young girl feels that she would like to keep her baby but is frightened of telling her parents and wonders if she would manage with all the practical arrangements like school, accomodation, and benefits.
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AbortionAn abortion 2 days ago.
This woman already has her hands full with 4 children. When she chose abortion she was not expecting to see the baby and all its features. This has made it a traumatic experience for her.
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Crisis Pregnancy41 with an unexpected pregnancy
This 41 year old woman had an abortion 3 years ago and has suffered from depression since then. Now she is pregnant again and faced with another difficult decision about what she should do.
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Abortion16 and pressurised into abortion
This young girl felt pressurised into a sexual relationship and then trapped in a decision to choose abortion, although it was not what she wanted to do
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A surgical abortion at 11 weeks
This 18 year old made a mistake with her contraception and found herself unexpectedly pregnant. She decided quickly that abortion was what she would choose, but afterwards experienced depression, guilt and a tremendous sense of loss.
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Crisis Pregnancy3 very young children and pregnant again
This story describes the difficult situation of an unplanned pregnancy with 3 young children already, and a husband who feels that they cannot afford another pregnancy.
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AbortionI think about the baby I destroyed every day
This woman had a surgical abortion when her life was in turmoil having left a violent relationship, and moved into a refuge with her 4 month old baby.
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Crisis PregnancyI have 3 children under 4 and I have just discovered I am pregnant again
This 24 year old woman has 3 young children and is pregnant again. She and her boyfriend talked about abortion but she had an abortion 6 years ago and felt guilty and upset afterwards.
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Teenage PregnancyA medical abortion at 17
This 17 year old has had some symptoms following her abortion and worries that she could still be pregnant
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AbortionAn abortion 33 years ago at 17 years old
This woman describes the secret pain that she carried for 33 years before she finally acknowledged her experience and found help through the Reading Lifeline Centre.
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Crisis PregnancyEveryone thinks I should have an abortion
This woman is in early pregnancy and describes the pressure she feels to have an abortion, even though she finds it a very hard option to contemplate.
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AbortionI am 16 and had an abortion today
This teenager describes her experience of an abortion, which she believes was the right decision but which was still a very hard experience to go through.
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I'd only known my boyfriend 4 months.
This woman describes going through a surgical abortion early on in her relationship.
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A medical abortion
This woman feels very upset that she did not receive accurate information about the pain she might expect during a medical abortion.
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A medical abortion after a blighted ovum
This woman had the distressing news that she had a blighted ovum last year and went through a medical procedure to remove it. A subsequent pregnancy early this year made her feel anxious but also excited. However, this changed when her partner said that they could not afford to have the baby, and she felt forced into a medical abortion.
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Teenage PregnancyAn abortion at 17
This story describes the anxious time leading up to pregnancy testing, after a condom split. This 17 year old and her boyfriend decided on abortion, but describes it as the hardest thing she has ever had to face.
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I'm 14 and at least 4 months pregnant
This young person is trying to make a decision about her unplanned pregnancy.
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[ Views: 539 ]
AbortionAn abortion at 17
This 17 year old had her mind set on keeping her baby, and although her mum said she would stand by her, she felt pressurised into an abortion by her mum and boyfriend's comments.
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A surgical abortion in hospital
This 45 year old woman has been traumatised by her experience of a surgical abortion. She never agreed with abortion and never thought she would ever have one, but when she had an unplanned pregnancy with a new partner they both felt termination was the right decision. Her relationship broke up and left her feeling low as she tried to cope with her post abortion depression.
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A medical abortion after suffering with hyperemesis gravidarum
This 38 year old woman had a very wanted pregnancy but was unable to cope with severe sickness in pregnancy called hyperemesis gravidarum, and terminated the pregnancy when she had no support from her partner.
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A medical abortion at 13 weeks for foetal abnormality
This woman contracted chickenpox early in her pregnancy, and had a medical abortion when she found that the foetus was deformed. It was a difficult experience for her and afterwards she had to have surgery for retained placenta.
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Miscarriage StoriesBaby loss at 9 days old
This story describes the very sad experience of a woman who had been trying for a baby for 6 years. She finally had her longed for baby boy in March last year but he only lived for 9 days.
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AbortionAn early medical abortion
This single mother has 2 children and decided with her partner that they would not continue with their unplanned pregnancy. She had an early medical abortion, and although she felt tired and emotional afterwards, it was better than she had anticipated.
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A recent surgical abortion
This woman had an abortion just 5 days ago and gives an account of her experience.
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A 16 year old girl who is 16 weeks pregnant
This 16 year old girl is now 16 weeks pregnant and feeling very alone and unsure about continuing her pregnancy. Her ex boyfriend doesn't want anything to do with the baby, but her father is encouraging her to continue with the pregnancy.
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Keeping my babyHe tried to talk me into an abortion
This 24 year old woman became pregnant after a one night stand. She cose to keep the baby but is finding it hard without any support from the father who she lost contact with.
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AbortionMy boyfriend left me 2 weeks after the abortion
This woman felt pressurised into an abortion by her boyfriend, who promised that they would have a baby once they were more settled. However shortly after the abortion he left her and she discovered he had got engaged to someone else.
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Crisis PregnancyWho is the father?
This woman is desperate to know which man is the father of her baby.
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AbortionAn early medical abortion.
This woman decided to have an abortion at 7 weeks and describes her personal experience.
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A medical abortion at 18
This yoiung woman thought that she might be infertile and was very surprised and shocked when she and her fried did a positive pregnancy test. She felt that she and her boyfriend were too young to have a baby.
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I was pregnant at 21 and could not afford a baby
This young woman had just finished her university degree, and had a lot of hopes and dreams for the future when she found herself unexpectedly pregnant.
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A termination under conscious sedation for hyperemisis
This sad story relates the crippling effect of hyperemisis in pregnancy that made this woman feel unable to carry on with her pregnancy.
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Today I had a medical termination
This woman had a medical termination at 7 weeks and describes the process she went through.
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Crisis PregnancyAn affair that has lead to a crisis pregnancy
This 35 year old woman had decided to end her affair and stay with her husband when she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant.
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I want a termination but my husband doesn't.
This woman is frightened about an unplanned pregnancy and the impact of either a baby or an abortion on her relationship.
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I'm 17 and I've just found out I'm pregnant!
This 17 year old girl has found out that she is pregnant and her boyfriend wants her to have an abortion. She feels unsure about her decision particularly because her sister lost her baby 4 weeks after she was born.
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He left me because of his parents
This woman feels alone after planning a baby with her boyfriend, who then left her.
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AbortionI was at uni and had to make a quick decison
I was at the end of my first year at university and had an unplanned pregnancy. My boyfriend felt we were too young and pressurised me into having an abortion.
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I wanted this baby but I decided to have an abortion.
This 15 year old girl found that she was pregnant after she had split up with her boyfriend. It was a very difficult decision for her but she and her mum decided on abortion. She still regrets this, having nightmares and depression, and feels she is going through a long grieving process.
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I chose abortion because I am mixed race and my partner would not support me
This woman already had 2 children and had recently split up with her partner when she realised she was pregnant. His racist comments left her feeling that he would not give her any support, and she decided to end the pregnancy rather than bring up another child alone.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 15 and just found out I am 2 months pregnant.
This 15 year old girl has just found out that she is pregnant and feels scared and confused. She wants to wake up and everything be normal again. Its all happened too fast and she doesn't know what to do.
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AbortionI'm 18 and a few weeks ago I found out I was pregnant.
This 18 year old was at university, had recently split up with her boyfriend and then found out she was pregnant even though she had been on the mini pill.
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Miscarriage StoriesA baby loss at 16 weeks
This woman lost her baby at 16 weeks and is struggling to come to terms with her loss.
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AbortionGoing through a medical abortion alone
This woman had a medical abortion when her partner was away with work. She describes her experience going through the process alone.
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I am screaming inside that I did not do the right thing
This 40 year old woman had been through a lot of surgery following an accident. When she found herself unexpectedly pregnant she feared that some of the procedures could have affected the baby, and decided that abortion was the right option. Now in hindsight she regrets this decision and wishes she had continued with the pregnancy.
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An extremely traumatic medical abortion. The follow-up 2 years later
This woman did her first posting 2 years ago after what she describes as 'an extremely traumatic medical abortion'. This is her follow-up posting where she reflects on her experience again and feels very let down by the abortion provider. She was left with heavy bleeding and retained products of pregnancy, which was only resolved by hospital admission and an operation.
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I had been sexually active for 9 years, and had never had a scare.
This 25 year old woman had an unplanned pregnancy with her ex boyfriend. She had gone back to college for further education, was living with her grandmother, and felt that she was in no position to have a baby.
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I feel I've made a huge mistake
Although this woman felt sure about her decision, having been through a traumatic medical abortion she is now finding it difficult to sleep, feels upset with her boyfriend, and felt unprepared for what she saw.
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A medical abortion at 22 years old
This graduate nurse had an unplanned pregnancy and knew straight away that she didn't want a baby, and it was not the right time. She felt very unprepared for the experience she went through, and surprised that she knew so little about the procedure.
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[ Views: 458 ]
Teenage PregnancyI'm 14 and had sex with a boy on holiday
This 14 year old is terrified she could be pregnant after meeting an 18 year old boy on holiday and having sex with him
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AbortionAn abortion at 12 weeks under conscious sedation
This tragic story describes a woman's abortion of a planned pregnancy, when her husband walked out after a row.
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A medical abortion
This woman had an abortion when she was 19, and felt sure that she would never go through this again. When she found out she was pregnant again she was 'over the moon', but again chose to end her pregnancy because her boyfriend felt that he couldn't cope with a baby at this time
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Men's StoriesAn abortion I now wholeheartedly regret
This man felt that abortion was the right decision after his relationship broke down, but looking back he regrets the decision.
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Teenage PregnancyI was only 15 when I got pregnant
This young girl chose to have her baby, and although she was eventually sure about her decision, she describes how difficult it was being pregnant as a teenager, and having a baby at such a young age.
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Crisis PregnancyAn unplanned pregnancy at 39
This woman was taking the pill and found out that she was pregnant after a course of antibiotics.
Although she and her partner were shocked they got used to the idea until her partner's parents pursuaded him that they should not continue the pregnancy.
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AbortionAn abortion 25 years ago
This woman describes the dilemma she faced expecting her second child in an abusive relationship. She chose to end the pregnancy but suffered grief and regret for 25 years before finding help at a centre.
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An abortion at 17
This young woman felt that abortion was the right decision for her because she felt she had nothing to offer a baby. She had never agreed with abortion, and this story describes the emotional difficulties she has gone through.
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AdoptionA 14 year old who chose adoption
This young girl decided to place her baby for open adoption and has had a positive experience, although she was very sad when she gave her baby up to his adoptive parents.
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AbortionA medical abortion
This story describes a young woman of 22 who was sure that abortion was the right choice for her but a few weeks after the procedure she broke down, felt numb and couldn't stop crying.
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A surgical abortion under conscious sedation
This story describe an unplanned pregnancy for a married woman who had 3 children, and felt that it wasn't right for them to continue the pregnancy
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An abortion at 13
This young person regrets her pregnancy, and has found it hard coming to terms with the consequences.
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[ Views: 513 ]
Medical abortion with hyperemisis in pregnancy
This story tells of a woman who decided to keep her baby despite her partner making her clear that he did not want the baby, and questioned whether it was even his. Sadly, she had hyperemisis in pregnancy and became so low and unwell that she chose to end the pregnancy.
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A hysterotomy at 16 years old
This story describes years of guilt and shame following a hysterotomy at 17 weeks. Finally the writer found peace after going through the Journey programme.
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Crisis PregnancyA crisis pregnancy at 38
This 38 year old woman has 2 sons, a 3 year old and 10 month old, and has found herself pregnant again. her husband does not want another baby and is thinking about practical considerations, but she is struggling to feel comfortable about terminating the pregancy.
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AbortionA medical abortion at 6 weeks of pregnancy
This 23 year old woman was about to start her Ph.D. when she became pregnant. She knew early on that she wanted to have an abortion as her career ment a lot to her and she felt incapable of looking after a child at this time.
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Teenage Pregnancy15 years old and 3 months pregnant
This young person in 3 months pregnant, and frightened about telling her mum in case she reacts badly.
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AbortionA medical abortion after a one night stand
This young woman got drunk one night and thought she had had protected sex, but later the man texted her to say he had taken the condom off. This resulted in an unplanned pregnancy and medical abortion, which it has taken her a long time to come to terms with.
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A medical abortion after an affair
This woman went through some marriage difficulties and turned to a chat room for comfort. A resulting relationship left her pregnant and she felt unable to keep the baby when she was unsure who the father was. Although she longed for a baby she could not risk going through paternity testing.
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A medical abortion at 15
This story describes the pain of a 15 year old girl finding out that she was pregnant. She thought she had found the relationship of a lifetime. A guy who was everything she could have hoped for. When she told him she was pregnant he looked at her with disgust and told her not to contact him again.
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My baby would have been a month old today
This story relates a surgical abortion 8 months ago and the 42 year old woman is telling her story for the second time. She feels that she has been unable to put this experience behind her and says 'I'm still crying inside about what I did and there's nobody there to listen'.
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I had an abortion at 9 weeks
This 41 year old woman had the abortion she always said she would never ever have because her partner did not want the baby. What she thought was the perfect relationship turned out to be uncommitted, and her parner was still considering going back to his ex girlfriend.
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I opted for a medical procedure at 8 weeks
This writer wanted to describe her medical procedure in a more poitive light after reading other people's stories. She described her experience as 'not easy, and not one that she would ever want to repeat', but not as scary or painful as she had anticipated.
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Miscarriage StoriesA miscarriage at 14 weeks
This story describes a sad event for a family who longed for a second baby but lost it at 14 weeks.
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AbortionA lone parent with a disabled 6 year old
This story written some years after the abortion explains how this woman feels about her decision now.
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Keeping my babyI couldn't have an abortion because I'm against it
This story describes a drunken one night stand that resulted in pregnancy. Although the father of the baby di not want the woman to continue with the pregnancy, she realised that she was unhappy with going through with an abortion and decided to keep the baby.
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AbortionI had a surgical abortion under local anaesthetic
This 25 year old woman became pregnant on the pill. Although she had a longterm partner, they felt that another child at this time would put too much strain on their relationship. They chose to have an abortion.
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I had an abortion at 7 weeks because of lack of finances
This story describes the painful decision to abort when this couple had financial difficulties. After the proceedure it relates the painful process of coming to terms with this decision, and longings to have another baby.
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A medical abortion at 14 weeks
This lady had a medical abortion at 14 weeks and saw what she passed in the bed pan. This has made her realise what stage of development she was at, and has been a very painful experience.
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Men's StoriesA 16 year old boyfriend whose girlfriend is pregnant
This young person is frightened about his dad's reaction to his girlfriend's pregnancy and doesn't know where to go for help although they have decided that abortion is not an option for them.
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Keeping my babyAfter an abortion at 18 I am not going through this again.
This woman felt that the abortion she had at 18 left her emotionally scarred, and turning to alcohol to numb the pain. When she became pregnant again she chose to keep her baby and feels that however hard the circumstances are, it would be harder to go against her values and beliefs.
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Teenage Pregnancy14years old and a late period
This young person has had sex with her boyfriend and is now 10 days late with her period, and terrified that she could be pregnant.
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I'm 18 and a month pregnant
This young person has decided that she is having her baby, but is worried that the father will not want to stay with her.
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[ Views: 441 ]
AbortionI got my dream job and now I have an unplanned pregnancy
This woman is happily married with 3 children. She and her husband now have good jobs after struggling to make ends meet for some time. She now finds herself unexpectedly pregnant and is agonising over whether another child will spoil her chances in her new job, and make their circumstances difficult again.
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An early medical termination this week
This 23 year old had a medical termination at 7 weeks after an unplanned pregnancy. She had some health issues herself but ultimately felt that she and her partner were not ready emotionally or financially for a baby.
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Keeping my babyHe demanded that I got rid of it or we were over
Despite a longterm relationship, this woman felt pressurised into abortion when she became unexpectedly pregnant. Calling the national helpline and speaking to a trained advisor gave her the courage she needed to do what she really wanted
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[ Views: 556 ]
Teenage Pregnancy15, still at school and pregnant
This young person had irregular periods and did not know she was pregnant until she was 3 months. Although it has been a difficult time she and her boyfriend are still together and she is glad that she chose to keep her little girl.
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[ Views: 524 ]
AdoptionI couldn't find myself on the family tree
This young girl found out she was adopted when she tried to do an internet search on family trees. It was an enormous shock for her but she has come to realise how much her adoptive family love her and want her as part of them.
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[ Views: 520 ]
Teenage PregnancyI am 16 and pregnant
This teenage girl and her boyfriend are excited about their pregnancy, but worried about having to break the news to her mum.
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[ Views: 516 ]
AbortionI was Sikh, 16, not married and could not raise a child
This young Sikh person became pregnant after using the withdrawal method. She was unable to tell her family and had a medical termination at 8 weeks and 5 days.
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[ Views: 490 ]
A medical abortion at 6 weeks
This woman thought she was pregnant but it did not show up on a scan. By 6 weeks a further scan showed the pregnancy and she and her boyfriend decided abortion was the best option for them.
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[ Views: 989 ]
A surgical termination under conscious sedation
This woman and her partner felt that a 3rd child was not an option for them, and decided on a surgical termination under conscious sedation at 9 weeks. The worst part of her experience was having to wait through the day before the procedure was done by which point the stress of the situation got to her.
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Teenage PregnancyI was just 19 when I found out I was pregnant
This story describes a young woman who knew what was right for her, and had the courage to make the decision to have her baby. She felt very alone after her boyfriend broke off contact with her, but received support from her local pregnancy centre
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[ Views: 634 ]
Crisis PregnancyAn unplanned pregnancy when we were getting married
This woman and her fiance had planned to get married in 9 months time but she now finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, and is worried about how her family and friends will react.
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[ Views: 549 ]
AbortionI never had unprotected sex but at 17 I was pregnant
6 years on this young woman still recalls the painful experience of an unplanned pregnancy at 17. Her decision to have an abortion was a difficult one and at the time she remebers changing her mind continually. She still relives details of the event and has regrets about what happened.
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[ Views: 593 ]
At 16 I found myself pregnant
This young person was half way through her GCSE's when she found out she was pregnant with a boyfriend who very quickly 'moved on' to someone else. The people she trusted advised her to have a termination, but now she regrets this decision.
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I was 9 weeks and had a suction termination
This young person was doing her GCSE's when she found out she was pregnant. She did not want her parents to find out and pretended to go to Alton Towers for a couple of days so that she could go and have a suction termination of pregnancy.
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A surgical abortion at 14
This 14 year old was involved with a 16 year old boyfriend and became pregnant. Although he had always said he would support her when she told him the news he didn't want anything to do with her or the baby, and she felt that she would hacve to have an abortion.
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[ Views: 492 ]
Teenage PregnancyI am 16 and desperate for a baby
This 16 year old has a steady boyfriend and desperately wants a baby, but she is frightened of telling her Mum.
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Abortion15 and got pregnant after a drunken mistake
This 15 year old girl's life changed when she met her older boyfriend who was abusive and cheated on her. She started drinking heavily and slept with him one night without using contraception. An unplanned pregnancy followed and she was pressurised to get rid of it.
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[ Views: 304 ]
A medical abortion
When this woman fell pregnant she felt that she was not even allowed to discuss her options and was quickly booked in for a medical abortion.
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[ Views: 539 ]
Crisis PregnancyI am booked for a surgical termination but I don't know if I can go through with it
This woman has 2 children, and is unexpectedly pregnant again. There are a lot of practical reasons why she feels she wants to end the pregnancy but she is not sure they are a good enough reason.
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[ Views: 627 ]
Teenage PregnancyI'm 15 and 31 weeks pregnant
This 15 year old found out that she was pregnant soon after her 15th birthday, and at first she thought she would have an abortion. After talking to a counsellor and thinking through her options she decided to carry on with her pregnancy and is awaiting the arrival of her baby boy.
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[ Views: 683 ]
AbortionInformation about abortion for Ireland
This person wants to speak to someone about accessing abortion in Ireland
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A surgical abortion at 7 weeks and 4 days
This married lady decided with her husband that she did not want more than 2 children, and chose a surgical abortion. Although it was not an easy experience she felt it was the right one for her
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[ Views: 1015 ]
An early medical abortion
This woman had an unplanned pregnancy, and found her partner's lack of communication and support difficult to cope with. She chose to have an early mediacl termination, but all the time hoped that her partner would want to keep the baby. Now she wishes she had been strong enough to stand up for herself.
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[ Views: 562 ]
Crisis PregnancyAll I can think about is the child growing inside me
This 26 year old woman had a casual affair with her friend's brother and now has unplanned pregnancy. Her initial reaction was to have an abortion, but while waiting for an appointment she has struggled to come to terms with this decision, finds herself crying all the time and thinking about the child.
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[ Views: 553 ]
AbortionA surgical abortion after a failed vasectomy
This lady thought her family was complete and her husband had had a vasectomy, and the 3 tests to make sure it was successful. They both had a shock when she discovered she was pregnant, and were swept along with their decision to have a surgical abortion. In her heart of hearts she was longing for the courage to stop the procedure but was afraid of her husband's reaction.
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[ Views: 997 ]
Crisis PregnancyI must make a decision about whether to keep the child or not
This 41 year old woman had an abortion last year because of economic difficulties. These have not changed but she has found out she is pregnant again and wondering what to do.
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[ Views: 566 ]
AbortionYou have to have an abortion because I'm not ready
This 18 year old had a miscarriage followed by an unplanned pregnancy. her 26 year old boyfriend did not want a baby yet and pressurised her into having an abortion. Later he made her hold his cousin's newborn baby.
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[ Views: 506 ]
Crisis Pregnancy39, married with an 8 year old child and unexpectedly pregnant
This 39 year old woman always thought she would embrace another pregnancy with open arms, but when she found out she was pregnant recently she felt that financial pressures were such that she could not continue with the pregnancy.
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[ Views: 609 ]
AbortionAn early medical abortion
This story describes an early medical abortion which seemed to be complete after a few hours but 3 days later the woman was getting severe cramps and bleeding , and was not sure if she had an infection, or needed some medical intervention
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[ Views: 693 ]
I had my medical termination today
This woman found herself pregnant after a contraceptive failure, and she and her boyfriend were certain that abortion was the right option for them. She read many stories and was concerned about the procedure but found it much less daunting than she expected.
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[ Views: 650 ]
I had a medical abortion today
This story describes a woman's experience of a medical abortion.
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I let my husband believe it was an accidental pregnancy
This 36 year old woman had longed for a baby for 2 years but when she stopped her contraceptive pill and got pregnant, her husband was adamant he did not want a baby, and she felt unable to continue the pregnancy.
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[ Views: 591 ]
I will experience the pain for the rest of my life
This 40 year old woman felt swept along by events surrounding her unplanned pregnancy but now feels she made a decision she deeply regrets.
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[ Views: 766 ]
Teenage Pregnancypregnant and scared
Pregnant and scared.
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[ Views: 554 ]
AbortionA surgical abortion at 11 weeks
A 20 year old woman at uni had a casual relationship with someone already in another relationship and found herself with an unplanned pregnancy.
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A medical abortion at 8-9 weeks
This story describes the procedure of a medical abortion which was very painful physically and emotionally for this 21 year old woman
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Teenage PregnancyTaking the morning after pill
This was a question from a young woman wondering what effect emergency contraception might have if she was already pregnant.
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AbortionI am 43 and had a surgical abortion today.
This lady actually had a medical abortion that was incomplete and ended up returning for a surgical abortion 3 weeks later.
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[ Views: 620 ]
A grandmother's story
This story describes the anguish this grandmother felt when she found out some time after the event that her daughter had had an abortion at university.
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[ Views: 525 ]
Teenage PregnancyI ruled out abortion as I just couldn't do it
This story descibes the brave journey of a 17 year old girl who found out she was unexpectedly pregnant while still at school.
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[ Views: 510 ]
AbortionA medical abortion
This story describes a medical termination that was not as bad as the woman anticipated. She had read a number of accounts and was expecting a lot of pain during the abortion but found it was manageable.
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Teenage PregnancyI always said I will never have another abortion
This 19 year old had an abortion 2 years ago, and always felt she would never have another abortion. Now she is facing another possible unplanned pregnancy and feels scared and anxious about everyone's reaction.
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[ Views: 475 ]
AbortionLoneliness and feeling of loss for 36 years
This moving story describes how long this woman suffered with post abortion difficulties before having the courage to seek help from a pregnancy support centre for her post abortion stress.
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[ Views: 388 ]
I'm 19 and had a medical abortion 2 days ago
This story tells of a medical abortion at 9 weeks which was done all on one day to complete within the 9 week regulation for medical abortion. The 19 year old and her boyfriend felt that it was the right decision, but still felt shocked and guilty when she saw what she had passed.
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My abortion was something I never talked about
15 years after this woman's abortion she realised that she would get 'down'at certain times of year and traced it back to the anniversaries of when her baby would have been born and the time of her abortion.
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[ Views: 552 ]
Crisis PregnancyMy partner said 'get rid of it.'
This story tells of a young Mum who had a baby 4 months ago and is pregnant again. her boyfriend wants her to get rid of the baby but their relationship is already on rocky ground and it is not what she wants.
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[ Views: 519 ]
Abortion7 weeks pregnant and I swing from terror to moderate happiness
This story tells of a 30 yuear old woman who has suffered from depression since her teens ands now has a lot of anxieties and doubts as she finds herself pregnant. Her partner has longed for children but she still feels uncertain about how she would cope.
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I had an abortion today
This 20 year old woman had a surgical abortion after her new partner walked out on her, and her parents assumed she would have an abortion. In her circumstances she felt she had too much to lose if she had a second baby.
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[ Views: 568 ]
Crisis PregnancyI'm 5 weeks pregnant after a one night stand
This story tells of a one night stand and a date with a regular partner the day after. The resulting pregnancy has raised questions about paternity, and neither men want to take responsibility.
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[ Views: 705 ]
AbortionWe rushed through the panic and process of abortion
This student starting her second year at university found out she was pregnant. She made a quick decision to have an abortion which took place on her 21st birthday. After wards she suffered from depression and had to postpone her course to work through her grief.
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[ Views: 474 ]
A medical abortion at a Marie Stopes clinic
This 19 year old woman was sure about having a medical abortion, and although she experiences pain and very heavy bleeding she did not regret her decision to end the pregnancy.
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My post natal depression returned and I found out I was pregnant
This story tells of the very debilitating symptoms of post natal depression that made this 22 year old woman feel that she could not continue with her pregnancy
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[ Views: 425 ]
Teenage PregnancyWe slept together without using protection
This story describes the stress of knowing that you have put yourself at risk of a pregnancy but pregnancy tests are not showing anything. What do you do?
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[ Views: 566 ]
AbortionI never believed in abortions
4 years ago this teenager became pregnant and although she disagreed with abortion, her boyfriend and his mother but her under so much pressure that eventually she was taken to a clinic by them and had an abortion. Once it was over she never heard from them again.
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Teenage PregnancyA drunken mistake and now I am 1 month pregnant
This story is from a 17 year old fashion student who slept with a close friend after getting drunk and now finds she is 4 weeks pregnant and struggling to know what to do.
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AbortionMy partner asked me to get an abortion and I was scared I would lose him
When I became pregnant with my daughter I was 22 and not living with the father. I was living with a friend and having the time of my life. My partner was not happy when he found out and asked me to have an abortion. I was devastated. I was told at 18 I would never have children naturally as my periods stopped when I was 16 and they said I was infertile. I was shocked to find out I was pregnant.
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I do know that the pain eats away at me every single day.
I can barely write my story as it makes me face the truth about my past and the children I will never get to know.I am a 35 year old married woman with one daughter. I think of myself as a nice, intelligent person with a lot to offer. However, I have had 3 abortions.
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Early Medical Abortion at 7 weeks
This student teacher became pregnant during an off/on relationship and writes 'I realised that I had to make a really difficult decision. I guess that is the hard part, if you decide to not face up to the situation then a baby is going to arrive in a few months times whether you like it or not!'
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[ Views: 1664 ]
I wish I could turn back the clock
This 20 year old student nurse had a medical abortion at 9 weeks and 5 days. She felt swept along in her decision by circumstances, shock and pressure from her mother to choose abortion.
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[ Views: 508 ]
Crisis PregnancyI just don't feel ready and am scared to be a mum
This story describes the difficulty in coming to a decision about an unexpected pregnancy, and explains some of this 29 year old woman's fears and longings as she tries to make her decision.
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[ Views: 744 ]
AbortionI feel so ashamed and guilty about my 2 abortions
This story describes a woman's longing to keep her baby but she did not have the courage to speak out, so her husband made the decision that he felt was best and she went along with it
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[ Views: 522 ]
I had a medical and surgical termination earlier this year.
This woman had a distressing experience of a failed medical abortion and had to have a surgical termination 2 weeks later.
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[ Views: 657 ]
Miscarriage StoriesA late miscarriage at 14 weeks
This woman suffered a miscarriage at 14 weeks that she has found it hard to move on from despite having a son, and giving birth to her second son after a number of miscarriages.
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[ Views: 1312 ]
AbortionAbotion at 18
This young woman had her plans laid out to go to university when she discovered her contraception had failed and she was pregnant.
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A surgical termination after a relationship went wrong
This story tells of a woman's pain when the boyfriend she loved cheated on her with other women, and lied to her about what he was doing.
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[ Views: 489 ]
Pregnant with a 2 year old, and 5 month old baby.
This 20 year old woman has 2 very young children already and find herself unexpectedly pregnant again.
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[ Views: 428 ]
Crisis PregnancyA contraceptive failure at 42
This lady had used effective long acting contraception for many years but when it started to give her side effects she used condoms and became pregnant.
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Keeping my babyI'm 15 years old and I kept my baby
This young girl was still at school when she became pregnant. Although she and her boyfriend had very little support, they have kept their baby and managed to build a home together.
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AbortionA surgical abortion at 19
This story describes the very harrowing result of a crisis pregnancy that ended in an unwanted abortion. This young woman tried to please her boyfriend by having an abortion, and suffered immense emotional pain as a result
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A medical abortion at 40
This story describes the difficult experience of a 40 year old woman who saw the feus that she passed after a medical abortion and still find the image in her mind upsetting
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 15 and I'm pregnant
This 15 year old girl has got pregnant deliberately, but told her boyfriend that she was using contraception. She is now in a difficult situation with a complicated web of relationships.
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I can't stop thinking about having a baby
This 16 year old girl is longing to have a baby but knows it is not the right time yet.
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AbortionMy abortion experience was 17 years ago
This woman felt pressurised to have an abortion by her partner, who left her to stay with his mother shortly afterwards and the relationship broke up because of her anger at how he had traeted her.
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I had an abortion almost 4 years ago
This young woman was doing her A levels when she found out she was pregnant. Her subsequent abortion was a very painful experience, although looking back on it she can now see that her life has turned out well and she has a good degree and hopefully a successful career ahead of her.
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Women over 40 who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant
After the breakdown of her marriage this woman took years to rebuild her life. She eventually started a new relationship which felt like a wonderful new beginning until she became unexpectedly pregnant.
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He left his wife but went back to her
This story describes a difficult relationship with a married man who has promised this single Mum he would leave his wife and make a new life, but in practice he continues to string them both along. She is now pregnant with their baby, and realising that he will not give her the support he promised
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I'm 14 and I am 35 days late
This young teenager is very late with her period, and terrified to do a pregnancy test in case it turns out she is pregnant and she has to tell her parents.
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Crisis PregnancyMy husband is totally against having this baby
This woman feels pressurised by her husband to have an abortion, but she is already feeling unhappy and tearful about going through with this decision.
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I am 23 and in a mess
This story tells of the dilemma facing a woman with a crisis pregnancy, and the struggle she is facing as she tries to make her decision.
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AbortionIf I did not abort, my child would have been 5 years old
This young woman chose to end her pregnancy 5 years ago and explains how she still regrets this decision, and longs for the baby she lost.
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Keeping my babyUpdate on our baby with cleft lip
This couple continued with their pregnancy and have a lovely little girl
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Crisis PregnancyMy partner of 6 years does not think a baby is a good idea
This student was planning to go traveling with her partner after university but an unplanned pregnancy has made her question what she should do.
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AbortionA recent medical abortion
This story describes the difficulty for the woman and her fiance as they try to make a decision about an unplanned pregnancy. At first they decided to keep the baby but then changed their minds as they felt unsettled about their choice.
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I am 18 years old. Yesterday I had a medical abortion at 13 weeks
This young girl describes a traumatic late medical abortion, after battling with her decision for some time.
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The biggest regret of my life
This young girl describes the consequences of her abortion that she now deeply regrets. She felt very unsure as she was making her decision, and with no support from her partner she chose to have a medical abortion which proved to be a traumatic experience.
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When I was 13 years old I became pregnant
This woman is now 41 with her own little boy, but looks back with pain and regret at the 2 unplanned pregnancies she faced, and the pressure she experienced to have an abortion against her will.
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Teenage Pregnancy16 and pregnant ?
This young person never thought it would be her in this situation, and when she found out she was pregnant, her worst fear was telling her parents. Eventually she sent a text message " I'm pregnant"!
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Miscarriage StoriesA miscarriage without knowing I was pregnant
This story describes a woman's early miscarriage which she thought was a heavy period until she did a positive pregnancy test.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 5 weeks pregnant and really confused
This short account describes the dilemma of an unplanned pregnancy.
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Miscarriage StoriesOur little boy had died inside me
After an unplanned pregnancy at 39 years old, this woman and her partner were continuing with their pregnancy without any problems when this devastating loss hit them, suddenly and unexpectedly.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion 6 months ago
This story explains how at 18 years old this young woman had an unplanned pregnancy. Although she had never felt comfortable with abortion for herself she found her circumstances too difficult to contemplate keeping the baby.
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About 25 years ago I had an abortion
This lady has very bravely told her story after 25 years. She tells of how she has carried the pain of her abortion for years and finally had the courage to seek counselling through Careconfidential. For the first time in years she has found peace and been able to move on from her experience.
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I fell pregnant after a one night stand
This story describes how painful the pregnancy and abortion was when their was no support from a partner, and with the stress of university exams it felt hard to cope with what felt like a huge and shameful secret.
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Miscarriage StoriesI lost my baby at 14 weeks
This story describes the emotional pain of losing a baby at 14 weeks and after over 6 months she is still grieving the loss of a very wanted baby.
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AbortionMedical abortion at 16 weeks pregnant
This woman had a medical abortion at 16 weeks pregnancy, and although she was fearful of the procedure after reading some difficult experiences, she did not find it as painful as she had imagined.
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My daughter would be 3 years old tomorrow
This young woman is getting married this week and thinking about the child who might have been walking down the aisle with her.
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Teenage PregnancyInfluences on young women's decisions about abortion or motherhood
An exploration of the factors behind the geographical variation in the proportion of teenage pregnancies ending in abortion. This study is the most comprehensive analysis to date of why the proportions of under-18 pregnancies which end in abortion varies throughout Britain.
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Crisis PregnancyUnplanned pregnancy due to contraceptive problems
This young woman has a connective tissue disorder that has lead to pregnancy problems and difficulty in finding effective contraception. Her story tells a sad catalogue of major health problems and pregnancy difficulties.
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AbortionI am 7 weeks pregnant and I am booked in for a medical abortion
This young woman has started the process of a medical abortion, and has to go for stage 2 tomorrow. She is starting to feel the reality of her situation and feeling scared and emotional
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Today I had a medical abortion at 7 and a half weeks
This story gives the details of a young woman who had a medical abortion at an NHS clinic, and found it a very painful experience.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 19 years old and 6 weeks pregnant
This 19 year old woman describes the agonising dilemma she is facing with her unplanned pregnancy. She has a promising career ahead of her, but is torn between how this would work with a baby, and a relationship that seems a bit rocky.
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AbortionI am 40 and my son is a year old
This couple had an unplanned pregnancy and initially decided to keep the baby. After thinking about their circumstances and relationship, they changed their minds and chose surgical termination. They were not ready for another baby but also felt very sad.
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An abortion 2 years ago
This lady shared her story after her abortion and this is her update. She has been able to work through her grief and feels she has left it behind and moved on
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 18 and schedualed to have a medical abortion in 15 days.
This 18 year old woman has thought through her decision, and looked at all the information. She decided to have a medical termination of pregnancy, and felt sure about her decision.
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AbortionI was over the moon when I found out I was pregnant
This story explains how this young woman was influenced by her father's reaction. She did what she thought her Dad wanted rather keeping the baby she really wanted.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 17 and had a positive test but he didn't want my baby.
This young person had a Christmas day fling with a close friend. When she told him she was pregnant he did not want the baby. She did not want to have a baby that was not loved and wanted by both parents and felt pushed into an abortion.
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I'm 16 and was 2 months when I had my abortion
This young teenager found it really hard to decide what to do about her unplanned pregnancy. She eventually chose abortion but just 2 days later she deeply regrets her decision.
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AbortionI had a surgical abortion without sedation
This very traumatic story explains how this woman felt her only option was to have a surgical abortion under local anaesthetic without sedation. Although she was told it would be like having a smear it turned out to be extremely painful and frightening experience.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 16 and a year ago I found out I was pregnant
At 15, this young girl was faced with an enormous decision. She now feels that she rushed into termination without really talking it through properly, and has a lot of regret.
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AbortionA year to the day since my medical abortion at 12 weeks
This young woman was 19 and in a new relationship when she had an unplanned pregnancy. A year later she still struggles with her decision and find it hard to see pregnant women and babies.
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A late abortion at 21 weeks
This young woman had a one night stand and tried to ignore her missed period. Two months later she had a positive pregnancy test but still tried to forget about her pregnancy and did not arrange an abortion until she was 21 weeks pregnant.
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I had a surgical abortion at 10 weeks
This story tells of a woman who has a surgical abortion and felt it was the best option for her.
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I had an early medical abortion at 7 weeks
This story shares about an early medical abortion which was not as difficult as this woman thought it would be. She had read a number of different accounts and was expecting a very painful experience, but felt that it was similar to period pains.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 15 and 8 weeks late
This 15 year old has written in anxious about a possible pregnancy with her 23 year old boyfriend. She needs some help to know what to do as she is frightened of telling her Auntie.
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AbortionNothing prepared me for the aftermath following a medical abortion on 18th January
This young woman decided on a medical abortion, but the procedure took much longer than they anticipated and there were some retained products of the pregnancy that has made her continue to bleed.
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I had a medical termination but I would have loved to have my partner's baby
This story gives a detailed and heartbreaking account of a couple who felt that abortion was the right decision for them. With 3 children already, and the loss of a child in infancy, they felt that financially, and practically it was better not to have the baby, although they both would have loved to have a child together.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 17 years old and 37 weeks pregnant
This teenager had the courage to hold to her convictions, and knew she would keep her baby. It hasn't always been easy for her but she and her family are looking forward to the arrival of their baby.
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AbortionI got the surgical abortion under local anaesthetic
This story describes a surgical abortion under local anaesthetic, which this young woman found an acceptable option.
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I caught chlamydia and thought I could never have kids
This 23 year old woman had a medical termination of pregnancy privately, following an unplanned pregnancy. When she had gone through the second stage of the procedure she realised how much she regreted her decision.
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I had to abort the baby because he wasn't ready to be a dad
This 16 year old girl had an unplanned pregnancy and wanted to keep her baby. Her boyfriend told her it was her decision, and that he would support her and be there for her. When she told him her decision, he broke off their relationship and said that he wasn't ready to be a dad. She felt that she had to end the pregnancy.
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I had a medical abortion on 13/2/10
This 23 year old woman describes her experience during an early medical abortion, when she chose to look at her foetus, and felt too shocked and numb to cry afterwards.
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A surgical abortion at the age of 41
This 41 year old woman had a surgical abortion at 9 weeks and felt that it was the worst decision of her life
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AdoptionWe decided to adopt
This family adopted after being unable to have their own children
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AbortionI had an abortion 15 years ago
This lady was left with infertility following an infection post abortion, and has been unable to conceive a baby after 4 IVF attempts.
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I had an abortion because my partner was violent
This story describes an unplanned pregnancy just after this young woman had managed to escape a violent relationship. She chose abrtion because of fear of her ex partner.
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A medical termination at 7 weeks
This married lady has 2 children of 31/2years, and 18 months, and became unexpectedly pregnant with her 3rd child. She and her husband felt that they would struggle emotionally and financially with a 3rd child at this time, and chose to have a medical termination
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I'm 41 and 8 weeks pregnant
This story describes the enormous pressures on this woman struggling with an unplanned pregnancy at 41,with children of 18 and 20, a strained relationship with her boyfriend and his 2 young boys, and an elderly mother living with them.
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Teenage PregnancyI knew she was my baby
Pregnant at 17,a gradeA student and athletic,the first thought was abortion and she felt strong enough to go through with it.
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AbortionWe had unprotected sex
I'm only 17 and I'm really worried I could be pregnant after unprotected sex with my 25 year old boyfriend
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I was just 17 when I found out I was pregnant
At 17, this young person had been with a boyfiend only a few weeks when she became pregnant. The only option they discussed was termination, but later she realised she wanted her baby regardless of her situation.
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I booked to have an abortion at 10 weeks
This 23 year old woman had one difficult pregnancy and was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries that would affect her fertility.
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Keeping my babyWhen I got pregnant the father of the baby wanted me to abort
Despite the fear of being a single mum, this young woman had the courage to listen to her true feelings
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AbortionI got pregnant at 17 after being raped
A 17 year old girl was raped and became pregnant. She wanted to have the baby, but her parents pressurised her into having an abortion, although they did not know that their daughter had been raped.
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I was 16 and found out I was pregnant
A 16 year old found out she was pregnant and wanted to keep her baby, but her mother felt she should have an abortion and at 14 weeks she made the very difficult decision to end her pregnancy.
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Teenage PregnancyI was 14 when I had my son
This short story was written by a 14 year old girl who considered adoption for her baby after becoming pregnant at such a young age.
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AbortionI am 17 and I had a medical abortion
This story is about a 17 year old girl who felt forced into an abortion by her family. She felt pressurised by her mother telling her that she would ruin her own life and affect her family as well. Her doctor assumed that she wanted an abortion, and although she longed to consider the option of having her baby, she felt that she did not have the courage to stand up for herself.
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Teenage PregnancyShe was going to go into foster care and my baby was only 5 months old.
I have a baby girl and when she was born in March 2009, the baby and I could not go home. The social worker would not let us just go home, so we went into a foster placement. Then in April they put me in a mother and baby unit but when I was going home from the mother and baby unit I was still not allowed to take my baby home. She was going to go into foster care and my baby was only 5 months old.
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AbortionI found out I was pregnant on the 29th June 2009.
I am 17 and I am in a steady relationship with my boyfriend who's 24. I was scared and confused because I never thought it would be me ending up in this situation. I wanted my baby, I knew it would be hard but nevertheless wanted to do the right thing. However, after the first 3 days of promises and support my partner told me he didn't want the baby. My hospital mixed up my scan dates and the only decision left was to have a surgical termination at 12 weeks, or keep my baby.
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Teenage PregnancyI am a senior in high school, and in August of last year I found out I was pregnant.
I found out at 4 weeks using a home pregnancy test, then went to the clinic and confirmed it. Mind you, I was 17, I just now turned 18...I wanted to keep the baby, but knew the only thing I could provide was love. My boyfriend and I talked about it and decided that our best option was abortion, so I made an appt. I went to the clinic and chose to have a medical/chemical abortion. I was given an ultrasound, and I was able to see the baby, I almost fainted because of how guilty I felt about what I
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AbortionI found out I was pregnant nearly 3 weeks ago.
I am 29 and had been seeing a married man who I work with for 9 years on and off. I was 4 weeks gone when I found out. I wanted the baby but he didn't and said he would never have anything to do with his child. I spent two weeks crying and wandering around in a daze. I was extremely confused and I really didn't want to regret my decision, or resent the man if I chose to have an abortion. I went to see three counsellors who were lovely but didn't help me to make a decision. In the end, I impulsiv
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I finally plucked up the courage to do a pregnancy test.
I knew in the back of my mind that there was a possibility I could be pregnant. At the time me and my boyfriend had been together for just over 11 months. I was 16 he was 20. We didn't use protection and never tried to prevent getting pregnant either, which was selfish. I did the test and I have never endured a longer two minutes than I did that day. I felt so confused I cried. I didn't know whether it was tears of joy or sadness. I was scared, happy, and strangely shocked at the same time.
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AdoptionAt the Drs I said 'no' to an abortion
my father was sooo angry, he stopped talking to me for the rest of the pregnancy, we were in the same house same room, and I was ignored. My mother who was scared of my father hardly spoke. I went through it all on my own with no support at all. It was the loneliest time of my life and I will NEVER forget it I remember everything as if yesterday I also feel the feelings like yesterday.
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AbortionI had conscious sedation, but I was fully aware of everything that was going on.
When I discovered that I was pregnant I honestly already knew. I hadn't been sexually active for two years but I was getting closer to my best friend and developing feelings for him. We ended up sleeping together, the condom broke and emergency contraception failed, it was just my luck really as I was slap bang in the middle of my cycle. I waited until after Christmas to take a home pregnancy test and I wasn't at all surprised by the results.
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Teenage PregnancyHi, I am 15 and I think I might be pregnant.
I am 6 weeks late and I have had unprotected sex twice with my boyfriend who is 22. I have told my Mum and she said she will be there for me but I am scared because my boyfriend already has one child. I don't know what to do or say please help x
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AbortionI was booked for the medical abortion.
Going in for the first pill was a quick in and out, but its the day in the middle I hated. I hated the feeling of knowing something was going on inside my body that I didn't really want to happen. When I went back for the 4 other tablets to be inserted, I wasn't allowed to have people stay in the suite with me, for the privacy of other women there. I was so scared, I felt so alone there.
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I had a medical abortion almost 4 weeks ago.
I had a medical abortion almost 4 weeks ago. I found out I was pregnant 2 weeks before and asked for a termination. At this stage, my boyfriend and I were united in the fact that it was too much for us to deal with at the moment and the time just wasn't right for us. It will be one day, but just not now. I found the whole experience distressing and quite undignifying.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 17 years old and found out I am pregnant.
Pregnant before marriage was a 'no' for me. I told my Mum and she disowned me, but my fiance is so supportive with it and so are his Mum and my Dad. My Mum is arranging for the child to be taken off me but I don't want that.
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AbortionIt is two week since I terminated my pregnancy a choice I totally regret.
All I want is my baby, to hold it and care for it. My pregnancy was unplanned. I had taken the morning after pill and it failed. I knew the instant my period was late. I did a test on the Sunday and when it showed positive I was in complete shock. My initial response was 'I can't have a baby'.
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AdoptionMy Mum had left me and I went to a social care home
My Mum had left me and I went to a social care home when I was 13. Now I live with a happy family.
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Keeping my babyTo the mother of the baby born on Boxing Day with Downs Syndrome.
I have been through this, please contact Care Confidential who I have sent my email address to if you wish to get in contact.
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AbortionTen days ago I had a medical termination at 8 and a half weeks pregnant.
I found out I was pregnant the day my period was due. I had taken the morning after pill after the condom burst, and was told by my doctor to take a pregnancy test to ensure the pill had worked. I was devastated and in shock when I saw the test was positive. I didn't understand how it could have happened when it was so unlikely.
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Waiting for an abortion
I found out I was pregnant because my breasts were very delicate and sore. I then went to my doctor and they were quite harsh about it and said I couldn't get an appointment for 4 weeks at the local NHS clinic and if I wanted one sooner I'd have to go private which would cost from £500 to £1000 (money I didn't have).
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Miscarriage StoriesMISCARRIED ON THE DAY OF ABORTION
I lost a child to a terminal illness last year. It was just too soon. I was on the pill but must have missed one. Anyway, I really regret getting into the situation in the first place, but I don't regret any decision at all. It was completely the right thing to do. I'm 28 now and the fetus was 8 weeks. The most important thing I'd like to share is that I booked in for an abortion, and on the day of the abortion I felt that something wasn't right.
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AdoptionThink long and hard before you make a decision to have a child adopted.
26 years ago I had a baby girl adopted and regret every minute. I wish I hadn't done this.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 26 years young and I am currently going through a divorce.
I have been seperated from my soon to be ex for almost a year. We have 2 beautiful kids together. In the meantime I have been seeing this guy for 9 months now. I recently found out I was pregnant on Dec. 15 2009 the day after my birthday. I knew I was, I just had a feeling. This pregnancy was very unexpected because I was on birth control.
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Miscarriage StoriesIt was a couple of months ago when I miscarried in October.
I'm just fifteen years old. I did not intend to get pregnant in the first place. I was using a condom (which split) and was on the contraceptive pill, but I still ended up pregnant.
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Abortionthe hardest part for me was telling my doctor that I didn't want to proceed with the pregnancy.
I have just had the second part of a medical abortion today and thought I would share my experience - it might help someone going through the same thing (I read this web site for hours whilst deciding what to do and it did help me). I am 36 and have 3 lovely children all under 7. Pregnancy wasn't planned and my initial feeling was stupidity, that I had got into this situation
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I recently wrote about my abortion that took place Nov. 2009. This is just a follow up
I have no one to talk to. There is a sadness that aches in my heart everyday. When I think about the abortion, I have to immediately tell myself to not think of it. I don't know how long I can keep dismissing my thoughts...I feel so bad about my decision.
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I am a 20 year old girl who had an abortion in february 2009!
I began a relationship with a guy who was a little older than me. He was very verbally aggressive to me and very much a bully. When I had found out I was pregnant he was very happy and wanted the baby, but after a while he decided he did not want me or the baby, and wanted his ex girlfriend instead.
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Crisis PregnancyFinally, I told him yesterday I was pregnant, and his support is truly appreciated.
I'm 9 weeks pregnant with my ex boyfriend's baby. I just found out yesterday, and up until this point, I had kept him in the dark. I wanted his support during my period of anxiety and turmoil, wondering if I was pregnant or not, but I just couldn't let him in because we weren't together anymore and I felt the love we shared, which would have been enough to bridge the tragedy of this situation, was no longer there.
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I have been with my partner for 5 years and we have a beautiful 3 year old daughter.
We have had a rocky relationship, fighting all the time, and finally came to a decision to split up, only to find out that I am 7 weeks pregnant. He was anti abortion when we met, and now he talks as if that is what he wants. My head is all over the place and I do not know what to do.
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Teenage PregnancyWhen I found out I was pregnant I was at college.
I had been at college since leaving school so I've never had a full time job or learnt the value of money. At the time I was with my boyfriend in love... but it wasn't stable. He was on/ off.. eventually he changed for the better which made things easier. My Mum and Dad were really good. My pregnancy was easy.. though my boyfriend wasn't there, he was there, he wasnt.. which obviously mean't I was down a lot of my pregnancy.
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AbortionI was happy with the procedure just the side effects were so severe.
In July 2009, I unexpectedly fell pregnant due to failed contraception. I decided almost instantly I wanted an abortion. I am 18 years old and have been with my partner for 2 years. We always practice safe sex and this time contraception failed us. I felt I was too young and nowhere near ready, responsible or mature enough to carry on with the pregnancy. The day after I found out I went straight to my local family planning clinic to schedule my abortion.
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Crisis PregnancyI'm so sorry I can't keep you safe inside of me. And give you life.
I just found out I am 8 weeks pregnant with my ex boyfriend's baby, but I think I knew long before I saw positive on the pregnancy test. Due to the timing of my life, (I'm only 20) bringing this baby into the world is not the right thing for me. Despite knowing its best, there is still a deep sadness that comes along with parting with one's unborn child.
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AbortionI had my termination in July 2007 after my husband walked out on me when I told him I was pregnant.
I got through my due date and although sad, I didn't find it too overwhelming. However, the 1st year anniversary and what should have been the child's 1st christmas this year has hurt me like I could never have imagined. Two weeks following the termination my husband came begging for me to take him back, and I stupidly did for a short time. I requested that the army move us back to the UK from Germany, which they did. However, I couldn't and don't feel I can ever forgive my 'soon to be' ex husba
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I knew I was pregnant before I took the test.
The two pink lines that showed up confirmed what I was inherently aware of. I sat on the edge of the bathroom tub, thinking about abortion. I already knew I would get one, but I wanted to think about it, obsess over it because it was a huge decision, and I wanted to make sure it made sense and felt right. I'm 21, almost finished my undergrad degree, and ready to start my masters degree.
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Here is My Story! I had termination in March 2005, nearly 5 years ago.
They asked me if there was a chance I could be pregnant and I said 'no' as I had taken a test weeks before saying it was negative. The nurse came back to the room, and said, 'your pregnant'. I can remember the day as clear as anything. In shock, I burst into tears, I was 20 years old, nearly in 3rd year of my nurse training and not in serious relationship. I knew I could not have the baby and it was not the right time at all and not the right situation. I told the baby's father a 19 year old stu
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My partner especially was absolutely adamant we could not keep her
Last week I was sitting in this same spot reading through all of your stories. My baby was still inside of me and I was debating over whether or not to keep her or have a termination. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I was over the moon. My maternal instincts kicked in right away and I had the most overwhelming love for this precious little life that me and my partner, who I love dearly, had created. We never thought I'd get pregnant as I was diagnosed with endometrosis 6 months ago, and I
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Teenage PregnancyI am 15 years old and just had a baby.
It is a girl and very healthy she weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. I am scared that dcf will take her away. I want to keep her because she is my baby, but I also want to keep going to school and I am in the 9th grade.
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I just turned 17 and found out I'm 3 months pregnant.
I live with my nan and 30 yr old uncle, and I share a room with my 19 yr old sister who has just found out she won't be moving out anytime soon because she didn't get into uni . I left school in year ten and have nothing to offer a baby.
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AbortionI had an abortion a year ago, and I still sometimes find it difficult to cope with.
My partner has been so supportive and has stood by me all this time. Sometimes when I see other babies with their Mums I think that it could have been me. I wonder what my life could have been like with my very own child which makes me really upset inside. Will I ever get over it?
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Crisis PregnancyHi I am 8 weeks pregnant with my 5th baby and I don't know what to do.
I have recently moved to another area from London. I left my husband due to marital problems but he sees the kids at weekends. I had a fling and now I am pregnant. I struggle already but my mind keeps changing please help.
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AbortionI already had 3 children at eighteen with my partner a verbally abusive man but good father to my kids
In between his rages and abuse and negligence to me I slept with another man that I thought had my best interests at heart. He would listen to me and make me smile. I saw him for over two months but one day the condom split and stupidly I thought I knew my cycle and would be ok, but little did I know. So not only was I still living with my kids' dad but now I was faced with an unplanned pregnancy with another man. I told the man and he was very adamant I should abort and ASAP as 'he didn't want
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I'm writing to help anyone who is considering having an early medical abortion and is scared.
I was exactly the same as you. The decision is so hard isn't it? but I thought it through so carefully because I had to be absolutely sure it was the right thing for me and everyone concerned.
From start to finish the process of being referred and actually having the "procedure" was around 2 weeks, and I think they make it that long so that you can be sure you're doing what's right for you.
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The man who had got me pregnant was very abusive
In August 2006 I found myself unexpectedly pregnant. It was my worst nightmare come true. The man who had got me pregnant was very abusive and had several other children with different women that he wasn't allowed to see. I was fearful of what sort of life my child would have. I panicked and had an abortion.
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I have had two abortions and until two weeks ago I felt more emotional about my first abortion.
I felt my second was right at the time as I was starting university and knowing what the father was like I assumed he wanted the same and we never properly spoke about it. I inform him of all the appointments for the termination but he failed to show so in the end I went it alone.
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I was 12 weeks 1 day pregnant when I had my termination... I cry everyday
I feel numb, confused, guilty, resentful (of the boyfriend) and just generally depressed. My partner made it very clear from the day of the test result that he did not want me to have the baby and that we would probably end up splitting up if I kept it. He had all the sensible reasons for not keeping it.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 7 weeks pregnant on Wednesday and have a surgical abortion booked for Thursday.
I am 40 next year, have 3 children, aged 14, 11 and 3. My partner has an 8 year old. We do not live together, but see each other every weekend. We live 50 miles apart. He will not consider moving here as he wants to stay close to his son, and I think it will be difficult to upheave 3 children with 2 in secondary school.
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AbortionI finally got a positive test and was told at the doctor that I was 9 weeks.
I will never, ever forget being told that. I was so scared. My boyfriend went into panic mode and quickly decided that abortion was the only option. I knew trying to keep it would be selfish, because we have no money and not even a place of our own. And i'm so scared of giving a baby up for adoption because I've seen so many adopted children abused so...I had the abortion.
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Men's StoriesJust over 3 years ago my partner and I found out she was pregnant.
She very very quickly decided she could not have our child and I knew nothing would change her mind. I was devastated, and felt excluded from what I feel should have been our decision.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 15 years old and at the end of October this year 2009, I had an abortion.
It was the most hardest thing I've ever had to do before. It's been a month and a week since it happened and I always get the pictures in my head of what happened on that day before I got put to sleep.
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AbortionThey asked many questions including whether I'd like to know if I had conceived twins.
I said 'yes' as being a twin myself I was curious. I then had the scan to determine how many weeks pregnant I was,and they told me 8 weeks. However this was practically impossible as I had my period in September...this probably meant there was a possibility I was having twins which made me feel terrible.
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Keeping my baby....I found out at my 5month scan that my baby had a disability...spina bifida.
the hardest thing I have ever had to go through .. my baby needs several operations. The hospital told us he may never move his legs or walk. My baby is nearly 5months now and still moves his legs.
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Teenage PregnancyI dont know if this should be under teenage pregnancy or not, but I'm 18 and my last period was 2 weeks into October.
I've been ill since then and I thought that the pregnancy symptoms were just the illness lingering on, but I've taken a pregnancy test today and it came out positive. I don't know what to do.
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Miscarriage StoriesI was severely ill with postnatal depression which required hospital treatment as an inpatient.
I wanted to tell women my story about termination as it has been mixed experience for me. I wanted to start off with the reasoning for my decision to terminate my pregnancy. I have three young children already and am a single mum. I work full time in London too but don't think I've done too bad a job bringing my children up!
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AbortionI am desperate to get back to normal after my abortion, but I just don't know how.
I had my abortion on 11th May, and my baby would have been due a few weeks from now. I found out a few years ago I have the breast cancer gene, which coupled with several nightmare relationships put me off the idea of having children.
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Teenage PregnancyHaving an abortion was the worst decision I've ever made.
The shock of finding out I was pregnant was bad enough I didn't really have a clue what I wanted so I stuck with what I had always said I would do if I did ever become pregnant - an abortion.
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AbortionI've had trouble getting over my grief and what I now think of as my depression.
What would have been my due date, the 3rd December, is coming up and every time I see it coming up on my calendar I want to burst into tears.
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Now we are again a couple of days further and I have fallen into a black hole.
It has been 5 days since my abortion. I found it hard to use this word!
I met a man 5 months ago and recently found out I was pregnant. Before he was acting all loving like he was really serious with me up to the point when the pregnancy tests came in the picture.
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Teenage PregnancyAt 14, exactly a year ago, I made the biggest mistake of my life
We didn't mean for anything to come from it, my boyfriend and I, it was just a random hookup gone too far. Call it whatever, but I believe the whole thing is just really bad karma.
I had sex and got pregnant, then had an abortion,
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AbortionMy daughter had an abortion several years ago when she was a teenager.It was the most traumatic time of our life.
Despite us wanting her to keep the baby she chose to do what she wanted and had a termination.
We took her into one of your centres and she spoke to one of your advisors. Time and counselling has healed the pain and we have all found some peace, forgiveness and healing.
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I had a gut instinct but because I was in my first year at uni, I felt like I would be disappointing my parents
things were not great with my boyfriend so I felt like I had no choice...but then again I hated the idea of an abortion. So I just kept ignoring it, thinking if I did I wouldn't jinx myself or that it might go away. It didn't.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 18 years old and panicking. I don't want to be pregnant.
I know it may sound silly but yesterday my boyfriend and I did not have any sexual intercourse [I didn't lose my virginity] but it was something else,
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Crisis PregnancyThe father of this baby does not want it and would like me to get an abortion.
I am strongly against abortion. My family and my friends are all very supportive of my decision of keeping this baby. The father on the other hand, wants nothing to do with me, or this baby. He promised he will never be there to help or anything.
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AbortionI really couldn't tell you why, but I just couldn't do that again.
I collapsed for a short time until I realized I needed the bathroom again. I pulled myself up, I was shaking, had chills, a cold sweat, and was so dizzy I could barely see. I weakly called to my boyfriend and he carried me to the restroom. It felt like forever that I was throwing up, cramping, and having diarrhea.
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I was 17 when I got pregnant. It's been a year and I still cry myself to sleep most nights..
I knew from the start, really from when I just generally didn't feel quite right, that I could be pregnant but kept myself in denial for weeks...
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I found out I was pregnant using a HPT on a Monday, but even before that I knew.
It was one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make, I spent the whole week crying and going back and forth over my two options, but I ended up choosing to have a medical abortion at 4.5 weeks.
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I felt like a clock was ticking on my womb.
It was the hardest decision I have ever had to make. It was unplanned. It was a guy I have known for almost a decade,and we were friends and later on lovers from time to time.
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Men's StoriesThe account begins in the mid 1970s when my then partner and I were students in the south of England
I wish to describe my experience of an unplanned pregnancy approximately thirty five years ago. Particularly I wish to relay the impact of the consequences of this on my personal life since then.
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Miscarriage StoriesI had a little baby girl, but then she died just 2 hours later.
I go to the hospital's rememberance garden regularly to leave some flowers or a teddy where her ashes are buried. Even after the very little time I had with her, I miss her so very very much.
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AbortionMy family had no idea,and in my society it's unacceptable,and if I told them they would disown me. I knew it,and I was devastated.
The day I took the test,my whole world became numb when I saw two positive lines on the tester! I have been with my boyfriend for almost 2 years now,and things were really good between us. When I saw the test all I could do was cry and cry.
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I didn't think it would effect my life as much as it has. There is not a day goes by that I dont think about it.
I am 24yrs old,and I had an abortion nearly 2yrs ago now. At the time I went through this I also had to go through losing my granddad the same week.
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I'm 34 yrs old and three weeks ago I found out I was thirteen weeks pregnant.
I still haven't told my partner I'm pregnant as he doesn't want anymore kids. We have two together but he has 6 in total.In 2006 I had a 21 week "miscarriage" although to me he was a stillborn. I'm scared that I will miscarry again but I know my partner will want me to have an abortion.
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my biggest fear now is that I'll never become a mum because I chose to give away my first child.
I've always loved kids and I hope that soon I will have the chance to show people that I can be an excellent mum. Abortion is one of the toughest decisons you could possibly make just stay strong and know you're not alone.
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I'm 19 and I had an abortion in June, I was 13 weeks pregnant.
I wish I hadn't done it. Everytime i see a baby I just think that it could have been mine.
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Just a little over three months ago I had a medical abortion. This was not something I really wanted to do as I was completely against abortion.
However, I found my ideas have changed a little, I still feel against abortion, especially when you have the means to provide for it.
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Although we were both happy about the pregnancy, we both felt it was the wrong time. We had a termination in January.
My business has been a success and so far things are going really well but I feel so guilty. I feel that I should have tried harder to open the business and have the baby. A lot of my friends have babies, or are pregnant, and I cant bear to be around their children. It breaks my heart when I think of what I did! I get very upset when I see babies and pregnant women. Did I do the wrong thing?
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I'm 16 years old and had an abortion 3weeks ago. I've been with my boyfriend for a year now.
The moment I fell pregnant all I thought about was my mum. My sister had a baby young and she turned to alcohol through the stress of it all. My boyfriend is 20 and he has a good enough job. He wanted to keep the baby, but I had to make a choice
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Mental HealthNew Zealand study on emotional reaction after abortion
New Zealand study has found that 35% reported five or more negative reactions. The research team concluded that "many women experience a mixture of both positive and negative emotions about having an abortion," but said that that the results do not support the belief that abortion is better for women than unwanted or unplanned pregnancy.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 8 weeks pregnant and was going to go ahead with the abortion, but went to the counselling session and scan and broke down.
I am 8 weeks pregnant and was going to go ahead with the abortion, but went to the counselling session and scan and broke down.I had previously experienced a miscarriage at the beginning of this year and it tore me apart.
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Teenage PregnancyI was fourteen when I first got pregnant, So I told my Mom I missed my period and she was shocked.
I told her there was a chance I could be pregnant. She bought me two tests and when they both came out positive she was in disbelif and took me to the doctors to get a real test. They called back the same day to let me know it came out positive. I was so scared I didnt know what I was going to do. My Mom basically told me abortion was my only option.
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AbortionAfter my 'counselling' appointment, I went home feeling a little sad but in general OK about what was ahead. I came to this website, read some more stories, and sought the advice of one of the online advisors..
This website is the best thing I've found for advice and if any of my friends find themselves in this situation I'll send them straight here.
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I had a medical termination of pregnancy (TOP) 2 days ago at 9 weeks. It was the hardest decision I have ever made, but I felt I had no choice.
I have been with my present partner since July, and fell pregant within 6 weeks....he never pushed me to make a decision, but he was always honest about not wanting a child, at this moment, and he wasn't even sure about us as a relationship.
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Teenage PregnancyI think I may be pregnant I'm 14 years old and my period is 2 months late. Should I do a test?
I think I may be pregnant I'm 14 years old and my period is 2 months late. Should I do a test?
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Crisis PregnancyI found out two weeks ago that I am pregnant! This was after a disastrous night with a man I really shouldn't have slept with.
The only person I have told is my best friend and at first she got all excited but I've told her I am going to have an abortion. She is supportive, but wants to come with me as she doesn't think it is something I should do alone! But I just have to do it alone, I can't bear to put that emotion on someone else.
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I seem to change my mind every five minutes. I'm booked in for an abortion in two weeks.
My head tells me it is the right decision, but my heart tells me not to do it. I'm 32 and divorced with 3 beautiful children already youngest is 18 month. I had a brief fling with an ex and a few weeks later there I am in Asda toilets staring at a positive pregnancy test.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 15 and was having sex with my boyfriend of 10 months, but we have recently split up.
We were having sex without protection. I also have irregular periods but they are usually no later than 1-3 weeks late. This time I am nearly 8 weeks late.
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AbortionI had an abortion over four years ago now and I have regretted it every day since then.
I thought it was the right decision for me and my partner as I was so young and he was unemployed. Afterwards, I was constantly suicidal for over two years. I turned to alcohol and cocaine, and developed an addiction to diazepam.
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I went to sleep soon after then I suddenly woke up with immense pain (the suction part of the procedure) I cried out in pain as I have never had pain like it.
I went to sleep soon after then I suddenly woke up with immense pain (the suction part of the procedure) I cried out in pain as I have never had pain like it.A nurse put on my lower clothing and walked me out to the surgical waiting room (Visitors are not allowed in here).
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Teenage PregnancyI was 17 when I first found out I was pregnant
...being so young, I was completely shocked and so scared especially about telling my Mum.
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AbortionWe both agreed that neither of us were ready for children and went ahead with a termination..
..I felt a real sense of loss and I cried my heart out in private, but still felt it was ultimately the right thing to do.
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he kept saying things like 'what do you want to do?' making it sound like I really had a choice. I of course did have a choice.
The abortion and break-up have certainly been on my mind all the time lately, and I feel very alone. Sometimes I get scared wondering if I can even ever have a baby in the future, or if I will just be haunted by this experience for the rest of my life.
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I'm 23 and can change my mind later, right now my youngest has just left baby-stage and I'm enjoying not having a baby in the house again.
I did get the morning after pill though. Sadly it failed and I found out I was pregnant as soon as it would have been reliably traceable on a home pregnancy test.
My partner was over the moon, he always wanted to try once more for a girl
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'Your due date is around February 1st' were the only words it took for my world to come tumbling down.
..Say what you will about making the private public, but I feel this isn't something I need to be afraid of talking about.
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Crisis PregnancyI found out last week that I am pregnant again (about 8 weeks).
Although this is something that my husband and I had talked about, he wants more children and I don’t... The only reason I would consider another child is to give my 4 year old a sibling.
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AbortionThis is a word of caution for anyone considering medical abortion...
If you are considering it, I urge you to read this.
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Teenage PregnancyI’ve just found out I’m about 9 - 10 weeks pregnant and I don’t know what to do.
My family said they will support me whatever I do but I’m scared it’s going to be a struggle.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion when I was 6-week pregnant. I was not ready for a baby and went for the abortion option as soon as I learnt I was pregnant.
I was totally sure that I wasn't killing a baby or disturbing someone's journey because I felt in my heart that there was nobody there yet.
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Keeping my babyI love you so much and want to move back in, but only if you abort them! He has placed so much stress and pressure that I cry daily.
I am 34 years old, a single Mother of two boys ages 14 and 9. I recently found out I am pregnant, 13 weeks, and it's twins! I was with my boyfriend, who is 29 and has no children, for over a year and things did not work out, he moved out but we continued to see each other.
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Teenage PregnancyTo cut a long story short I was a rebellious, rude and promiscuous girl and by 14 I was pregnant and hooked on marijuana.
I was going out with a guy who was 21 at the time (YES I KNOW!!) I had run away from my home and moved away with him. For nearly two years I lived this lifestyle of drink, drugs and sex. When I just turned 14 I found out I was pregnant. First thing I did was tell Lee (MY BOYFRIEND).He was completely sure it wasn’t his and wanted nothing more to do with me! I was soooooo hurt and scared I was only 14
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AbortionI really was so unsure about what to do and although I know no one could have made the decision for me, I wanted someone to talk to, to discuss both options and get some advice.
Instead, my whole experience was rather like a conveyor belt. The treatment was booked for the next day. I arrived at the clinic and cried the whole time. I told the nurse I wasn't sure I was doing the right thing. She told me to think about it until I was called into the changing room.
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Then I found out I was pregnant again and he pressured me into having an abortion.
Then I found out I was pregnant again and he pressured me into having an abortion. It’s been 9 months now and my relationship with him has broken down because of it. I hate him for what he’s made me do. Now I have to live with the guilt every day.
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I am against abortions, I would never have thought of taking another life, whether it was just a bag of blood or not.
I am 15 and in my last year at school so I felt I couldn’t have a baby at the moment. I didn’t want to have an abortion but when I sat down and thought of all the stuff and the potential I had it seemed like the better option. One week left until the abortion, I am 6weeks pregnant, the Dad had made it clear he would not be there for me if I continued with the pregnancy so I thought it would be the best for everyone.
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Keeping my baby Hi,I’m 15 yrs old and a mum of a beautiful one month old baby girl.
I got pregnant a few months after I turned 14. Me and my ex boyfriend were together for 3 whole years before I was pregnant and we were only sexually active for about 6 months before I ended up pregnant... I was a naughty girl, bunked off school most of the time drank lots of alcohol and smoked 20 fags a day.
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Crisis PregnancyI have found out I’m six weeks pregnant and so scared.
I’m scared to ask for an abortion as I feel a termination may trigger depression again. I’m due to see my GP tomorrow to discuss this. I need help. Please. I don’t want to kill a baby.
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Teenage PregnancyHi, I'm 15 and I think that I might be pregnant, please help!
I've been with my boyfriend since I was 13 and we've been having sex for about a year now.
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AbortionI fell pregnant as an older woman, and it was a complete shock.
Fear and frustration set in almost immediately. How was I going to fit a baby into my life?
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About two months ago I saw the two positive lines on the pregnancy test.
My boyfriend was waiting outside the toilet awaiting the results. I came out ghost white and announced that I was pregnant.
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Miscarriage StoriesI had bleeding in my uterus which was threatening my pregnancy
I went in the next day with my boyfriend and lay down while they did an internal scan. I was meant to be 7 weeks pregnant and the scan showed I had bleeding in my uterus which was threatening my pregnancy and the sac was there but they couldn’t see any sign of a baby being present. Afterwards I was called into another room to talk to a nurse who told me to come back in 7 days for a re-scan.
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AbortionI had my abortion a week ago. I was 12 and a half weeks pregnant.
I saw all my dreams and ambitions start to slip away from me. I wasn't married and was scared and ashamed. I had always been so careful and had been waiting til my next period to go back on the pill. My boyfriend/friend talked a lot but sorted very little. Weeks went by very quickly and I found myself swinging from denial to being 100% sure about an abortion to being excited about having a baby the next.
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Hi, I’m 15 and just found out I’m 6 months pregnant. I've been with my boyfriend for 10 months. I’m still at school and am doing very well; I’m not achieving anything less than B grades. My boyfriend who is 17 years old says he'll stand by me whatever.
.I don’t know what to do....I feel as though no-one understands. I’m also not sure whether I want to keep it I've always wanted a baby but I’m scared about how it will change my life and interfere with school. I found out my baby will be a boy and I’m going to call him Tyler-Morgan.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m 25 yr old and recently went on holiday and slept with a friend of a friend.
I’m 25 yr old and recently went on holiday and slept with a friend of a friend. I have come back and now found out I am 5 weeks pregnant. He isn’t the type of bloke I could imagine having a child to and I am not sure whether I should tell him
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Keeping my babyThe doctors wanted to terminate the life of my baby boy
after he was born and suffered from a massive brain haemorrhage. I refused, taking into account that I might just as well end up with a boy who would live like a vegetable - with no reactions to his surroundings whatsoever, with not one single move. But at the same time I knew somehow that it would not be the case.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 14 and pregnant
I can't tell my mum as she will make me have a termination but the father isn't around and I want to keep the baby.
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AbortionI have had a Early Medical Abortion, but I am really not sure if it has worked.
I am concerned now that it has not worked properly, I sought advise from the clinic and they advised that it could happen upto 72 hours after and to call back Friday if nothing further happens.
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I found myself pregnant at the age of 19
I went to meet my boyfriend on his lunch break and told him. He told me I had to have an abortion. I agreed but didn’t really want to. I left it until 8 weeks when I had a scan done. I wasn’t showed the screen. I never got to see my baby. I went to see a nurse and she booked me in for an abortion 2 weeks later. I never intended to do it. The next few weeks were so emotional I was a wreck.
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My mum and I have always been close so I wasn't afraid to tell her but sadly, her response wasn't at all what I would have expected from her. 'You must have planned this,' was the first thing she said.
It might be a cliché, but it felt like a dagger through my heart as I realised that I wasn't going to get the unconditional support I needed from her.
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When I told him I was pregnant he was shocked. He asked what I wanted to do and I told him - I'd had a miscarriage when I was 16 and that crushed me.
I told him as strong as I was I didn't have the strength to lose another baby.
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I needed to tell someone else. I had an abortion on 16/05/09. It was my second abortion and unlike the first one, I really wanted to keep this baby.
...Right now I think about my baby everyday and I desperately want to replace it with another, even though I realise this is just part of my guilt and grief.
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After he read the result I went numb. Not one bit of me felt unhappy about being pregnant. Sure I was absolutely gutted to be in the situation but to not want my baby? Never.
Of course, he has his life back together and this, me, a baby, was never part of his plan. Even before.
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I stupidly suggested that we didn't need to go through with the pregnancy and said that I would book a termination and we could use the time before to think about it (which was two weeks).
During the two weeks we hardly spoke about it and when I asked what my husband was thinking, he just kept saying that he thought it was for the best.
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I had always said that I didn’t want children but was careless when using/not using contraception.
...I pretty much cried constantly the whole weekend but when I spoke to the doctor and arranged an appointment with Marie Stopes, I felt like a weight had been lifted.
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Premature Birth
Abortions may pose risk to future babies, according to study
Women who had an abortion in the first or second trimester had a 35% increased risk of a low birth weight baby and a 36% raised risk of a pre-term baby in later pregnancies.
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Effect on RelationshipsCall for awareness on pregnancy, abortion and domestic violence
Recent English study found that more than one in three women seeking abortion had experienced lifetime domestic violence.
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AbortionI have had 3 medical abortions and each one has been different.
The first was done in an NHS hospital where the initial consultant was rude and unsympathetic to the point where I got very angry and told him I was going to a private clinic if his attitude did not change.
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I still remember the way I felt when I saw the pregnancy test read positive. Five tests later, I actually started to get excited.
...It took two weeks to decide on the termination, for reasons I still can't justify fully.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 15 years old and my boyfriend is 17 years old.
I had not seen my period for about three months. I told my older sister and she advised me to use a pregnancy test and it came out positive.
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AbortionWhen I found out I was pregnant I didn’t know what to do with myself.
In fact, I didn’t even like the guy who fathered my baby; he wasn’t the same guy he made out he was.
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Crisis PregnancyLast month after having a few too many, I slept with an old school friend.
...I have now found out I’m four weeks pregnant!!
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AbortionI had never wanted to get rid of my baby; my boyfriend of two years forced me into it.
When I had my scan and saw my baby on the screen sucking its thumb, I was ecstatic.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 37 years of age and have been having an affair with a married man for the last year.
The baby would definitely be his. However, I have told my partner that I am not as far gone as I am so he thinks it is his.
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How could I force this on him? It doesn't seem fair that I hold his fate in my hands and he is looking to me to do the 'right' thing.
...the thought of signing that bit of paper for a termination makes me feel physically sick.
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AbortionHi I’m 15 and a half and my boyfriend is 20. I am up to 6 weeks pregnant.
...I really do not want to get rid of my baby but I know that I have no choice and if I told my mum, she would report my boyfriend to the police because of his age.
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Crisis PregnancyI will never forgive myself and although I know that having a baby in these circumstances isn’t the best way to go, I cannot go through with an abortion.
I’ve been there before and it killed me.
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AbortionI was 14 when I fell pregnant.
It’s been about six months and I am starting to wonder about my baby and my decision.
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At first, when I saw the positive pregnancy test, I couldn't quite believe it.
...I went and told my boyfriend. His reaction was also one of disbelief. However, he insisted immediately that I undergo an abortion.
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I was so scared and had lots of thoughts in my head about not being ready for fatherhood and stuff...
We came to a swift decision to abort without really thinking about things thoroughly.
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Straight after the abortion I regretted it. I realised I wanted it before the procedure but I didn't know if my boyfriend felt the same.
Today I would have had my baby... 24th august 2009....I will remember it forever.
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I had a medical abortion three weeks ago. Sadly I regret every minute of it.
We had just been on our first holiday driving round the south of France. We had a wonderful time getting to know each other better and I had no idea at that point I was already pregnant.
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I wish I had found this site before I did what I did. Even now, I can't say or write the word without cringing.
It still doesn't feel real now. My baby would have been due on June 19th, and I think about what would / should/ could have been, and what really happened, every day, all day.
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I am 19 and I had an abortion a few months ago. It was something I really didn’t want to do but I had to because my boyfriend didn’t want the baby.
I have regretted it every day since I had it done.
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The doctor took several blood tests and it turned out that I had German measles and the doctor explained how dangerous it was for both me and my baby.
They recommended that I have a termination and showed us all sorts of books with what our baby, if it survived, could look like and what deformities it would probably have.
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Crisis PregnancyI’d always said I didn’t want children and avoided them, but wasn’t sure if that was down to the termination or my mum saying she’d wasted her life having kids.
I don’t feel like I want a child, am already hating my hubby for not getting fat and the people at my gym for being free, but don’t feel I can go through another termination.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion three months ago. It went wrong. I have been back to hospital four times and been given antibiotics.
...I have been shivering, sweating and in pain in my arms, mainly the left one.
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I was 15 when I found out I was pregnant. My boyfriend and I hadn’t planned it, and as soon as I found out, he told me it was either him or the baby.
...However, the second I woke up, it hit me. I’d just killed my baby.
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In May, I started a fling with my next door neighbour. It lasted six weeks, and I really thought I was falling for him.
By the time I took a pregnancy test I already knew what the result was going to be.
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I’m married, but have never had sex with my husband, so I knew this baby wasn't his.
...as I was only 6 weeks 6 days I could have the early release abortion, meaning I could do it in my own home, fantastic!!
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My heart was saying don’t do it, but my head was saying this is the right thing to do. I cried for days hoping to miscarry myself because then my body would have ended it, not me.
...He took my blood pressure then scanned me where I found out it was twins.
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Crisis PregnancyI've been so adamant that I didn't want this baby that, last weekend, I just wanted to feel normal again. I went down the pub and got really drunk.
I've done this four times since I found out I was pregnant.
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Keeping my babyI read the story about being 35 and pregnant with a boyfriend who doesn’t want the baby. I am in a similar situation.
My mate was a friend and sexual partner with me for five years off and on. We are both professionals and live in separate homes.
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AbortionI was certain that I wanted an abortion - my partner and I had never wanted children and still don't.
I felt no guilt or remorse having felt I had taken all reasonable precautions to prevent pregnancy.
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I had a surgical abortion yesterday and I have to say it was the best decision I have ever made.
...I was struggling to deal with the fact I was pregnant and was petrified of going for my second attempt at having the abortion.
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When I was at the end of my first year at university, I was raped after a night at the student union.
I tried to live life as if nothing had happened, even when I missed my period, was sleeping ridiculous amounts, was permanently nauseous and sick - you know the signs.
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I can’t believe I chose at 15 to give my baby a life and, at 27, I chose to kill my other baby.
The reason I chose abortion is because I didn’t want to bring my baby into the life I have now. It is the most gutless decision I’ve ever made.
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The day I got the news I was pregnant I was so happy I couldn’t even imagine having an abortion.
It didn’t hit me until days later when I had to make the biggest decision of my life. I soon realised I had just been used.
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I went for the scan myself, waited three hours and when the nurse told me it was twins, I felt my heart die right there and then. Something inside just left me.
I've prayed so much for forgiveness that my rosary beads have snapped. I never thought myself special enough for something like twins.
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Crisis PregnancyIf I feel like this now, what am I going to feel like next week after the termination?
I still believe this is the right decision though.
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AbortionAll in all, I'm upset about what we've done, who wouldn't be? But this was what was right for us right now.
We have our careers ahead of us and we know that when the time is right, we can have our baby.
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Crisis PregnancyThe day I found out I was pregnant I didn’t have much feeling about it. I stated straight away I was having an abortion and that was final.
My partner didn't really have much say, just agreed because I wanted it.
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AbortionI had a horrible experience with my first and only abortion.
I was 19 years old and had been in a terrible car accident which left my arm broken around my elbow.
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After fourteen years of marriage, I was pregnant.
My husband was not happy about it. I had a son.
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Miscarriage StoriesWell, I had unprotected sex. A week later I started feeling weird, had some 'morning sickness', dizziness, fragile to some scents, emotional, experiencing a lot of gasses.
Those symptoms lasted weeks. One day I started spotting, for four days.
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My boyfriend was very supportive and wanted me to keep the baby but on the other hand my mam wanted me to have a termination.
Deep inside I wanted to keep the life growing inside me and I became depressed as the two people I loved most in my life were fighting.
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AbortionThe Marie Stopes counsellor asked me before I went through with the abortion how I thought I would feel afterwards.
The thing is, you have no idea of how you will feel. You think you do, that you can just get over it, but in my experience that is not what happens.
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I'm 19 and had an abortion a few months ago. When I first found out I was pregnant I was over the moon.
The first thing my mum said to me was that I was going to have an abortion, that a baby would ruin my life and she wanted more for me. I couldn't stop thinking, ‘What does she mean - ruin my life?’ I was going to be a mum. I couldn't think of anything more worthwhile.
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Medical abortion...no problem!!
...I can honestly say as a full hypochondriac and wimp it was not bad at all!!!
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AdoptionI realised that although I already had given my heart completely to loving my baby, I couldn't provide her ( I’d been for a scan at 24 weeks and seen my little girl - tiny but safe and protected) with all that she needed.
I was hurting, knowing that I couldn't give my child all that she needed. It felt so wrong. Surely love could be enough?
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AbortionI wish I could stop my beating heart, twice, as repayment to the lives I've taken. The damage I've caused is unfixable.
I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know how to apologize to these people I've harmed. Or this baby that I killed. I don't know how to put the pieces of my life together. There aren't any pieces anymore.
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I really didn't want to have one, as I have always said I never would and I used to think they were wrong and a selfish thing to do, but I was also really scared that if I kept the baby I would lose my boyfriend, so I felt I had to choose.
... In the end, I had an abortion on the 10th October 2007.
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I am the 41 year old who wrote to you several months ago following a medical abortion at Christmas last year.
For those of you who did not read my story, I was pregnant for first time at 41 with a child I had never wanted.
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Miscarriage StoriesI decided to keep it. Never ever in my life have I ever felt so happy about something I decided to do.
But then disaster struck.
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AbortionThere it was......a tiny but perfectly formed baby.....making small movements....but very much alive....unlike how my mother had described the foetus at this stage - it was not a bunch of cells!!!
...So there is a picture, just one piece of proof that my little baby existed and it's stapled to the inside of a paper file in a drawer somewhere in a queue to be disposed of in 15 years or so.....
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After taking the emergency contraceptive pill less than ten hours after having PROTECTED sex, I discovered I was pregnant two weeks later.
It tugged at my emotions severely as I am sure it would with anyone.
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I then made the shocking mistake of having sex with my boyfriend, less than 12 hours after my procedure.
...I went right off the rails for quite some time. It was my way of dealing with it.
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I had a shower this morning and passed a huge clot - I looked at it and I could see tiny arms - my baby.
...I don’t know what to feel. Maybe time will tell; I know I won’t forgive myself.
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Teenage PregnancyI've just turned 15, and I’m really scared.
My boyfriend and I had unprotected sex.
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AbortionI saw a life I had never wanted, a life I couldn’t escape from now. I saw my future suddenly as no longer mine.
...If before I had a choice, a way out, now I have nothing. The harm, the suffering I have caused my beloved husband is beyond belief.
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I had a medical abortion a week ago. Then five days ago, I felt the baby fall out of my womb and I saw it in the NHS bed pan.
It was only seeing its perfectly formed little face and body that instantly made me regret it bitterly. It was as if until that moment I hadn't known there was a little person in there the whole time.
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When I was 16 years old I found out I was pregnant. I had been with my boyfriend for a year and we were both in shock when we found out.
I immediately went to the clinic and told them I wanted an abortion. My boyfriend and I were only 16 and we were too young and immature to have a baby.
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I'm 35 and have just found out I'm pregnant by a guy I was seeing for four months.
My first instinct when I found out I was pregnant was to feel happy. However, the baby's father has become very verbally aggressive; he is pushing me to have an abortion and is using emotional blackmail to have his way.
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Teenage PregnancyMy family coerced me into having an abortion in 1988 when I was 15.
I loved the father of the child very much.
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AbortionI had an abortion three days ago. My second one. I had it despite all the previous depression I went through after the first one.
...I thought about adoption, abandoning the baby and giving it to the father, but I couldn't. Having a secret that big is not made for me.
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I now solemnly swear to never get myself into this situation again.
Next time I am pregnant I will keep it because I will be in more of a fit situation to…and I look forward to it!!
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I had already hit a pretty low place and arranged some counselling via CareConfidential (it was free!). This was the best thing I could ever do.
Seriously, I don't quite know the sort of person I would be now, allowing all those feelings of shame, regret, guilt, anger and hatred to well up inside of me.
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Keeping my babyWhen I was 15, I became pregnant. I thought this was the best thing that had ever happened to me.
...As it turned out, it was all a disaster.
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We went for numerous scans to check the baby was ok and were given photos of the baby every couple of weeks. Then at 20 weeks we had the abnormality scan.
When they showed us the baby's face we could see a dark line on her lip.
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AbortionI’m not sure how I’m going to cope with this but occasionally I have been getting an immense wave of despair, the ‘no going back’ feeling and, ‘Oh God, did I do the right thing?’
It’s a very hard thing to feel and not knowing how to deal with it makes it hardest.
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At first I wanted to have an abortion but he seemed quite happy and excited about having a baby. Then our feelings swapped!
I wanted it and he decided it would be a bad idea. Yet again we changed our minds. It was then that I made the final decision to have an abortion.
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In my mind I feel I've committed the most evil of sins a mother could.
...I don't feel I deserve to feel better about what I have done or feel genuine happiness again.
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Crisis PregnancyMy first instinct when I found out I was pregnant was to feel happy.
However, the baby's father has become very verbally aggressive; he is pushing me to have an abortion and is using emotional blackmail to have his way.
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AbortionI have had a roller coaster ride of emotions since my abortion but have been lucky enough to have good counselling which has been of great help to me.
Looking back at the reasons I decided to have an abortion and after my counselling, I now understand I was in panic/sensible mode, doing what my head thought was best...
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Miscarriage StoriesThey told me, 'Well, you are having a miscarriage.'
I just lay there, still relieved to be out of pain.
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AbortionI wanted to write this so that other women (and partners) might have more of an idea what to expect.
Yesterday I had an early medical abortion (EMA). I was five weeks and one day.
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Crisis PregnancyI want desperately to get my life back on track.
Recently I found I was in early stages of pregnancy (9 weeks to date) due to a problematic coil.
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AbortionA letter...
I have been meaning to write to you for a very long time to express my sincere gratitude to you both for simply listening to me, giving me time and believing in me at a time when I did not believe in myself.
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Crisis PregnancyI am a 40 year old mother of four children. The youngest is five.
This was indeed a surprise. I am about four weeks pregnant, and my husband only started talking and looking at me when I decided that it would be smarter to have an abortion.
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AbortionTwo days ago I took first medical abortion pill, and although I experienced nausea previously, the morning I was to take the second pill, I was sick.
...I was on the train home and had to get off as I felt I had diarrhoea and felt faint, dizzy and sick.
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I suffer from Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and when I went for some tests at the hospital, I received the very shocking news that I was pregnant.
I had already been suspicious as I had been feeling sick a lot, along with other more personal reasons.
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We decided to have the pregnancy terminated because of the situation we were in...
...I didn't really want the medical abortion, mainly because the nurse described it as being a "mini labour" process. The word labour stuck in my mind and still is a problem now.
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Crisis PregnancyI don’t know what to do... I’m a 30 year old single mum to a fab 6 year old boy.
I met a guy in Feb... Three weeks ago I found out I’m pregnant.
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AbortionUnlike the typical stereotype of a teenage girl who falls pregnant, I am intelligent and in a long term, loving relationship.
Unlike the typical stereotype of a teenage girl who falls pregnant, I am intelligent and in a long term, loving relationship.
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I had an abortion a year ago...
...unless you are totally sure, don't do it. It has completely turned my life upside down.
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I'm 28 and had a medical abortion three days ago. I had unprotected sex and took a morning after pill on day three which means it is only 58% effective.
I only found this fact out after I'd gotten pregnant. They always say '72 hours' but more women should realise it's only 95% effective if you have it in the first 24 hours, and goes down from then on.
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Well, I am 16 now and I had an abortion when I was 15. It has ruined my life.
Not a day goes by that I don’t regret it or feel upset.
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I'm 32 years old and have been with my partner for seven years.
A year ago, I found out I was pregnant, unplanned!
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AdoptionOur son was born on Boxing Day. He has Down’s syndrome.
He has been in foster care during this time to help us to decide on his future.
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AbortionI am a second year university student with a promising future in science
my long term boyfriend [and course mate] and I had always used protection. The news was a blow and despite being told I had a choice, keeping the baby was really out of the question. I was referred to a clinic 10 days later and after many days of morning sickness and feeling tired and sick; I was relieved to be getting things dealt with.
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I'm 18 and have just experienced a medical abortion yesterday,
mostly because my partner didn’t want a child, and I knew I couldn’t do it alone :(.
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I am 31 yrs old and my partner and I chose to have a medical termination yesterday at 8.5 wks on the NHS.
We found out I was pregnant 3.5 weeks ago and have had an agonising wait leading up to the termination.
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Crisis PregnancyHi, yesterday I found out that I am pregnant.
...Thing is, I have a huuuuge dilemma. I have two babies already - one 6 year old and a 4 year old.
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I found out I was pregnant two months ago. I had recently restarted my relationship with my partner of seven years...
...although the last two years have been really rocky. We already have a four year old son.
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Keeping my babyUPDATE to Hi I'm 23, single and I have just recently found out I am pregnant by someone I was seeing...12 April 2009
I would just like to say that I am so happy now and ever so excited about having my baby!!!
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Crisis PregnancyMy pregnancy came as a complete shock...
I'd only been with my partner for three months and I didn't know what to do.
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I had been seeing a guy off and on for about ten months.
...I am 34, divorced and the mother of a 10-year-old son. The child's father is 28, never been married and childless.
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AbortionI'm 19 and I found out I was pregnant around about four weeks ago.
I was in so much shock, and couldn't believe the word "pregnant" was showing up on this test in front of me.
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I am 21 now and in November 2007 at 19 years old I fell pregnant.
...I told my mam I had decided to keep my baby and I couldn’t go through an abortion. I was expecting my mam to be more helpful and supportive but she wasn't.
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Crisis PregnancyI'm 23 and nearly eleven weeks pregnant.
I found out about five weeks ago but thought I was a lot earlier on in the pregnancy than I actually am, so the doctor has said I have a matter of days to make my decision.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 15 yrs old. My boyfriend and I have been together for six months now.
We have been thinking about having sex. Then two months ago, we did it.
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AbortionTo anyone who is thinking of having an abortion, I would say don’t!!!
I had an early medical termination two years ago and suffered from extreme depression and guilt up to a year afterwards.
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I am 38, married and I have four children. Six weeks ago I had an abortion.
Not one day goes by that I don't regret my decision.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 18 years old; I am graduating from High School in two weeks and getting my diploma.
...I can't abort the baby. I don't believe in abortions and my heart is telling me not to abort it! So I can't.
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Keeping my babyI just wanted the abortion all over and done with.
That day, that minute, if possible.
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AbortionMy husband and I have two children.
...We received the devastating news that our baby had a few problems. That led to the doctors to give high odds for trisomy 18.
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Crisis PregnancyI wrote back in February; a 26 year old scared to tell mom.
...I am currently 25 weeks pregnant!
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AbortionI had an abortion nearly a year ago, and I can honestly say I never thought my life would be back to normal.
I was 21 at the time, just finishing my last year of University.
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I read some horror stories on here so thought I would share mine.
I was on the pill so only realised I was pregnant when my period didn't show.
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I’m 15 and in love with my boyfriend who is 19.
I think I may be pregnant. We are both really happy.
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Teenage PregnancyHey, everyone. I am 17 and I think I am pregnant.
The one thing I can't do is tell my parents. I am absolutely TERRIFIED to tell my parents.
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Crisis PregnancyAfter finding out I was pregnant, and my partner telling me he wanted an abortion, I didn't know which way to turn
...and so I called CareConfidential, who then passed me onto the Bridge Centre.
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AbortionHi, I found out two days ago.
I want to keep it but my chap doesn’t.
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I had a medical abortion yesterday at the age of 15.
By sharing my story, I hope it helps younger women going through the same thing feel a little bit at ease as it is fairly positive.
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I had my abortion seven years ago this month.
It doesn’t define me but it’s always there in my head and my heart.
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Keeping my babyCRISIS PREGNANCY PART 1 / KEEPING MY BABY - PART 2/ MY BABY - PART 3
Hello again. You may remember me writing to you at first when I was seven weeks pregnant as a crisis pregnancy story.
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AbortionI was 15 yrs old; scared with no one to fall onto.
...I am 16 yrs old now, about to be 17.
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I wanted to give some hope to the people reading this section who are coming to terms with a termination.
I originally wrote on this page a short while after my termination.
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Keeping my babyHi, I’m 16 and I’m about eight and half weeks pregnant.
My boyfriend is 19.
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AbortionI’m 17 years old.
I didn’t come on my period in April.
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Since coming off the pill after splitting with my long term partner a few years ago, I have had irregular periods.
I am now 22 years old. Although I am not in a serious relationship, I do have an active sex life and always use condoms.
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Crisis PregnancyHi. Well, from my addressing you, you might have already guessed that I am a guy.
I have a girlfriend. She is two months pregnant.
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AbortionI had an abortion 09 October 2008. I was almost 19 weeks pregnant
...and I remember every feeling, every thought and every emotion like it was ten minutes ago.
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I'm writing these words just over two months after my abortion.
I never thought I could be as stupid as to get myself into this situation, but as mature as I like to think I am at 19, I was immature enough to get drunk and sleep with someone who would later be father to my unborn child.
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I would like to share my story, as it may help anyone about to undergo a medical abortion.
I discovered I was pregnant when my period was three days overdue. I am married with two children and this was the result of an affair.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 17 years old and pregnant.
The only problem is I don’t know who the father is. Two and a half months ago, I got raped.
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I’m 28 and I live on my own.
Now I’ve found out I’m five weeks pregnant!!
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I have just sat reading through the abortion and keeping my baby sections for over 3 hours...
I found out two weeks ago that I was expecting my third child.
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AbortionI’m 17, and had and abortion just two days ago.
I have been with the same person for 14 months. He's two years older than me and he does not like to say we are in a relationship.
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Miscarriage StoriesI don't think anyone or anything prepares you for how you will feel when you lose a baby.
I discovered I was pregnant on New Years Eve with my third and much wanted baby.
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Keeping my babyHi I’m 16 and I’ve just found out I’m pregnant.
I’m keeping my baby and my fiancé and I are happy about it but I don't know how to tell my family.
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Crisis PregnancyI'm 21 years old and nearing the end of my first year at university...
I have recently found out that I am about five weeks pregnant and it's unplanned.
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AbortionI am the girl who fell pregnant two days before her fifteenth birthday
My abortion was on the 21st Feb 2009, and it is now mid April 2009 nearly two months on and I have had so many problems....I don’t understand what is wrong with me but I am too scared to talk to my parents about it.
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Crisis PregnancyHi, I'm 22 years old and I have three beautiful children.
My youngest is only three months old.
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I’ve taken three home pregnancy tests and they have all come up positive.
...Part of me is saying I want to keep the baby and the other part is saying I’m not ready to have children.
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Effect on RelationshipsNew study shows negative impact of abortion on relationships
New study published in the peer-reviewed journal Public Health has found that abortion can impact relationships for both women and men.
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AbortionI am 21 years old and in my final year at university.
...I felt like I had no other choice but an abortion.
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Just before my 20th birthday, I discovered I was pregnant.
I was terrified, I had just been accepted into university to study nursing and I had my whole life set out...
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Last September my world was turned upside down when I found out I was pregnant.
Since the birth of my girls, I had always felt that their existence was a gift.
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Teenage PregnancyHi, I turned 15 yesterday…and I’m a month and nearly two weeks gone.
Should I tell my mom? And should I keep it? x.
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Crisis PregnancyI am afraid I will need my second abortion.
I am 20 years old.
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AbortionI had an abortion 18 years ago, which caused me years of pain and regret.
...I spent the next ten years crying and hating myself, drinking and getting drunk, to temporarily blot out the feelings of hate and loathing I developed about myself.
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In September 2007, my partner and I at the time decided to try for a baby...
Then in April 2008, he left me.
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I'm 38, married with children aged 11 and 13, and got pregnant through having an affair.
I prayed every night that the man I loved would change his mind and want to look after us.
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Crisis PregnancyI just wanted to say how much I appreciated all the advice and support you’ve given me over the last six months.
When I first came to see you in August last year, I was going through probably the most difficult time I’ve ever experienced.
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Keeping my babyHi I'm 23, single and I have just recently found out I am pregnant by someone I was seeing, who I am no longer with.
I was shocked and scared, but I had no doubt in my mind about keeping the baby...
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AbortionIs a medical abortion better or a surgical abortion?
...Personally, I would not recommend any abortion.
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I have just read the story of the 31 year old lady and her experience with the Medical Abortion.
I have to say that my experience was not quite as horrific and I did go to Marie Stopes.
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Teenage PregnancyHi, I'm 14 and I'm four months pregnant...
...I never want to have an abortion.
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AbortionFour weeks on and my life’s a mess...
...I have nightmares of a child screaming for me to help them...I have no idea where this child is, but the screams get louder and I panic.
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Even though I knew deep down it was not what I wanted, I still went through with it...
...So in the end I chose the relationship over my baby, even though I started to get major feelings for my baby.
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Teenage PregnancyI am lost about what to do. I'm 15 and 9-10 weeks pregnant.
The baby’s daddy is not around.
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AbortionI’m 13 and I had an abortion six months ago in November.
I didn’t really understand everything about it.
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I welcomed this man into my life and the lives of my children.
I really did believe he loved me. Then when I found out I was pregnant, it all changed.
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Crisis PregnancyI'm a 34 year old single mum to two children and have just found out I am four weeks pregnant!!
I have been seeing the 'dad' on/off for the past five months and haven't told him yet.
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I can't believe I'm in this position at 39, nearly 40.
My boyfriend said he will support whatever I choose...keep the baby or abortion.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion at six weeks in December 2008...
Everyday for a month I cried myself to sleep with the guilt.
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I’m 17 and fell pregnant three months ago.
I guess I expected it really as my boyfriend and I hadn’t been using any types of contraception.
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I am 52 years old and, when I was 19, a decision was made that would change my life forever - I had an abortion.
I became pregnant by my first ever boyfriend, believing that you couldn't get pregnant the first time!
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Other Research ListsForced abortion in America
'Forced Abortion in America' documents many cases of violence in which pregnant girls, teens and women were threatened, assaulted or killed for refusing to abort. Homicide has been found to be the leading cause of death among pregnant women in US.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 22 years old - I have just found out that I am 5 weeks pregnant by a man I have been 'seeing'.
I just thought maybe abortion would be the 'best?' route for me...
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AbortionI’m seventeen and regretting the abortion I had six weeks ago.
I was 17 weeks 3 days when I had it on Saturday 21st February.
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In January 2009, I realised I was pregnant - I am 22 and married.
However I am a University student and a baby was something we just couldn't cope with - financially, emotionally... in any way.
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I'm 23 and recently had a Surgical Abortion at 6 weeks after getting pregnant after a short lived romance...
After reading so many people's experiences which helped me through my difficult time, and gave me a better understanding of what to expect, I thought I would share my own story.
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I had a medical abortion at 8.5 weeks.
I found that before I had a termination, I wanted to find out every scrap of information possible in order to be completely prepared.
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The day I 'terminated' my baby is the day my life changed forever.
I read through the stories often to see if there is anyone in a similar situation to myself, a happily married mum who has made the same heartbreaking mistake.
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I met my partner in the first year of Uni (I was studying for my Zoology degree) and just before the second year of Uni began, I fell pregnant.
I was on birth control at the time but had missed one pill.
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I had an abortion three years ago and thought I had gotten over it.
I was 16 years old when I first got pregnant and my partner and I decided it was best to have a termination.
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Keeping my babyI’m 17 years old and have been with my boyfriend for two years now.
Last week I found out I am pregnant.
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AbortionI'm a happily married Mum of two.
My pregnancy came as a total bolt from the blue...
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Miscarriage StoriesI came to counselling nearly two years after my miscarriage...
...when I felt everything had finally 'caught' up with me.
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AbortionI am 27 years old and found out recently I was pregnant.
After speaking with my boyfriend, he more or less convinced me that the only way to go with this is abortion...
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Crisis PregnancyI live with my step mom and my dad.
I don’t know where he is when I ask my step mom to sign in for me to get an abortion.
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I'm 39 and just found out I'm pregnant! Totally unplanned.
(I've officially answered my own question for years...you CAN get pregnant during your period!)
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AbortionI had an abortion in December last year.
It was a joint decision between my boyfriend and me.
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I knew since the day I found out I was pregnant that I wanted to keep the baby,
which is why I am so angry at myself now for going through with it.
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I still think of the abortion every day.
I regret it and feel as my life will never be the same; I will never be the same.
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I became pregnant by accident after a problem with the contraception I was on.
I was at university at the time and couldn't keep it and my boyfriend was 100% behind me.
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Having just separated from our spouses, two months later we found out I was pregnant.
We had been in a relationship for 18 months at this stage.
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In October last year I found out that I was pregnant.
I am in my early 30's, married and have two children.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m 22 and have recently found out I was pregnant.
I had booked a termination but after speaking with my partner, we decided mutually to keep it.
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AbortionI was just about to turn 41 when I found out I was pregnant, already a mother to two teenagers.
I was delighted, full of happiness but a little worried about my age and what people might think.
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I found out just before Christmas that at the grand old age of 41, I was pregnant for the first time in my life.
I had never wanted children and didn't think I could get pregnant anyway, and with my age and that of my boyfriend, (51), it was all a massive shock.
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When I was 16, I dated a manipulative mentally abusive boyfriend.
In December when I was 17, I found out I was pregnant.
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I knew I couldn’t face another pregnancy at the age of 38, after having four children already.
I was 5 1/2 weeks when I rang the clinic.
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I have read stories about people who regretted their abortions...
I've been struggling for eight years to come to terms with the abortion I had, but not for the reasons I see everywhere.
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Keeping my babyI just turned 26 years and have been with my boyfriend for two years now.
I tried to find anything I could about adults being scared to tell their parents they are pregnant and I could not find really anything until I came to this site.
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AbortionTwo weeks ago I had a Medical Abortion.
...every day since then I have felt guilty for doing what I did.
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When I found out I was pregnant it was a real blow.
I am 38 years old with three children and I had just separated from my husband.
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I had a surgical abortion on the 21st Feb. A week today
I found out about a month prior to going to the clinic.
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I became pregnant at the very start of a relationship with someone just breaking up from his ex
with kids, access visits and houses to divide etc.
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I took three at home pregnancy tests, only to find out that I was pregnant for the first time in my life.
I am 26 years old and I haven't always been "careful".
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I had an abortion when I was 20 weeks.
I was 23 but lived at home with my parents.
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I'm 18 years old and last week I found out that I'm pregnant.
It was unexpected and came as quite a shock.
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Hello All, I wrote a while ago to tell my story 'I'm suffering from Post-Abortion Stress' of a Medical Termination I had on 7th Nov 2008 at 22 yrs old.
I have since encountered problems...
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Teenage PregnancyI'm only fifteen and two days before my birthday, making me still fourteen, I became pregnant after a drunken night celebrating New Year’s Eve with my boyfriend of one year who is sixteen.
This being both our first time. It was a major mistake that we both regretted...
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I’ve just found out I’m pregnant,
I’m 16 and I am completely unsure of what to do.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion in October.
My partner and I had discussed what options we had and felt that now was not the right time. (Selfish, I know).
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Hi. I had an abortion. It's been two months now.
I was a bit more than thirteen weeks pregnant.
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I found out I was pregnant within weeks...I felt different and deep down I just knew I was.
I was single, having just split up from a not very nice guy so for me there was no option.
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I had an abortion on the 22nd of August and took it extremely hard.
I felt guilt every second of every day since.
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I had an abortion two years ago today.
I was just 18 years old when I found out that I was pregnant.
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AdoptionI was placed with my adoptive family at four weeks old in 1970.
My adoptive parents have always been very loving and have always treated me as 'their' daughter.
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AbortionWell, it's done. Yesterday I had a medical abortion.
I hate even writing those words as I'm still coming to terms with it.
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I have had three abortions during two marriages.
Both husbands said I had to choose between them and the unborn baby that they felt they couldn’t cope with.
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Seven years later and it is too painful to speak about.
I had no counselling, no help, nothing, just hospital and getting rid of my baby.
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I just wanted to share with you my experience of the Abortion Pill.
Last week I went in for a scan, and they said I was five weeks pregnant, but couldn't detect the heartbeat.
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Today I had an abortion.
First let me state that I am 23 years old; this is my first pregnancy.
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It all started when I didn’t come on my period and my closest friend and I went down to get a pregnancy test.
I plucked up the courage to do the test and it came up positive!
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Men's StoriesMy partner told me that she had had a termination, five days after!
I didn't know what to do or say, nor could I understand why she hadn't told me she was pregnant before or indeed why she was telling me after.
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Premature Birth
Abortion link to increased risk of premature births
Huge German study substantiates the link between abortion and an increased risk of premature births. Woman with one prior abortion, very pre-term birth risk is boosted by 30%, while more than one prior abortion the risk increases by 90%.
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Crisis PregnancyPart 2 from November 2008: Hi everyone. I’m writing this because I just want to let other people know who are out there facing the same situation as me.
This is for the lady who wrote about her dilemma facing pregnancy with an ex and worried about letting her family down...
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AbortionI found I was pregnant at around five weeks. I am a mother of two going through a divorce and this pregnancy was just not possible.
I went to my GP who would not refer me because of religious beliefs.
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I'm 22, have just split up with my boyfriend and am due to finish my degree in a few months' time.
I thought I might be pregnant when my period was two weeks late.
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Teenage PregnancyFourteen years ago I found out I was pregnant, the father did a bunk and I was 16-17 years old.
I was at college at the time and doing extremely well. I was studying Hair and Beauty.
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AbortionI experienced an abortion when I was twenty-seven years old.
There was no proper counselling beforehand.
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I am 19 and a junior in college. I found out I was pregnant about three weeks ago by taking a at home pregnancy test.
As I waited for the pregnancy results to show up, I was very nervous and about a minute later I saw the faint pink line show up. I was upset and in shock.
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January 2007, I turned 18 years old. It was the moment I had waited for, for as long as I could remember.
My life was, already, not the best. I was adopted when I was a baby. I lived with my mother's uncle and his wife. I was emotionally, verbally, and physically abused.
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On 5th February 2009 I had a medical abortion at 19 weeks.
My pregnancy was so far ahead as I had a pregnancy test which turned out to be negative; therefore my boyfriend and I assumed it was down to the stress and sudden lifestyle change of starting at university.
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I'd really been going through a tough time when I did the pregnancy test and it turned out to be positive.
I was moving to another city and had a great new job lined up, a pregnancy was an unnecessary 'glitch in my plans'.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 38 and six weeks pregnant.
I moved back to the UK a year ago to start a relationship with my childhood sweetheart/ friend five years after a divorce.
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Is it possible to get pregnant after having sex after one day of taking the pill again after my period?
I am on antibiotics...
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AbortionWhen I was 19, I met my first boyfriend. He was 24 and just out of a relationship.
I lost my virginity to him, and fell in love with him. As time went on, it was clear he didn’t feel the same way.
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I found out I was pregnant on Christmas Day 2008 but didn't tell my boyfriend for a week as I knew he didn't want children.
He's 39 and I’m 24 with a 2 1/2 yr old boy.
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Crisis PregnancyOkay. I just found out last week that I was two weeks pregnant.
I don't know what to do and I have no idea how to tell my parents about this.
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AbortionI am a 36 year old mum of two. I had always wanted a third child but had problems having these children so it didn't seem like it would happen.
The youngest child went to school and I happily started on a new career path for me.
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Crisis PregnancyI found out four days ago that I am nearly seven weeks pregnant.
The father is my ex fiancé of seven years. We split up last year and this pregnancy is the result of one night we spent together.
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AbortionI feel so sad; I still mourn the baby I should have had.
I live with it because you have to, but deep down I feel grief and loss for the baby that would have been 28 years old now.
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I still find this really hard to think/talk about, though I have to admit I had an abortion when I was 17 years old.
I had been brought up as a catholic and had always been pro-life.
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I never thought I would read a story so similar. I was just about to start university when I found out I was pregnant.
When I first found out, all I could think was, ‘It’s not true, this can't be happening to me’.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 17 years old and I found out I was pregnant a few days ago.
I have been with my boyfriend for two years and we are going strong, but when I told him I was pregnant he told me he wanted me to have an abortion...
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Keeping my babyI never really wanted a child, especially so young. I'm 18.
I considered abortion but I don't really want it and my boyfriend told me to do what I wanted.
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AbortionI would like to share my story. It had taken me three years to conceive our first baby...
...a lot of tears and heartache every month. I later found out that I had PCOS which is why it took so long.
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Men's StoriesMy ex partner and I had unprotected sex, which resulted in a surprise pregnancy.
It wasn't a good time for either of us as we had only just got back together and we were still trying to work on our relationship.
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Teenage PregnancyHelp! I was at a Halloween and it was a year 10 boy.
I well fancied him and we had sex.
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AbortionHi. I am 27 years old. I had an abortion two weeks ago.
I was 13 weeks pregnant and it was my first pregnancy. I suffer from PCOS, which naturally makes it difficult for me to conceive.
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I'm 23 and I went through a medical abortion two months ago.
I've had pregnancy scares in the past where my period was mysteriously late for weeks, but this time I knew right away that I was pregnant, even though I was only a few days late.
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Teenage PregnancyHelp me, I think I might be pregnant.
I haven’t had a period in 1 1/2 months.
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AbortionWhen I found out that I was pregnant I was due to start my second year at university.
It came as a complete shock because although the condom that my boyfriend and I used had broken, we immediately went to the clinic to get emergency contraception.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 18, and I found out I was pregnant right after I missed my first period.
I am now going on six weeks pregnant, and in a crisis, hoping to find some kind of advice out there.
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AdoptionWe gave birth to our lovely gorgeous son two weeks ago now on Boxing Day
He was nearly a month premature - a shock in itself. He is our first child. I am 38.
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AbortionMy experience of a medical termination January 2009...
My boyfriend and I have been in a long term relationship for over a year and, recently, I found out that I was pregnant.
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I have three children and have always wanted more. I dropped hints to my husband that I would like another.
He never came out and said no; he just ignored me. I wrongly took matters into my own hands and let myself get pregnant.
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I'm 31, married with two children, and was shocked to the core when I found out I was pregnant at the beginning of December.
We struggled to conceive our second child, eventually doing so with fertility treatment, and would have loved a third had it been possible and at the right time, but this just wasn't the right time.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m 27 and have two young children aged five and four.
The children’s father and I split up about four months ago but ended up having sex one night.
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AbortionI am 19 years old and I had an abortion just two days ago on Friday.
I found out about my pregnancy on Wednesday night which was New Years Eve. I was devastated.
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I'm 31 years old and my partner is a few years younger. I've just had a surgical termination.
It wasn't my first but I can honestly say I am experiencing more pain emotionally than ever before.
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I couldn't decide if I wanted to keep my baby or not, but I ended up having a termination
I just thought about having it done and getting on with my life but I feel so bad about what I've done and don't understand how I could have done such a thing.
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I’m suffering from post-abortion stress...
I am 22. I am in a stable relationship of seven months. This is how I found out that I was pregnant: I realised that I was five days overdue.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 16 years old and my 3 month old baby’s dad is 15 years of age.
We planned her and we thought we were in love.
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This is the biggest shock of my life.
I have talked to my boyfriend and he says he is with me 100%.
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AbortionI murdered my baby four years ago and still don't know how I've managed to live with what I've done for so long.
I was in a difficult relationship so I wanted nothing more to do with the father, even though I had wanted a baby for years and had got pregnant unexpectedly.
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I posted my story on this site two months ago following a medical abortion at eight weeks nearly seven months ago, a decision I have regretted everyday since.
Following nearly 200 views, some of you may remember reading my story so I thought I would take this opportunity to post here again in hopes to offer a sense of encouragement.
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I'm 22, found out last week that I was pregnant after a routine sexual health check up with the doctor.
It came as a shock and I'm still not 100% sure whether I want to go through with the termination at this stage.
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Hi, I am 26, married already. I want to do an abortion in the correct way because I did one a long time ago when I was a teenager in a very old dangerous traditional way and I nearly died.
The reason I did that is that in my country abortion is illegal.
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I am writing this for the people that have read some of these horrific stories and are now a bit scared of having a medical abortion.
It doesn’t hurt that much. I am 19 and from the UK.
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I am 36, and have two children ages 5 1/2 and almost 8. I found out 4 weeks ago that I am pregnant.
Four years ago, I decided to have an abortion when I learned I was pregnant.
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I had it three days ago. Before I had my abortion I read through quite a few stories on here which really scared me.
I did not have a bad experience like these people so have chosen to share what happened to me so that others who were in my situation may not feel as scared.
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I knew I was pregnant the instant I conceived - 25th April 2008.
I did my first test 2 weeks later on the 8th may, but it was still to early to tell, so I carried on as normal, went on holiday with my partner and when I came back I did another test. It was positive.
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Crisis PregnancyI'm having a medical abortion next Monday and I'm so scared.
I went to BPAS clinic yesterday and the counsellor was very friendly and she managed to put me at ease.
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Teenage PregnancyHi, I’m 15 and think I might be pregnant.
I’ve missed a period about a week and a half ago and I’m worried about what I should do.
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AbortionI had a surgical abortion yesterday.
I was around ten weeks pregnant and I’m 16 years old, feeling the need to write about my experience in some way.
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After two successful pregnancies and two miscarriages, I found myself to be pregnant again;
I decided to go ahead with an abortion for personal reasons. I opted for surgery.
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I became unexpectedly pregnant just after my 17th birthday despite having used contraception.
I was about to begin my final exams from which I needed good grades as I had a conditional offer to study at one of the UK's top universities.
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I am 28 years old, unmarried. I have a BA in Biology. Basically science-oriented. Someone who should be able to make smart decisions, right?
I was raised Catholic but have been agnostic for the past 10 years. I always wanted children someday in the right situation with someone I cared deeply about.
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I had an abortion on the 14th Aug 08 at 8 weeks and everyday I pine for my little angel.
I didn’t want the abortion but I was forced to have one by my partner.
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Mental HealthAbortion increases risks of mental health disorders more than other traumas
Study shows that women who have aborted are at a higher risk for a variety of mental health problems including anxiety, mood, and substance abuse disorders.
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Increased risk of mental disorders associated with abortion
A second study in New Zealand finds increase in risk of mental disorders associated with abortion. It found that women who had had abortions had rates of mental disorder that were about 30% higher.
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AbortionI've posted a few times on here. I was the unlucky one that it didn't fully work.
I've had time to reflect now and my surgery was 25 days ago.
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I had my medical abortion one month ago. Today I found out I was pregnant again.
My story is an unusual one; even the doctors are shocked.
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Where do I start? After trying for a baby for fve years and being diagnosed with endometriosis, I went through two IVF cycles, which both failed.
Just as I was accepted on the NHS list (available at the time), I found I was pregnant naturally. I couldn't believe I was really going to have a baby...
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I've been with my boyfriend for three years now.
About three weeks ago I found out that I was pregnant.
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I'm 29 and had a private surgical abortion last week (I was 7 and a half weeks pregnant).
I have always desperately wanted children, and for that reason never really believed it would happen to me (though I was using protection to please my partner).
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Crisis PregnancyI am 16
and I want to keep my baby but my boyfriend does not.
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AbortionHey guys. I’m 17 and I have had two abortions in less than a year.
and I have had two abortions in less than a year. The first one was in June 08. I was so scared. I just graduated from high school with good grades and was going off to college in the fall.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m writing this because I am facing the same dilemma I faced six years ago.
I’ve since had a happy healthy boy who I love unconditionally and is very much ‘my life’.
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AbortionHi, I’m 17, and in May of this year, when I was 16, I noticed that I had missed a period.
Everything was running through my head. I didn’t know what to do, think or say.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m 21 weeks pregnant and 17 years old.
When I found out I was pregnant I was with the father aged 20, who I hadn’t been with for long at all.
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AbortionI am 28 years old and two days ago I experienced an extremely traumatic medical abortion at six weeks pregnant.
Whilst researching on the Internet, I am amazed at how little information there is to prepare women for what they are about to experience.
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I’m due to have a termination at the end of this week.
I have never felt so scared or unsure of anything in my life.
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I was 17 when I had my termination (I personally don't like the word abortion, it seems too harsh!).
I had already had a child at 14 which I kept. After having my child my mother told me she would kick both me and my child out if I ever feel pregnant again.
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I had a medical abortion today, and thought I would share my story.
For about a week I've been reading and reading and reading people's stories on sites such as this, and to be honest I was terrified.
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If you are considering an abortion then please read.... I have just gone through a medical termination at 8 weeks.
I have read so many of these stories and the majority of ladies seem to feel the same as I do now.
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Men's StoriesWhen I was 18, and sharing a flat with a friend, I very stupidly had unprotected sex with an older woman very early on into the relationship.
A few days passed and my partner at the time suspected she was pregnant. The first pregnancy test turned out to be negative.
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AbortionI was told for 10 years I was infertile after suffering poly-cystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis.
I went years of my married life not falling pregnant. After accepting that I will never have children I concentrated on other things.
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I am 18 years old and I had a medical abortion one week ago today. Here is my story.
Four months ago my boyfriend and I moved in together. We have been together since school so have had a lot of time to plan our future.
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I was 16 when I found out I was pregnant. I hadn’t been with my boyfriend long and was having unprotected sex, thinking that it would never happen to me.
I only told my best friend that I was pregnant; I was too scared to tell my parents as I knew they would be disappointed.
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I had a medical termination yesterday. I cannot believe how I feel today.
My husband I found out six weeks ago tomorrow that we were expecting a second child, and to start with it seemed a good thing.
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I had a medical abortion at 8 weeks just over five months ago. This decision came to be a very big mistake and I have regretted everyday since.
However, I am aware things that have happened cannot be changed and I hope by telling my story I may be able to encourage another couple to seek support and consider all the options available to them.
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Keeping my babyI was in a long distance relationship with my boyfriend. I was lonely and missed him loads.
One might I went out and met someone else. A few weeks down the line I found out I was pregnant.
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Teenage PregnancyHi, I am 15 and think I am pregnant.
I am not ready to tell my parents. What should I do?
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AbortionAfter a termination, I’m the unlucky one. It didn’t work fully.
I've had six weeks of antibiotics until they did an internal scan - it wasn’t complete.
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Hi all, basically I had a medical abortion a month and a half ago. I was 6 weeks gone.
Everything went fine while I was in hospital or so I thought.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 35 and have been with my boyfriend for nearly 10 years.
We have one baby of 14 months and I fell pregnant unexpectedly again.
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AbortionI had an abortion three weeks ago.
I cry every day and tried to kill myself last night.
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Crisis PregnancyA poem
This poem was submitted from the viewpoint of the unborn, unplanned child...
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Keeping my babyI was 17 when I found out I was pregnant. I'd been with my boyfriend just three and a half months.
He was at University and I was at college studying my A Levels. After sleepless nights of talking and tears, my boyfriend and I painfully decided that the best option was to have an abortion.
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AbortionI’m 16 years old. I had an abortion two months ago. I have to admit it was the hardest thing I have ever done.
The emotions and pain I feel is unbearable.
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In November 2007 I had an abortion. I became pregnant while fully breast-feeding my 4 month old son.
I had been using the pill but I was tired and missing a few. I stupidly thought that I would be ok as I was breast feeding.
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Teenage PregnancyI was only fourteen and had been anorexic for quite a while and then suddenly I got a boyfriend from having fun and going out with my mates.
I was drunk one night and slept with him. I thought nothing of it.
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What should I do? I am only thirteen.
I don’t know what to do. I am scared of the outcome, what it would be. I am scared to take a pregnancy test.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 34 and 6 weeks pregnant. My partner and I have been together for 18 months and he was the one that suggested we try for a baby.
He is only 22. I was shocked at how quickly it happened, so when I told him I thought he would pleased (how wrong was I).
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My husband and I planned a baby and had our first try two weeks before our wedding.
A pregnancy test taken on the day of our wedding showed positive and my husband's reaction was "it is almost too good to be true", and... it was.
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AbortionI had an abortion two weeks ago today. I'm 25 and I recently got married. But a month ago I discovered that my husband had continuously lied about his past.
I was distraught - had I ever known the man I married? But a bigger decision than staying with him was how could I have his baby?
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I hope this will help someone out there. I had a medical termination 3 weeks ago.
I will start at the beginning: I’m 21 years old, and I’m currently studying in university.
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Sex EducationFamily characteristics and sexual risk behaviors
Men whose mothers worked were likely to have first intercourse at a younger age than others, whereas those raised by both parents were likely to delay sexual initiation and to have fewer partners during their lifetime.
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AdoptionOutcomes of adoption from public care
Covers the state of play of adoption from local authority care in the UK and research into the factors influencing placement outcomes.
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Other Research ListsBibliography of literature related to abortion's effects
Largest detailed bibliography of literature related to abortion's effects on women, men, their children and society.
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Teenage PregnancyIncrease in teenage pregnancy in deprived areas
From the 1980s to the 1990s the difference in rates of teenage pregnancy between more affluent and more deprived areas widened.
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Contraceptive failure major factor in teenage pregnancy
Main factor in unplanned teenage conceptions is contraceptive failure, not the lack of contraceptive knowledge and availability.
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Sex EducationGood parent communication prevents early sex
The quality of parent-child communications about sex and sexuality appears to be a strong determinant of adolescents' sexual behavior.
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Teenage PregnancyFather absence link to teenage pregnancy
Greater exposure to father absence was strongly associated with elevated risk for early sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy.
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Sex EducationTeenagers regret sex related to coercion and pressure
Regret expressed by some young people about their early sexual experiences is often related to coercion and pressure.
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Early teenage sex leads to multiple problems
Early teenage sex is often part of a wider spectrum of harmful behaviour that includes substance abuse, smoking, and excessive alcohol consumption.
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Mothers help reduce risky sexual behaviour
Study of over 400 adolescents (Dilorio et al) clearly showed that where parents, especially mothers, were the major source of sexual information, their adolescents’ sexual behaviour was less risky.
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Teenage PregnancyCommunication with parents helps delay teenage sex
Recent research has shown that communication with parents is associated with a delay in the age of first intercourse, and can improve the acceptability and use of contraception.
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Involvement of mothers in sex education
The Mother/Daughter HIV Risk Reduction intervention (MDRR)is an innovative community-based intervention, that trains mothers to be their daughters' primary HIV educators.
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Sex EducationParental supervision reduces sexually transmitted disease
Parental supervision can result in lower sexually transmitted disease rates in urban high-prevalence populations.
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Teenage PregnancyTeen pregnancy prevention enhanced by family and education
“While many protective factors are not subject to intervention, the present analyses indicate that teen pregnancy prevention may be enhanced by addressing family and educational factors.”
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Sex EducationSex education at home helps postpone sexual activity
Children whose parents talk to them about sexual matters and provide sexuality education at home are more likely than others to postpone sexual activity.
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Teenage PregnancyTeenage sex is sometimes search for meaning, identity and belonging
Much teenage sex has little to do with sex itself but is connected with searching for meaning, identity, and belonging.
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Men's StoriesIn 1981 my parents told me that my older sister had undergone an abortion...
...My reaction when I was told was something that I could never have predicted.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 5 weeks pregnant, after 3 miscarriages.
I fear telling my husband because he thought I terminated the pregnancy intentionally.
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AbortionI remember it like it was only yesterday. I was young, naive and 18 years old.
I had just begun studying at one of the best universities in the UK. It was the week after freshers’ week and after a missed period...
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I am 16 and had an abortion six weeks ago. It was the worst and best decision I've made in my life.
In the beginning, I felt amazing like I'd done the right thing and my life would be perfect.
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I had an abortion 1 week ago, after being deceived by a man who I thought loved me.
...My partner (ex) lives in France and I have told my story here before.
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Teenage PregnancyI’m fourteen ...
...and I have done two pregnancy tests.
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AbortionI found out I was pregnant just over 2 weeks ago. I was devastated.
I am only 20 and my partner is 19. I was on the pill and taking it correctly so this was clearly a freak accident how this happened.
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I had a surgical abortion in April 2008 at 9 weeks.
I am very happily married, I have two wonderful children under three years and the pregnancy was planned.
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Effect on Men
Ambivalent reactions reported by men after abortion
Many studies report that men desire some form of counseling concerning abortion and do not perceive abortion as a benign experience. At the least, these men struggle with ambivalence both before and after abortion. While abortion seems to bring a sense of relief, other emotions including anxiety, grief, guilt, and powerlessness are also reported consequent to abortion.
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Effects on men from miscarriage
One study of miscarriage found that although men displayed less immediate ‘active grief’, they were more prone to frequent feelings of despair long after a perinatal loss than women.
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Male responses to abortion may include guilt, depression, anxiety
Less attention has been given to men's psychological adjustment to a partner's abortion. Available data indicates that male responses to a partner's abortion may include guilt, depression, anxiety, feelings of voicelessness/ powerlessness, repressed emotions, and anger. Many men defer the abortion decision to their female partners and tend to repress their own emotions in an attempt to support their partners.
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Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual functioning affected by up to 20% women
A review of post-1990 literature found that less research has considered impact on the quality of relationships and sexual functioning, but negative effects were reported by up to 20% of women.
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Decreased sexual desire reported for 20% of women
A Swiss longitudinal study of 103 women found that a fifth of women presented a decrease in sexual desire and orgasm troubles six months post abortion.
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Study reports sexuality of women and partners affected
A cross-sectional study using anonymous questionnaires found that more than 30% of 104 women reported a reduction in both frequency of vaginal intercourse and sexual desire. Their partners also had a reduction in sexual desire. The prevalence of reduction in sexual desire and enjoyment among those women who had repeated abortion was significantly higher. The sexuality of both women and their partners are affected after abortion.
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Diminished sexual desire for minority 8 weeks after abortion
At 8 weeks after legal first-trimester abortion in 1327 women, 15% reported diminished sexual desire and 6% reported diminished orgasm ability comparing to pre-pregnancy level. Legal abortion is associated with few adverse effects on sexual function.
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Increased risk for sexual dysfunction after abortion
Research demonstrates that women with an abortion history are at an increased risk for sexual dysfunction. For example, 6% of the Russian women and 24% of the American women reported sexual problems that they directly attributed to a prior abortion.
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Miscarriage
Abortion increases risk of later miscarriage by 60%
Researchers in the UK surveyed women ages 18 to 55 about their reproductive histories, lifestyles and relationships and found that women who had a previous abortion had a 60 percent higher risk of miscarriage during a subsequent pregnancy.
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Effect on RelationshipsPressure from partners has negative effect on women in long term
When the reasons for abortion and background variables were included in analyses, the strongest predictor of emotional distress at 6 months and 2 years was "pressure from male partner." Male pressure on women to have an induced abortion has a significant, negative influence on women's psychological responses in the 2 years following the event.
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Up to 20% of women report negative effects on relationships
While in the long term women do no worse psychologically than women who give birth, negative effects on the quality of relationships and sexual functioning were reported by up to 20% of women. There has been increasing understanding of abortion as a potential trauma, and studies less commonly explore guilt.
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Swiss study says 17% couples separated after abortion
After termination of pregnancy, a Swiss longitudinal study found that 14 couples of 84 separated. The majority of women did not report changes in their sexual behaviour. However, 1/5 of women presented a decrease in sexual desire and orgasm troubles. About 1/3 described psychosomatic symptoms, but a majority was not traumatised.
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Over a quarter of women in one study had relationship problems
6% of Russian women and 24% of the American women sampled in a survey of 331 Russian women and 217 American women reported sexual problems that they directly attributed to a prior abortion. 27% of American women reported relationship problems.
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SuicideGreater risk of suicide after termination compared to birth
The risk of death from suicide after termination was seven times higher than the risk of suicide within a year of childbirth.
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Finnish study finds mortality rate is higher after abortion
Using national health registers, a large-scale Finnish study found that in the year after undergoing an abortion, a woman's mortality rate for unintentional injuries, suicide and homicide was substantially higher than among non-pregnant women in all age groups combined. The researchers concluded that the elevated risk after a terminated pregnancy needs to be recognized in the provision of health care and social services.
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After effects of abortion include suicide
Women who are negatively affected by an abortion may experience any of the following mental health problems: anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, substance use/abuse, and/or increased risk of suicide. A recent literature review indicates that 8-40% of women experience anxiety in the aftermath of abortion, with up to 30% of women suffering from clinical levels of anxiety and/or high levels of generalized stress at one month post-abortion.
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Suicides more common after abortion
A register linkage study in Finland found that suicides are more common after an induced abortion than in the general population. The suicide rate associated with birth was significantly lower (6 per 100,000) and the rates associated with miscarriage (18) and induced abortion (35) were significantly higher than the mean annual suicide rate.
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Mental HealthBeliefs about humanity of fetus affect well-being after abortion
A large scale study revealed that women who have had an abortion but who tended to believe that fetuses are human scored lower on the well-being variables than women who have not had an abortion. In contrast, women who tended to believe that fetuses are not human were as well adjusted as women who have not had an abortion. Even weak beliefs in the humanity of the fetus resulted in associations between abortion and compromised well-being.
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Mixed responses after abortion
In a study of 58 women, approximately 20% described severe emotional distress in conjunction with an abortion, with 43% reporting grief right before the abortion and 31% reporting feelings of grief one year post-abortion. However the study concluded that the “majority of the women did not experience any emotional distress post-abortion and almost all the woman reported that they had coped well at the 1-year follow-up, although 12 had had severe emotional distress directly post-abortion.”
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Up to 60% of women experienced some form of emotional distress
Swedish study of 854 women one year after an abortion using a lengthy semi-structured interview, rates of negative experiences were substantially higher than in earlier studies relying on brief assessments. 50–60% of women undergoing induced abortion experienced some measure of emotional distress, classified as severe in 30% of cases. Risk factors were identified.
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Severe or persistent psychological effects in 10% of women
Review in the British Journal of Psychiatry in 1992 found that approximately 10% of women having an abortion will suffer marked, severe or persistent psychological or psychiatric disturbances. Between 29% and 75% of women acknowledge some feelings of abortion-related guilt.
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Physical Complications
Long-term risk of physical and psychological health conditions
One systematic review article that evaluated long-term risks of induced abortion concluded that induced abortion is associated with increased risks of the following long-term physical and psychological health conditions: serious mental health disorders/suicide, placenta previa, preterm birth and breast cancer due to loss of protective effect of first full-term pregnancy.
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Mental HealthWomen more likely to use drugs in subsequent pregnancy
Women who had undergone abortions were significantly more likely than women who had given birth to use various illicit drugs and alcohol during a subsequent pregnancy.
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Discussion of accuracy of Reardon paper in BMJ
Reardon and Cougle's paper raises at least three concerns: their analyses do not address the stated hypothesis, the final sample of women is surprisingly small and the discussion omits mention of possible residual confounding. Reardon responds to this criticsm.
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Married women at ‘high risk’ of depression after abortion
Study of the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (begun in 1979, involving 12,686 American youths) reported in British Medical Journal in 2002 that among married women, those who aborted were significantly more likely to be at "high risk" of clinical depression compared with those who delivered unintended pregnancies. The difference was not significant among unmarried women.
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Women at much higher risk of depression after abortion than birth
One of the most comprehensive analyses of this topic is provided by an analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Youth in 2003. This found that women who reported induced abortion were 65% more likely to be in the high-risk range for clinical depression than women whose pregnancies resulted in birth.
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Royal College recognizes abortion may damage mental health
After years of denying any link between abortion and women’s mental health, the Royal College of Psychiatrists recently released a statement recognising that having an abortion may damage a woman’s mental health. It also recognises that good practice in relation to abortion will include informed consent, which cannot be informed without the provision of adequate and appropriate information regarding the possible risks and benefits to physical and mental health.
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Risk of Breast Cancer
Lancet review of breast cancer risks challenged
Schlafly states that the Lancet article relies on a hypothetical comparison between pregnancy followed by an abortion and no pregnancy at all. Yet once a pregnancy has started the only possible alternatives are childbirth and abortion, and the article tacitly concedes that the latter increases the risk of breast cancer compared to the former. The medical consensus is that carrying a pregnancy to term is healthier than terminating it by abortion.
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Possible breast cancer link but more research needed
Findings suggest that an induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer, by up to 50%. Women who under 18 or over 30 at the time of the first induced abortion face an increased risk of breast cancer. However the results were inconsistent so the researchers recommend re-examining the breast cancer risk for women who have had legal abortion available to them throughout the majority of their reproductive years, with particular attention to the potential influence of induced abortion early i
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Correlation between breast cancer rates and abortion rates
Using figures from the Office of National Statistics in the UK, Carroll of the Pension and Population Research Institute has noted a high positive correlation between breast cancer incidence and abortion rates and lower fertility. His projection of the trends of increased breast cancer incidence to the year 2025 suggests a 60 % increase in the 45-49 age group.
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Possible 30% greater risk of breast cancer after abortion
Carrying a pregnancy to birth reduces the risk of subsequent breast cancer. Abortion not only interrupts this but may also create a new risk by affecting hormonal development. One study suggested that having an abortion gives a woman a 30% greater risk of suffering breast cancer.
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Birth protects from breast cancer
“Whatever the effect of induced abortion on breast cancer risk, a young woman with an unintended pregnancy clearly sacrifices the protective effect of a term delivery should she decide to abort and delay childbearing.”
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Warning from Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons in the US has published the following letter: "…While there is a difference of medical opinion concerning the abortion breast cancer link, there is a considerable volume of evidence supporting this link, which is, moreover, highly plausible. We believe that a reasonable person would want to be informed of the existence of this evidence before making her decision."
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Premature Birth
French study reports link with preterm birth
Recent French study to evaluate the risk of very preterm birth (22-32 weeks gestation) associated with previous induced abortion found that:“Previous induced abortion was associated with an increased risk of very preterm delivery. Research suggests that abortion could produce cervical and uterine abnormalities, responsible for the increased risk of subsequent preterm delivery.
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Many studies demonstrate link with preterm birth and abortion
At least 49 studies have demonstrated a statistically significant increase in premature births amongst women who have had an abortion. The risk is greatly increased from two or more prior abortions.
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Physical Complications
Rate of complications after abortion
From the outcomes of nearly 2,500 first trimester abortions in one clinic, an overall rate of 29 complications per 1,000 procedures was observed. The incidence of immediate complications was 6 per 1,000 procedures; delayed complication incidence was 23 per 1,000 procedures.
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Greater risk of placenta previa after abortion
Women who report one or more induced or spontaneous abortions are 30% more likely to have a subsequent pregnancy complicated by placenta previa than women without such a history.
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Risk of damage to the cervix
In a study of 104 patients undergoing first-trimester abortion a fall in resistance (indicative of a cervical tear) was found in 12.5% of women in whom the cervix was dilated to 9 mm, and in 66.7% when dilatation reached 11 mm. Other studies have found the internal cervical of women who have undergone consecutive induced abortions to be wider than that of women with full-time pregnancies which has been linked to cervical incompetence.
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Effect on Men
Abortion can be highly distressing for both women and men
Women’s and men’s concerns about the decision and the abortion were very similar. After abortion, 18% of the men believed that the abortion had a negative impact on their relationships with their partners and 30% said they would have liked to have been offered counseling. The men were not asked specific questions concerning their psychological response to abortion therefore little information was obtained to explain the male psychological experience in any depth.
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Effect on RelationshipsPost-abortion relationship problems seem increasingly probable
If one or both partners view abortion as the taking of a human life, would have preferred to avoid the abortion, developed an emotional connection to the fetus, experience negative emotions such as grief, guilt, and anger in association with the abortion, suffer from adverse mental health effects of the abortion, and/or possess an insecure attachment style, then the likelihood of relationship difficulties may increase.
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Abortion can be highly distressing for women and men
Three weeks after an abortion, 42% of women and 31% of men were still highly distressed. Predictors of distress for women were fear of negative effects on the relationship, unsatisfactory relationships, relationships of less than 1 year, ambivalence about the decision to abort and not having a previous child. Predictors for men included fear of negative effects on the relationship, relationships of less than 1 year, preoccupation with the abortion and anxiety about its accompanying pain and nega
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Mental HealthHigher anxiety and depression rates after abortion
Compared with the general population, Norwegian women in a study who had undergone induced abortion had significantly higher anxiety and depression scores at four interviews (10 days, six months, two years and five years) after the pregnancy termination, while women who had had a miscarriage had significantly higher anxiety scores only at 10 days. Women who had had an induced abortion had high scores for relief throughout the study period.
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More post abortion recovery programs and research needed
Politicization of abortion has limited scientific research on the effects of abortion. There is enough evidence to justify more specialized post-abortion recovery programs. Nevertheless, post-abortion research is needed.
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Severe negative reactions to abortion are infrequent in short term
Studies on psychological responses to abortion in the US suggest that severe negative reactions are infrequent in the immediate and short-term aftermath, particularly for first-trimester abortions. Women who are terminating pregnancies that are wanted, who lack support from their partner or parents for the abortion, who have conflicting feelings or are less sure of their decision may be at higher risk for negative consequences.
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Most women satisfied with abortion decision initially but less so later
These findings refute claims that women typically regret an abortion. Nonetheless, 16.3% were dissatisfied and 19% would not make the same decision again. Over time, negative emotions increased and decision satisfaction decreased. Although sadness and regret are not psychological disorders, these feelings should not be dismissed.
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Major study finds abortion doubles risk of mental health problems
Significant new evidence from a large longitudinal, methodologically robust study in New Zealand found that having an abortion doubles the chances of the woman concerned suffering from depression and psychological difficulties, even where there is no previous history of depression. Those who reported having had an abortion experienced nearly twice the level of mental health problems as those who had either given birth or never been pregnant. They also had three times the risk of major depressive
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Risk of Breast Cancer
Lancet analysis of 53 studies claims no breast cancer link
Lancet paper found that pregnancies that end as a spontaneous or induced abortion do not increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.
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Premature Birth
Previous abortion and risk of low birth weight and preterm births
Study of more than 45,000 births found women who had one, two or three prior abortions were nearly three, five and nine times more likely, respectively, to have a low-birth-weight child. The risk for preterm birth was also increased. The likeliest explanation, the authors suggest, is that infections or adhesions in the womb slow the growth of subsequent babies.
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AbortionI had an abortion nearly five weeks ago. It was the biggest mistake of my life - and it can never be undone.
I was only with my boyfriend for a few weeks, and throughout the time we were together we were incredibly careful about using protection.
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In May 2008, I went through with an abortion.
I'm not here to tell the story of it. Something I feel strongly about, though, is telling people considering this decision something I learnt but have not read elsewhere on the internet.
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My husband and I have always had a wonderful marriage for 10 years and we have one child together.
When I was 36, I became accidentally pregnant during what had always been a very safe time immediately after my period ended. My husband was devastated...
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Crisis PregnancyI don't know what to do...I found out I was pregnant three weeks ago.
He was horrified, demanded an abortion and wouldn't discuss anything else.
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Teenage PregnancyHello, I'm A, 16 and I'm 6 weeks pregnant. I need help.
The hospital thought it was an ectopic pregnancy which means I had to tell my mum immediately as I had to go to a more advanced hospital to get checked out.
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AbortionI suspected I was pregnant and did five tests before I started to believe I was.
My boyfriend doesn’t want kids, so I knew what he would think. I can’t remember how long it was before I plucked up the courage to tell him.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m only 15, and pregnant, by a 20 year old my parents don’t approve of.
I had to tell my dad he is 17 years old, and he thinks he’s too old for me.
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I just turned twenty but found out a week before my birthday that I was 8 weeks pregnant.
I've only been with my partner for nine months and, even though we're still in the 'honeymoon' period of our relationship, we both have agreed that it is not the right time.
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Physical Complications
Medical abortions linked to some deaths
Mifepristone, the drug used for medical abortions, has been linked to some fatalities in both North America and the UK.
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Higher mortality after abortion than after birth
An in-depth Finnish study of deaths within a year of delivery, miscarriage or abortion from 1987-2000 showed a nearly three-fold increase in total mortality after termination compared to carrying a pregnancy to term: maternal deaths within 12 months of end of pregnancy (per 100,000 women) in Finnish population: Births 28/100,000; Induced abortions 83/100,000.
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Risk of pelvic inflammatory disease after abortion
Risk of pelvic inflammatory disease after termination of pregnancy is 2%, but this increases 10 times for women with asymptomatic sexually transmitted diseases. Pelvic inflammatory disease carries a 17% chance of tubal infertility, a 20% chance of chronic pelvic pain, a 40% chance of deep dyspareunia (painful intercourse) and an 80% chance of menstrual disturbance.
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AbortionIt was the 18th December 2003 when I had an abortion.
I was 16 and hadn't shown any signs of being pregnant - not even a missed period!
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Keeping my babyHello my name is M. I am the one from Malta again. Do you still remember me???????
Now my girl is going to be seven months old in September.
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AbortionI had an abortion 10 weeks ago in July 2008. I was 8 weeks gone and felt at the time it was the right decision, given the circumstances.
When I told my husband I was pregnant, he showed no feeling whatsoever and just told me he didn't think it was a good time to have another baby.
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I’m just turned 19. I had an abortion on July 10th 2007. I was 19 weeks and 1 day. Very late on.
I was only 17 at the time so I wasn't ready to be a mum.
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I had an abortion not too long ago. After doing some research on the internet I had decided to have the medical one...
rather than the surgical one before I had even gone to the doctor.
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Crisis PregnancyI found out a week ago I was six weeks pregnant for the first time. My first reaction was to cry with disappointment.
My first week I was fine as it did not seem to be real at all. Now into my second week, I have had morning sickness and it has become real to me.
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Teenage PregnancyHeyah! I'm 14 years of age...I am 4 months pregnant and I don’t know what to do.
My boyfriend doesn't want anything to do with me and I’m all alone.
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AbortionJust before my 30th birthday (2 years ago), I found out I was pregnant. Unplanned and also a huge shock.
I decided to terminate the pregnancy.
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I was 15 years old and pregnant by an older man. The first words he said were, ‘I’m not marrying you’.
I was devastated. I felt so rejected and worthless. Then my parents told me that I was to have an abortion...
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It has been five years, three months and one day since I had my abortion.
It was one night when I was searching on the internet that I found CareConfidential...I wrote their number down, went for a very long drive in tears, stopped in a lay-by in a really remote place and called them.
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I had a termination at 9 1/2 weeks in May 2008. I am 30 years old and my partner is 25.
We have been together for 5 years. My partner and I had decided to keep the baby at first but, due to illness and financial difficulty, we made the very hard decision to terminate the pregnancy.
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I had a medical abortion about six months ago...
...I do know that, for me, if for some reason I ever had to have an abortion again, I would choose to have a surgical one.
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Crisis PregnancyIt’s me again....the 26 year old mum who has the partner in France.
I’ve now discovered I am pregnant with twins, only my so-called wonderful man (who is 32 by the way) was not as wonderful as he seemed.
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Hi, I am 23, 8 weeks pregnant and scared. I have a two year old son from a previous violent relationship...
...and moved into my next relationship with caution. However, things moved rather quickly and I soon noticed my partner was not everything I thought he was.
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After Foetal AbnormalityAcute grief reaction for 77% after abortion for foetal abnormality
In a study of 48 women 77% of women who terminated a pregnancy due to foetal malformation reported acute grief. This reaction was akin to that documented after stillbirth or neonatal death. 46% remained symptomatic six months after the pregnancy had been ended, with 5 requiring psychiatric support.
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Long-term emotional turmoil after abortion for foetal abnormality
Scottish study of second trimester abortions for foetal abnormality two years post-event found that most couples report a state of emotional turmoil after abortion. 20% of wives still complained of crying bouts, sadness, and irritability, while husbands reported increased listlessness, loss of concentration, and irritability one year after the termination. It was concluded that such grief and emotional turmoil could be shortened by skilled preparatory counselling.
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Termination for foetal anomaly leads to psychological distress
Psychological morbidity following termination of pregnancy for foetal anomaly is prevalent and persistent. In the short term (6-week follow-up) it was found that second-trimester termination may be more stressful compared with first-trimester termination.
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Premature Birth
Link between abortion and subsequent preterm delivery
One review of 24 studies found that if a woman had undergone a previous abortion, then compared to a similar woman who had not, she was at least 1.3 times and as much as 2.0 times more likely to give birth significantly early in a subsequent pregnancy. "We conclude that informed consent before induced abortion should include information about the subsequent risk of preterm delivery and depression".
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Mental HealthAdmission to psychiatric hospitals higher after abortion than birth
Admission rates to psychiatric institutions were found to be higher for women who had undergone abortion than for women who had given birth, when those with a prior psychiatric history were excluded.
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Physical Complications
RCOG lists major acute complications of abortion
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists lists the major acute complications of abortion as: Post-abortion infection, haemorrhage, uterine perforation, uterine rupture, cervical trauma and failed abortion. The risk for surgical abortion is around 2.3 in 1,000 and for medical abortion between 1 and 14 in 1,000.
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AbortionI had an abortion four weeks ago. It was the worst decision I have ever made in my entire life.
I was eight weeks gone and pregnant by a married man and at the time all I could think was that I had no right to be pregnant...
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Crisis PregnancyI am 15 years old and I think I might be pregnant.
I have pretty much all the symptoms that I might be pregnant but I haven’t taken any tests yet because I am too frightened to.
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I am a mother of 5 healthy beautiful children.
I am currently 16 weeks pregnant. I had a miscarriage at the beginning of the year...
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AbortionLast year in June 2007 I had an abortion.
I was put to sleep and a suction method was used. I tried to get it rushed as soon as I could so I didn’t have a chance to think about what I was doing.
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Crisis PregnancyI recently started working about a couple of months ago in a good job.
I have a son who is two and a half years old but right now I’m a month pregnant.
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This is the worst thing in my life.
I’m 12 years old, doing well at school getting on with my parents, but the worst thing of all is I’m PREGNANT.
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AbortionWell, I found out I was pregnant about 7 months ago when I was 18! It was big shock to me as I didn’t even realise I was or thought I was.
I was just going to the clinic to have some tests done!!!
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Hi. Today I have just had a medical termination. I’m 40 years old and have two children already aged 12 and 10.
I would have been 9 weeks tomorrow.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m 26 years old and 6 weeks pregnant with my second child...
In June this year, I went on holiday with my parents and met a lovely man.
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We were going to start trying for a baby this fall. I went off the pill, quit smoking and started taking prenatal vitamins.
We still were using contraceptives. Then bang. It happened.
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I’m 29 years of age and have twin girls as a result of fertility treatment...who are 6 and a half months old .
I have now missed a period and am feeling really nauseous, so have taken a pregnancy test which is positive.
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AbortionFive days ago I had an abortion.
My boyfriend and I have been together for two and a half years and this was the second time I have had an abortion.
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I was seven weeks pregnant when I terminated my pregnancy.
It was something that I didn’t really want to do, but due to circumstances of it not being my partner’s, I really didn’t feel like I had the choice.
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I had my abortion in February this year at 11 weeks and it’s something I have not even begun to cope with.
It’s the worse feeling in the world and I feel so guilty for what I have done.
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I discovered I was pregnant ten days ago. After telling my boyfriend we made the heartbreaking decision to terminate the pregnancy.
I'm 19 and at Uni and my boyfriend is 22, and we knew that we would love to have a baby but neither of us were ready.
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I thought I'd share my story with you in the hopes that you will think through your choices.
Let me start by saying that I am so glad that we have a choice. I've learned that when you find yourself with an unplanned pregnancy, your choices are abortion or childbirth...
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I had a medical termination at 7 weeks at the end of June. I am still struggling to come to terms with my decision.
I would have loved to have kept the baby but I had a heavy drinking session before I found out I was pregnant and I was scared that I might have done irreversible damage.
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When my son was only ten weeks old, I discovered I was pregnant again...
I instantly fell into depression, not really wanting another pregnancy but not wanting to abort my baby either.
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AdoptionI was adopted as a baby in the 1970s.
I was placed in foster care until 6 weeks and a home was found for me. My adoptive parents thought that they couldn't have children, but a couple of years after they adopted me they had a biological daughter.
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AbortionA tiny, perfectly-formed little baby was there when I looked down.
In a way I feel better that I got to see and hold it before it went, but in another way I'm absolutely devastated that I ended that perfect little baby's life.
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In February my life changed forever
I just turned 17 and I found out I was pregnant.
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I'm 18 and I completed my medical abortion yesterday
I was not prepared for the agony afterwards.
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I still feel the pain of my abortion
I miss my little girl and every day I wonder what if?
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I had my abortion today, and it was the worst experience of my life.
I had a medical abortion.
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I’m 24 and last week I did something that I wished I would never have to make the decision to do: have an abortion.
I cry myself to sleep every night wondering why we made this decision and wishing I could turn back time.
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Crisis PregnancyI have a daughter with my husband who is a year old this week. I am pregnant with the second and found out it was a girl and am considering an abortion at 21 weeks.
The reason is because I do not feel mentally stable enough to have another girl.
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AbortionI was 16 years old when I had a baby, then three months after his birth I became pregnant again, giving birth to another baby boy.
By the time I was 19 years old, I had fallen pregnant once again and the relationship was going through a bad time.
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I was 17; my boyfriend was 27. We had only been together ten months.
In January, two months after I missed my first period, I had this gut feeling.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 25 with three children and pregnant again. My partner of nine years is very unsupportive and has been since the birth of our first child.
My youngest child is only eight months old. I think I am about ten weeks pregnant.
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AdoptionI had a baby in 1974, a little girl.
I was 19 years old; the grief that I suffered over the subsequent years was at times unbearable.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion a couple of weeks ago - having read a couple of 'horror stories’ on this site about the procedure I wanted to give my version of events.
I went to the clinic and had a scan which showed I was 6.5 weeks pregnant.
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I had an abortion three years ago and since then I’ve been pregnant again and had a little girl who is now one and a half.
I’ve never been able to forgive myself for doing it and till this day I still think about it, everyday.
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I am in my 30s and have just had a medical abortion. I am married and have two beautiful healthy children.
In the past I have suffered a late miscarriage and two early ones, so my road to having children was a rocky one and I thank God every day for my two angels.
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I had just turned sixteen when I had an abortion.
Although I was young and confused - I remember seeing the "pregnant" sign on the test and smiling.
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I am 17 and fell pregnant just after my 17th birthday; it was a complete shock.
It scared me more that I was pregnant with my best friend’s child and I had no idea how to tell him.
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Well, I am 16 years old and I had an abortion at the age of 15.
When my boyfriend and I told his parents they told us, "Well, we just need to fix this."
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I had an abortion just over year ago. It still hurts every day.
I have cried many tears and had dreams. Now those have stopped but still I haven’t got over it...
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I had a medical abortion a week ago.
I didn't want to go ahead with the abortion but knew I had to due to personal circumstances.
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Men's StoriesAll could think was, what have I done? What have I done to the girl I love, and the baby I could've had?
If anyone reading this is considering abortion, go to a clinic and just sit, and watch the people waiting for a loved one. No one says a word, the silence is scary. I will always regret this one thing.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m 9 weeks pregnant. I really want to keep the baby...
We’re both muslim and our parents do not approve of our relationship.
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I am only 19 and I got pregnant two years ago.
My boyfriend and I decided it was best to have an abortion and now, two years later, I am pregnant again.
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AbortionI'm 33 and this is the first time I have become pregnant and it's a shock.
I never expected all these emotions and to feel in some way quite happy to be pregnant.
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I had an abortion three years ago and there is not a day goes by that I don't think about that decision I had to make.
I knew I was pregnant before I had even taken the test. It is the strangest thing I have ever experienced.
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I lived with my fiancé for three and a half years when I discovered I was pregnant. I was taking the pill so it came as a really big shock.
He didn’t want to keep the baby and had no problem telling me that it would be the worst thing in the world...
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I'm 23 yrs old and have only had an abortion three days ago.
I live in Spain and have done for three years. I love every second of living here.
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Hello. Actually I’m waiting for an abortion (Sat.) I’m 24 years old and I’ve been with my partner for two years.
I really wanted to finish this relationship a long time ago but there was always something. He is a nice guy but I have just stopped feeling love towards him.
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I had an abortion when I was 17 and I’m now 18. I was in my final year of college with good grades and was looking to go to university.
I was completely torn 50/50 whether to keep the baby or have the abortion.
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Teenage PregnancyHiya, I’m 16 years of age and I’m 5 months pregnant. It all came as a shock for everybody.
Sometimes I just wish I could turn back time, but on the other hand, I feel this is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
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I had my daughter when I was 17. Being pregnant at such a young age was not easy but the decision to keep my baby was immediate and was definitely the right one for me...
Now history repeats itself as my 16 year old daughter has recently confided in me that she is pregnant.
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AbortionThis can be the hardest topic to ever think and even talk about, but here is my story.
At 17, I moved out of home to go up to the country to live and breed race horses. This is where I met my boyfriend (soon to be married)...Two months later, what do you know? I was pregnant.
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I had a surgical termination at 13 weeks and 3 days, 7 weeks ago.
I have a five year old daughter and a ten year old step daughter. I live with my partner in a two- bedroomed flat. We both work in full time jobs and only just manage to make ends meet. We were a happy go lucky, loving couple...
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Teenage PregnancyHi I am 15 and not 16 for another 6 months. My little angel is expected in 12 weeks and I am finding times exciting as well as hard.
I am staying at school and looking forward to motherhood, I think! How do you know I love babies but how do I know I’ll be a good mum?
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AbortionI have lost all hope of ever getting over my termination.
I don’t even know now why I ever did it apart from the fact that I thought I would not cope with morning sickness. I think it all stems back to my first pregnancy that ended at 22 weeks.
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Keeping my babyI was 17, in a sort of on/off relationship with this guy when I decided to end the relationship for good. He attacked me and raped me.
My life was in pieces; I was depressed and ready to harm myself, then I was hit....my period was late and my pregnancy test positive, even though I had taken the morning after pill.
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Teenage PregnancyI was 15 when i became pregnant. I was scared and part of me really didn't believe I was pregnant.
My relationship with my mum was not a good one and my own father had left when I was 7 years old. I felt like I didn’t have a soul in the world and wished I was dead.
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AbortionI've just been looking through the archives on your website, and have just read the story of the lady who had an abortion in 1999...
after becoming pregnant by the married man she'd been having an affair with for so many years. My heart so goes out to her, what she has been through, and what she probably is still going through.. My experience is similar.
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I had two abortions. I got married when I was 17.
One happened when I was 16, before I was married. My boyfriend was in college and I was in high school. My boyfriend quit college because of it. I was terrified to tell my Mom. She had always told me that when you have kids, your life is over. She made me terrified to have kids. She talked about how awful it was all the time.
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I am a mother of three year old twins and split up with their father two years ago.
I have a new boyfriend of four months who I have known for a while. I have just found out that I am currently six weeks pregnant and have no idea what to do.
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I am 21 years old and nearly three years ago I had a medical abortion at ten weeks which still affects me and has done in different ways ever since.
I'm sure it will continue to do so for the rest of my life.
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I had a medical abortion yesterday on the NHS at seven weeks of pregnancy. Here's my story.
Two weeks ago, on the third anniversary of my mum's death, I found out I was pregnant after doing a home pregnancy test.
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Just read of the lady who had three abortions. So have I.
Every so often I dissolve in feelings of confusion, anxiety, anger, depression.
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I'm currently a 21 year old student, doing well at university, but 5 years ago I had a termination.
Medically everything went fine; emotionally it wasn't.
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I had an abortion on June 1st 2007.
I was 12 weeks pregnant and it is something I regret even to this day.
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Last year, I had an abortion at 14 weeks. It was left so late for the pure and simple reason that I had no idea I was pregnant.
After all, I was still breast feeding my 4 month old new born. Stupidly, I believed that I would not fall pregnant due to the fact that I was breast feeding and had not had a period since the birth.
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I shared the shock of one of the other women writing that she'd had three abortions.
So have I and I've never told anyone that there have been three.
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Keeping my babyCrisis Pregnancy Part One; Keeping My Baby Part Two.
Hi, I wrote to you when I was seven weeks pregnant and had an unplanned pregnancy that put me in a crisis situation.
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AbortionI had an early medical abortion two days ago when I was eight weeks pregnant.
My periods have always been irregular so I didn't think much of it when my period was two weeks late. That was until I started feeling different.
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I had an abortion on the 17th of February 2006 and I have thought about it ever since.
I almost feel guilty when a day goes by and I haven't thought about it first thing in the morning.
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My story differs quite substantially to the ones I read on here.
I came to this site the day before I was to go to hospital for my Medical Abortion. I was no more than seven weeks pregnant...
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The 7th March 2008, (my mum’s birthday) was the day I proceeded with my termination.
I ended my pregnancy willingly and struggle to live with my actions everyday.
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I had an abortion two years ago on the 10th August 2006. I think about it every day.
I’ve regretted my choice ever since. I found out I was pregnant and within four days my abortion was booked. I think if I had more time to think about it I would have made a different choice.
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I don't think of myself as pregnant. I think of someone who will be having an abortion.
Seeing babies or pregnant woman has no affect on me. I know, I sound heartless but this is truly the right thing. Maybe I haven’t quite accepted I am pregnant.
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On the 19th of March 2008, I had an abortion. I am 37 years old.
I had a miscarriage in September 2007.
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I was told that the medical way was better for me firstly because it was 'helping nature along' ...
However, believe me now, what I went through was not 'helping nature along'. It was the worst experience of my life.
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Crisis PregnancyLast year, when I was 14 weeks pregnant, I went through a surgical abortion.
The only reason it was left so late was because it was a wanted pregnancy but I had just lost my job and I didn’t want to bring a baby into the world where I couldn't provide for it.
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AbortionI’m only 17. Two months pregnant. And I want an abortion.
My boyfriend wants to keep the baby.
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At 39, I discovered that I was pregnant. I felt so scared.
I already had two much loved children and whilst my husband and I had always said we would like a third, I felt completely in a panic and could only focus on all the negatives of having a baby. The positives were lost somewhere.
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After much agony, I went in for a medical termination at eight weeks.
Ten days later, a scan told me what I already knew - that my baby was still there.
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I had an abortion 12 years ago and my life has not been the same since.
I already suffered from anxiety and some depression before the abortion but soon afterwards I spiralled downwards into deep depression.
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Crisis PregnancyI have found out that I am 11 weeks pregnant and my partner is no longer in love with me.
He has moved out. We already have a four year old and I have also had three miscarriages which is what makes the decision to have an abortion so hard.
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AbortionI felt I wanted to just write a bit of my story in hope that my experience may help someone else. I had an abortion ten months ago.
I already have two young children. Ten months on, I know I made the wrong decision for me.
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I was 32 when I found out I was pregnant and in a three year long relationship which had had many ups and downs.
My first thought was that the pregnancy was a disaster and I felt bad for my boyfriend who already had one child from an unplanned pregnancy with his last girlfriend.
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I had my first abortion when I was 17. I wanted the baby and so kept it a secret for a long time.
In the end I told her because it became impossible to hide my bump.
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Teenage PregnancyI am M from Malta. Do you still remember me ?????
I gave birth on 18th February. I have a little cute baby girl she is going to be two months on the 18th of this month.
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AbortionI am 37. Never really had children on the cards and always been so careful.
Now knocking 40 I find myself up the duff. Always thought if the worst happened I would have a termination - sounds easy until you are in this situation.
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AdoptionHi, I found my birth mother two years ago and last week, I found and phoned my birth father.
I am due to meet him on Wednesday! He had no idea that my birth mother was pregnant and no knowledge of my existence I am fortunate that he is over the moon about me contacting him.
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AbortionThis year is the 21st anniversary of my abortion.
For the last three years, I have thought about my 'baby' almost daily. I sometimes find it difficult to appreciate and fully live my life because I keep thinking - what if?
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I'm a pro-lifer - always have been, always will be - I guess.
You know it was easy for me to sit on my "high horse" and advise people of what they should do and how they should do it with regard to their impending child births, until now.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 24 in my first year at uni. I have one child already and I’ve never been with his father.
I broke up with my long term boyfriend in December and started sleeping with one of my ex's to pass the time till I met someone new. I found out I was pregnant Friday 18th Feb.
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AbortionI am six weeks and four days pregnant with my 14th pregnancy. I have four living children, the eldest is nearly 14 and the youngest is just 18 months.
The youngest was a 27 weeker due to PROM (premature rupture of membranes), and I have had all my babes early, including losing one at 23 weeks in 1997, which was very difficult for me. I have also had four terminations and a few miscarriages in between.
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I found out I was pregnant a few weeks before I was about to start a university course.
I had a feeling I had become pregnant whilst on the pill as I hadn't had periods for a while and so I nervously took a test. When the test was positive, I was sat in a toilet cubicle in the middle of a shopping centre.
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Keeping my babyHi, my name is C. I’m 15 and I am seven months pregnant with a little girl.
My boyfriend is 19. When I told my mom they said I had two choices. I could either get an abortion or I could walk out the door. I chose to walk out the door.
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AbortionI am writing this to help anyone considering a medical abortion.
Sparing all the emotions that went along with my experience, here are the facts of what I went through.
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Hi, I'm 17 years old and in July last year my boyfriend of two years and I split up, but we kept sleeping with each other (I know…very stupid).
My ex and I never used protection as I had the injection, but what I didn’t realise was that it only lasted three months.
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I had a surgical abortion yesterday. I have only been with my partner for three months and I am in my finals at university.
I found out I was five weeks pregnant, was exhausted, feeling the changes in my body, and had the hardest decision of my life to make.
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I had my abortion 28 years ago when I was 18.
I had a one night stand with my landlord whom I had fancied for a long time.
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AdoptionI was deeply in love with the father of my baby. It was in 1970 when things 'were different'.
I was deeply in love with the father of my baby. It was in 1970 when things "were different".
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AbortionI had an abortion because my boyfriend really did not want to have a baby.
He said we were too young, didn't have enough money, and it would ruin our lives. I always wanted my baby. I loved him from the moment I knew I was pregnant.
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Yesterday I had a surgical abortion. I can’t stop reliving the whole thing in my head.
I can’t believe it happened and I am so confused. I woke up this morning still feeling like it was a dream and then I felt the emptiness in my stomach and then flashbacks.
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Crisis PregnancyHey, I'm S and I'm 16 years old and have just found out I'm just over two months pregnant.
I suppose you'd say I'm completely at a loss at the moment.
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AbortionI have had one abortion I did not want. I am now pregnant again.
The first abortion was at the behest of my partner who essentially forced me into it. I cannot describe the sorrow and guilt I feel to this day. My entire life has been shrouded in grief for the last year.
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I had an early medical abortion a year ago. (I was around 3/4 weeks from conception so got to it early.)
The physical experience itself I have to say wasn’t too bad. They told me it would really hurt but it didn’t really...
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I only had my abortion two days ago. I am so sad, I cry constantly. I didn't really want it.
I have been with my boyfriend for over two years and love him very much. On January 28, I made a horrible mistake.
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I had my abortion a year and a half ago, and it was the most agonising experience of my life...
...and I regretted it every single day from the moment I left the abortion clinic.
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I'm at a crossroads. I found out I am pregnant yesterday.
I’m 42 with two grown up children. My husband and I split up five years ago and I’ve been in a relationship with my partner for two years.
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It’s four days since I had my abortion and I am totally lost.
From the moment I found out I was pregnant I knew what I wanted. I already have two children from two different fathers and a third baby from a different father was not what I dreamed of. I believed very strongly in what I wanted and did not have any doubts.
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I am 27 years old with two children. I had a surgical termination two weeks ago and have felt nothing but sadness, guilt and regret ever since.
My partner of ten years and I recently split up. He is the father of my two children. I went out with someone I knew from work, started seeing him for a while, then found out that I was pregnant.
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I only just came across this website and cried watching Reannon's story because it is definitely a traumatic experience, abortion.
I'm only 21 and would consider myself to be sensible, but having an abortion at the beginning of this year I feel was a silly mistake.
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I have had three abortions. I can’t actually believe I have just written that.
I regret each one of them more than I could ever imagine. My first one was when I was 16 to the boyfriend I had been with since I was 12.
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Crisis PregnancyHi, I have been with my husband for 16 years; I suffered a miscarriage 15 years ago, and have never forgotten that child’s age...
Then we bought our first home and had years on our own before deciding on a family. I finally fell for my first child (now nine).
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AbortionHi, my name is A and just over a year ago I had a medical abortion. I was 21.
I had only been with the baby's father for two months when I got pregnant. Since I was 16 I had been on the pill, and had always been very, very careful and sensible with regards to contraception.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 16 weeks pregnant on Friday! And my body has never felt so complete.
I have been with my partner for a year and we love each other truly. The pregnancy was not planned; I was on the pill. However, when I told him I was pregnant he cried...
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AbortionI had a medical abortion ...
....... and after reading stories online about how much pain I was going to be in, I was worried as I didn’t really research any experiences or anything before I had it done.
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I had an abortion two weeks ago, and feel like this is the worst decision I could have ever made.
I had an abortion previously, two years ago, with the same partner and promised I would never go through that again, but stupidly I did!
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I had been in a strong, loving relationship with my partner for five years and we were living together, hoping to marry in the future...
I wanted children. I knew that he didn't want children as he already had three from a previous marriage but I thought he would change once we were married.
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Hi, it's the girl that wrote in before saying that my boyfriend and parents pressured me to have an abortion.
I really think I am depressed...
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Crisis PregnancyI'm 34 and my husband is 32. We have been together for ten years...
I have just found out that I’m 18 weeks pregnant - I was having normal periods so didn't really have any reason to suspect that I was.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion eleven weeks ago when I was seven weeks pregnant.
I am 38, came off the pill after 23 years in September, as I was told by my doctor that I shouldn’t be on the pill after the age of 35.
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When I had first found out I was pregnant, I couldn't believe it. I knew there was a possibility, but we always used protection.
I thought I was just sick because I hadn't been feeling well. I was so embarrassed, I had to drive to another town in the state just south of us so that no one would see me buying the pregnancy test that I needed.
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Crisis PregnancyI have just found out that I am pregnant. It was not planned and has given myself and my partner a huge surprise. We already have a six year old boy and a sixteen month old girl.
My partner is pressuring me to have an abortion, but it really isn't what I want. He won't even try to see it from my point of view.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 18. I've just found out I'm two months pregnant. This couldn't have happened at a worse time.
My boyfriend isn't making a lot of money; I am in the middle of applying to university and I am the most un-maternal girl in the world. But I don't want to get rid of it.
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AbortionI had a medical termination in October 2007. My ex-boyfriend and I were sorting our problems out and wanting to get back together. We met up and ended up having sex.
After a few weeks, I told him my periods were late. Over the next few days, we was being really horrible, so I told him a was going to get a pregnancy test the next day and asked him if he would meet me to take it with me, but he told me he was busy. I felt so alone and worthless.
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Hi, my name is B and I’m 24 years old. I had an abortion in September 2006. I was 14 weeks.
I already had two kids and was with their father for seven years. We broke up and I met a new guy. I was with him a few months when I found out I was pregnant. At the time I had a lot of problems.
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I was 36 when I had an abortion eleven years ago. My husband had had a vasectomy as we had three children and could not afford any more.
I was in the middle of a teaching degree when I found I was pregnant. My husband had refused to take his sperm sample back for the all clear!
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At 19 weeks, I just went and had a termination not realising how developed my precious baby was.
I took away a precious gift without thinking. Now the guilt and pain stops me from sleeping.
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I have just found out I'm pregnant and my husband has told me he wants me to have a termination or he's leaving...
I am thirty years old with two daughters aged ten and eight.
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Keeping my babyI had just got out of a three year relationship with my first love, really, when I met my new boyfriend in September 2006. By January, I found out I was pregnant.
It was something that wasn’t expected and wasn’t planned.
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Crisis PregnancyI have always wanted kids but did not imagine it would happen like this.
I am half way through my degree, and although I have been with my partner for eight years, it still does not feel like the right time.
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AbortionI contacted my GP who explained both the medical and surgical procedures to me and I felt the medical termination was right for me.
I was referred to the local clinic that carried out such terminations which was about 40 miles away.
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Well it's 4.30am, the early morning after my medical abortion and I found myself looking for such a web site like this.
I've been awake for three hours wondering if the terrible experience I had the day before was just me being a wimp!! Or was there anyone else out there who suffered like I did? Thank goodness the latter was correct.
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Keeping my babyI had a baby when i was only 13 and i haven't seen her since she was 6 months old
I'm now 17 and she's 4. My mum now wants her to come and live with us but I'm not sure how I'll cope.
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AbortionI had one years ago...I was brought up pro-choice, and feel that way myself. Nonetheless it was a painful time.
We had been using condoms; I think it must have broken. I just read the college student's account of her abortion, and it touched a chord in me so I decided to write.
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In October 2007, one of my best friends was killed in a motorcycle accident. After three days his machine was turned off and he died. Four days later, I found out I was pregnant.
I was shocked but also excited; I thought it a miracle.
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(Abortion) I hate this word...
I meet this guy, we really kicked it off. We moved in together and for the longest time he wanted me to have a baby. So finally I got pregnant, only after we had stopped trying. I was really excited and couldn't wait to tell him, but when I did, he told me he wanted me to get an abortion.
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Hello. I had an abortion 27 years ago and it has taken me a long time to come to terms with it.
In retrospect, counselling would have been good!
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Keeping my babyWe just got engaged, on the 1st of January, but I found out I was three months pregnant the same day.
I am 17 and I have been in a relationship with the same guy since I was 14, and I have known him since I was eight.
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AbortionThis is still very fresh as I had the abortion just this morning.
I was 6 weeks and 5 days along. I really felt as if I had no other choice, I got myself into a very complicated situation. I am married and I had an affair with a married man, and I got pregnant with his baby.
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I pray, if we do have souls, that my angel is safe and protected in heaven, as I didn’t have the strength to protect my baby on earth.
I still dream of kissing, smelling, holding and touching the baby I aborted...and hope I can get over this pain, sorrow and feeling of being incomplete.
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Keeping my babyHi, I’m 17 yrs old and I found out I was pregnant. I was really shocked as I just started a new relationship with a bloke I only knew for two months.
I only thought I was 8 weeks pregnant, but when I went to the doctor’s, they told me I was 18 weeks pregnant.
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Teenage PregnancyHi, I’m 15 and 20 weeks pregnant with a little boy.
I’m still with the baby’s dad who I have been with for just over a year. He is very excited. My mum has stood by me.
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AbortionI felt different. I could feel a change in my body and although my period was not due for a week, I took a pregnancy test, with my friend waiting outside. It was positive...
I felt completely alone and so confused. I could not tell my parents or anyone in my family, as becoming pregnant before marriage is frowned upon, even forbidden.
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I had an abortion a week ago today. This website has helped me so much, and made me feel happier with my decision. Just to know that I am not alone.
I found out in the middle of December that I was pregnant; I took the test in college toilets because I was two weeks late on my period. Even though I was doing a test I don’t suppose I really thought I was pregnant. I did the test and waited...
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I am 28 years old I had a abortion in September 2007.
I found out I was pregnant about 6 weeks before that, when I realised that I was late. I found out while I was at work. I felt shocked and a bit happy. That day I went home and told my long term partner of 5 years.
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Keeping my babyI fell pregnant from only having sex one time without condoms. We had been good up until that one day.
When my periods were late, I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. I came out of the toilet crying.
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Teenage PregnancyI’m 15 years old and I’m 3 months pregnant.
I’ve been with my boyfriend for over a year now and after having raised my little brother since I was 11, I feel like I’m ready to have this child.
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AbortionI bunked the morning off school and took the test in a petrol garage toilet. It only cost 2.99. It was positive.
It was two days after my fifteenth birthday when I took the test. I had missed my period for about two weeks but I didn’t want to take the test. My friends persuaded me to.
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Before I had even done the test, I knew that I was pregnant.
I just had this feeling. I was 16 and absolutely petrified. I knew that I had a decision to make but my heart and my head were just tearing me in complete opposite directions.
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Crisis PregnancyHiya my name is... and, well, I’m not sure but I think I may be pregnant.
I have missed my period this month and never in my life have I before!
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AbortionI’m 14 and had an abortion two weeks ago
I’m 14 and had an abortion two weeks ago
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Reannon's Journey
With frankness Reannon describes the dilemma she faced when she found she was pregnant, her experience of a medical termination at 16 weeks.
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Both my daughter in law and my daughter have had terminations.
My daughter in law already had a son age two when she fell pregnant with my son’s child...In the case of my daughter, she had only been with her partner at the time for a few weeks...
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Crisis PregnancyHi, I am E. I am 20 years old and have a 9 and half month old baby and I am also 31+ weeks pregnant.
I need to talk to people and tell them what I am going through. I am homeless.
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Keeping my babyMy name is E. I fell pregnant at the age of 15 and had my beautiful baby girl a week after my 16th birthday.
When I found out, I had no idea what to do. I felt like I was going to disappoint my whole family. I spent all day crying.
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AbortionI’m 15 and had an abortion in September. I was 15 and a half weeks on.
I’ve always been against them. I was so happy when I was pregnant...
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I have always been one against abortion especially growing up from a strict family background.
Having sex is out of the question as it is regarded as amoral, but it’s one of those things. When I reached my twenties, I started longing for a child.
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AdoptionAfter a trouble free pregnancy, my daughter was born 6 months ago.
The following day my husband and I were told that she had Downs Syndrome. We knew pretty much straight away that we could not cope with bringing her up.
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AbortionHi, I am 15 and I had an abortion last month.
My boyfriend and parents said they wanted me to have an abortion.
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Keeping my babyI am 18. I am 6 months along and not in a stable place at the moment.
My boyfriend does not want it and I do and I have no idea what to do.
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AbortionHi. Well, in 1999 I was 17 years old and was caught pregnant.
The man I was seeing was not behind me so I decided to have an abortion.
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Teenage PregnancyHi, my name’s L. I’m 15.
15. I'm 4 months pregnant and my parents don’t know.
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Hello, I am M from Malta. You still remember me?
I am now 5 months pregnant.
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AbortionI am 25 and have been married for 5 years. I have always struggled with depression since childhood ...
Following the birth of my son and miscarriage of another son 10 months later, I had a nervous breakdown.
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Teenage PregnancyMy daughter is 18 and I found out she is 3 and a half months pregnant.
We we're very close, so this came as a huge surprise. I am still in denial.
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AbortionI'm 21 yrs old and have been seeing my partner for about six months. I have been in love with him for going on three years...
A few years ago, I found out I was pregnant and I decided to keep it as it felt like the right thing to do. Unfortunately, after 27 weeks a scan showed that my baby had died in the womb...
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Keeping my babyHi. I'm 26 and been married for 6 years. I have a son who's 8 months old.
I am now 3 months pregnant and in complete and utter shock.
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AbortionAlmost a year later, I find myself still coming to terms with things. I posted a story here 'I instantly knew that I was pregnant' last year.
This time exactly last year I found out that I was pregnant, I have been crying on and off all day, as I still feel awful for what I did.
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I found out that I was 6 weeks pregnant when I had my scan at the clinic before my abortion.
I didn't feel I could continue with the pregnancy because I felt I wasn't ready. I’m 20 and studying at college and I didn't feel emotionally ready.
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Hi, my girlfriend and I have been together for two years.
About six months through the relationship, we discussed having a baby. We talked about names and how good it would be etc. We tried for ages but no joy.
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Crisis PregnancyHi, I’m not sure why telling I’m telling my story. I just hope I’m not alone, I guess.
I’m 42, married three times. No babies because I cannot have full sex.
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AbortionI had an abortion just over two years ago. I found out in February that I was two months gone, and my mind simply went into autopilot.
I did not allow myself to consider any other options other than to have the abortion and pretend it never happened...
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Teenage PregnancyI’m 15, just split up with my boyfriend and found out a couple of days later I was pregnant.
I told my mum which was the hardest thing to do. She was really angry and she’s giving me a load of cr*p that I don't need.
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AbortionA combination of nightmares about being pregnant and a very late period pushed me to talk to the nurse about having a test.
I had the test and the result was negative. I felt this amazing relief. The nurse gave me some more of the contraceptive pill and told me there was nothing to worry about... However, the dreams didn’t stop and I could see my stomach getting bigger and bigger.
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In September 2003, I made the biggest mistake I had made in my 34 years.
Eighteen months later, I could hardly lift my head off the pillow.
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I have only just had an abortion that was the hardest thing to do in my life.
I didn’t tell the baby’s father until the day after the abortion.
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The decision to have the abortion was taken out of my hands...
I found out I was pregnant in May. It was a very difficult and complicated situation I found myself in.
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I had a termination nearly two years ago this September. It is the worst thing I have ever had to do.
I became pregnant after 4 months with my boyfriend who is much older than me. I did 5 home tests all of which were negative.
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At the very beginning of July (07) last month, I found out I was pregnant and had a medical abortion...
Keeping the baby never came across my mind. Abortion was the only choice.
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Keeping my babyAt 16 years of age I fell pregnant with my first son. He was born on the 8th of March 2005.
A few months later, I fell pregnant with my second. He was born exactly one year and three days later on the 11th of march 2006 and just recently on the 21st of July 2007, I gave birth to my third child.
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AbortionI am currently 8 weeks pregnant and considering having an abortion.
Abortion seems the quick way out, but also a decision I know I will regret for the rest of my life. This baby didn’t ask to be conceived, but I didn’t ask to be left to deal with it on my own...
:o(
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Teenage PregnancyMy beautiful, intelligent and loving daughter is eighteen next week...
She has just told me that she has the best A-level results in the school, and has a place at one of the finest universities! Wonderful! Then in the next sentence, she told me she is four months pregnant...
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Crisis PregnancyMy boyfriend and I had unprotected sex a few times, but this last time I thought, ‘I am pregnant’.
I’m not really ready especially as it seems my family and friends would be very disappointed in me.
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AbortionA poem for two children...
Forever in my heart you will stay...
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Keeping my babyI have been with my boyfriend since I was 15.
I found out I’m pregnant about a week ago. I’m not sure how many weeks I am as yet.
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AbortionI had an abortion in February two days after my son’s second birthday.
The baby’s dad told me to get rid of it because he wasn’t ready for another baby as he has one from another relationship.
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I found I was pregnant when I was 17, in 1979.
It had been drummed into my head by my control freak mother, who was not a wanted child (and didn’t want me either), that I should not have children. So I had a late abortion...
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I really love him and I think he loves me but about 3 months ago I fell pregnant with his baby.
He has stayed by my side the whole way through. We were both shocked and frightened of what the consequences...
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AdoptionI gave birth to a beautiful baby boy 10 days ago. It was an amazing experience and he was a much longed for child. However, he was born with Downs Syndrome.
This was a devastating thing for my husband and I as we had worried about this from the beginning of the pregnancy.
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AbortionIt's August 16th 2007, 6 days after I had my abortion.
For those of you who are trying to figure out, if you should or not, don't.
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Teenage PregnancyFinally after a few months I got the news. Somehow I was ecstatic...
I started to get the belly bump and then the hell began.
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Hi, I am 16 and I had one miscarriage and I did not know I was pregnant.
This was about 3 months ago...I’ve been feeling dizzy, had lots of nausea.
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AbortionI had my second abortion yesterday...
Both of my abortions have been my husband’s children.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 17 and I am 2 months pregnant. I started bleeding...
and I was told that I had a miscarriage.
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Crisis PregnancyI’m 14 years of age and my boyfriend is 20...I think I'm pregnant.
We have been together for about 4 months now and have had sex several times. We have only ever had unprotected sex once. I am a month late.
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AbortionI found out I was pregnant 1 week before my 18th birthday (last Friday)
and my 22year old boyfriend told me I couldn't keep it when I came to the decision that I wanted to have the baby.
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Teenage PregnancyI’m 15 years old and 3 months ago lost my virginity to my boyfriend of a few months. I’m now pregnant.
He’s a wonderful support but I don't know if he'll always be there for me
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AbortionOur baby tested positive for Downs...
Since my teenage years I have known that I have had a chromosome disorder that would affect my chances of conceiving a normal healthy baby.
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Teenage PregnancyI am 18 and I found out I am pregnant. It's scary!!!
I've told my mother and she told my father. Mom's taking it good but dad not so much.
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AdoptionI placed my son at birth through a private adoption.
At age 16 I became pregnant. I was in such denial about all the signs of pregnancy that I didn't confirm it until I was 5 months pregnant. I had immediate support who suggested adoption.
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Teenage PregnancyHello, it's M again
I went to the doctor. I am exactly two months and two weeks pregnant
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I am 12 years old and I’m 3 months pregnant.
My boyfriend bashes me and is not yet aware that he is going to be a father.
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Hello, I am M again from Malta.
My mother told my father. At first he was furious but now he is fine.
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AbortionI found out I was pregnant when I was 6 weeks. I also have a son who is 5 with kidney problems and a genetic disorder.
His dad died before he was born.
I met someone who I thought cared about us but soon realised he only wanted me.
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Crisis PregnancyI should be delighted but recently have been having serious doubts about continuing with my pregnancy...
I am 9 weeks pregnant and have had a meeting with my midwife. I am 31, have been in my relationship for 3 yrs, own my own home and have a good job.
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Teenage PregnancyHello my name is M…. and I am from Malta. I am 15 years old and I am pregnant with two months.
I never considered an abortion or an adoption. I will keep my baby for sure.
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Crisis PregnancyI've been trying for a baby with my partner for several months. Stupidly, I had a one night stand with an ex boyfriend.
I've now discovered I am 4 weeks pregnant.
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I'm 39 years old and just recently married (6+months). I just found out that I'm pregnant.
My husband has 3 children, 2 living with us, and 1 from a previous relationship that he has limited contact with. I have two grown children from a previous marriage. We've talked about having a child at some point, but not right now.
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I met my partner 8 months ago, and am currently 6 weeks pregnant.
He has just told me he is going back to Northern Ireland, a day after we found out I was pregnant.
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AbortionI never had any maternal feelings until 1999, when I hit the age of 41, when suddenly I became desperate for a child.
In retrospect, I now realise that this was my hormones acting up, because at 42 I had the menopause. I had been having an affair with a married man, who was the love of my life, for 30 years. I stopped taking the pill without telling him, and when I got pregnant he said he would leave me if I had the baby.
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Hello, I am 27 and I just found out I was pregnant 3 weeks ago...
I always wanted a baby and I was thinking to keep it, but my boyfriend is 23 and he is definitely too young to be a father.
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Crisis PregnancySo here's the scoop. I'm sixteen, a Junior in high school, and I think I might be pregnant...
I'm terrified to tell my father and my step-mother because, you guessed it, they both hate my boyfriend.
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The pregnancy was a huge shock to us both...
I am 33 years old and I am 8 weeks pregnant. I am married and we have two children a nice home and good jobs.
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AbortionI found out that I was pregnant on Sunday 2nd April after being a week late...
I went round to my sister’s and did a test but deep down I knew that I was. The first thing I did was burst into tears.
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A poem
THE PAIN INSIDE ME U'L NEVA NO...
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I found out I was pregnant in March of this year, a day before I was due to sign the papers for my very first property.
I was not in a relationship with the father but told him immediately. He, of course, didn’t want the child.
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I had a medical termination at 9 weeks on 8th February 07 and every single day I regret it.
I found out I was pregnant in January and had only been with my boyfriend since November. He wasn’t happy and said if I didn’t have an abortion he'd leave.
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I just found out I am pregnant. I am 27, have just started my career, bought a flat...
and have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for the last 6 months. Our relationship hasn't been going that well lately, and then we realised that I am pregnant. He doesn't want a baby, neither do I really. I am just not in the right place in my life right now.
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I found out I was pregnant in May, two weeks after my boyfriend had set off on a year long trip to travel the world.
I was due to join him in Sept. He knew straight away it wasn't what he wanted. I tried to make him understand these protective feelings I was having for this tiny life - part of me and him- that was growing inside of me. This secret excitement about what could be, this feeling of love.
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I had a termination on 7th July 2006. It was the hardest and most traumatic experience of my life.
I was very unlucky and had a traumatic experience. I still have nightmares to this day. I was seven weeks pregnant.
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I had a termination at 17 - same old story - doing my exams, parents felt I was too young.
My parents were brilliant but they made the decision, not me.
I was in the hospital on Christmas Eve. I watched my parents walk through the hospital doors and I thought I wanted to run away...
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Crisis PregnancyI have just found out that I am pregnant at the age of 39!
I already have two beautiful children age 9 & 6, and we were very happy and not planning any more. I have twice booked in for a medical termination and cancelled both
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Teenage PregnancyFifteen months ago I found out I was a pregnant 14 yr old!
I was terrified because it was my first time and it was with my best friend and because we had used protection! I didn't know what my mom would do because she is a single mom herself
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Crisis PregnancyMy girlfriend just told me she's a month pregnant. I am 23 and she is 22.
She's just getting her bachelors degree and I work at a good company with good benefits but not outstanding pay. We are having trouble deciding whether or not to keep the baby.
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I've just found out I’m about 6 weeks pregnant. I haven’t told anyone yet...
I haven’t told anyone yet because the baby’s dad is married and he doesn't want to be with me now.
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AbortionI found out I was pregnant a month after my boyfriend and I broke up...
His first response was, ‘I’ll take it as a sign that we are meant to be’. Then the first response I got when the test came up positive was, ‘We can't have this child’.
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I had an abortion three weeks ago. I was just under nine weeks pregnant...
I had an abortion three weeks ago. I was just under nine weeks pregnant and had only found out one week before I had the termination. When I found out I was pregnant, my partner and I had just come back from Spain and had just split up as a result. I couldn't believe it, the situation couldn't be worse.
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I couldn't believe it. 'Why me?' I was only sixteen.
My period was a week late. I was scared and waited a couple more days to get a pregnancy test, which later turned out positive...
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Keeping my babyI don’t know how am going to support myself and the baby but deep in me I know am going to survive this.
But thanks to this website I know the decision I am taking is the right one even though I have nothing.
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AbortionI had an abortion a year ago. Everyday I imagine my child’s face looking down at me and asking, ‘why me?’
My husband said it was the practical thing to do as we were getting married and moving house that year. I agreed as I did not want to let him or my family down. Instead I’ve let myself down completely.
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I named her before I went through with it as I wanted to say goodbye...
I had a termination at 7 and a half weeks. I was so angry when I found out I was pregnant but within a few days I really wanted to keep my baby.
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A year ago, I had an abortion, my second.
The first abortion was over 20 years ago, carried out when I was 20 years old, at 3 months gestation. It took me many years to get over this, (if indeed I ever did), so to go ahead, in my forties, with another abortion was unbelievable and evil.
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Men's StoriesMy partner told me she was pregnant just before my 17th
I couldn’t cope with the stress. I ended up resorting to alcohol and drugs.
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Teenage PregnancyI feel so frightened and nervous, even embarrassed!
I'm 17 and two days ago I learned I was pregnant. I kind of realised that since I skipped a period, my belly is like a small dome and my boobs absolutely kill.
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Even though I’m still a kid at heart, I will have a heart for my kid.
Times can be tough but I just make myself tougher. People judge and say things that hurt but it’s not their life, it’s mine. I believe that just because I’m 17 it doesn’t make me a bad parent or person.
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AbortionOver the next couple of weeks my head kept telling me it was okay, but my heart was hurting.
I have just read the story about the lady who had three boys and at 37 found herself pregnant again. I don't know whether she has gone through with the abortion and I feel for her deeply. Everything she said is very similar to my situation and how she describes how she feels is exactly how I felt.
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Most days I sat crying hugging my belly and wishing there was some other way...
Hi, I’m not sure why I am writing this, maybe as some sort of therapy for myself so I can order my thoughts or maybe it will help someone else that is also going through what I am at the moment. Three weeks ago I found out I was pregnant.
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A medical abortion...This is long but worth the read, please?
I had a medical termination 24.10.06 and tomorrow is my "due date". I had been with my boyfriend just over a year when we discovered I was pregnant. I was 20, as was he. Both of us were in love and deeply cared for each other. However we were faced with this life altering decision.
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Crisis PregnancyI have a two year old daughter and have just found out I’m pregnant. My husband is adamant I should have an abortion.
I have tried to talk to him but he just keeps saying we can’t afford it. I agree it’s not ideal. I’m about to finish my midwifery qualification in October...
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Men's StoriesLast November I met this woman at a nightclub. Well, things progressed rapidly that evening and we ended up sleeping together.
Then she called me, 30th December 06…she was pregnant but was going to have a termination.
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AdoptionPart 4: My adoption…18 years ago.
One of the first things she said to me was that I was the youngest person she had ever had an appointment with to claim their birth records.
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Crisis PregnancyWell, I am 8 weeks pregnant and have never felt so down in my life!
This baby was planned by my partner and I after I suffered a miscarriage at 6.5 weeks last year (unplanned pregnancy). After that happened, we both realised it was what we wanted and were ready for.
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AbortionHi, I’m not sure why I’m posting this so late in the day...
Well, last Thursday I went to the clinic to book in for a termination, the whole time I was there I cried uncontrollably. I am booked in tomorrow morning for a termination.
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AdoptionPart 3: My adoption 18 years ago…
I am about to leave for my appointment.. I am already crying. I don't know how to cope. I am so scared, confused.
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AbortionHe was the one who told me to have an abortion and being young, at 17, and very naive, I did as I was told.
He made sure I went through with the abortion, drove me home and then broke up with me. I was absolutely distraught, not about losing him, but about what I had done. I had got rid of my baby.
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My heart was not with an abortion...
I had an abortion last year, through my parents wanting me to continue with my life. However, since this, I have experienced serious depression and guilt.
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I had a medical abortion last week…
It’s now Monday morning, still feel like ****! Weak, dizzy, vomiting, confused, in pain. Again I had the urge to push, went to the bathroom, and passed this strange shaped...
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I just read the story from the lady who experienced a painful medical abortion. Well I'm glad it wasn't just me!
I was shocked by the experience, the staff at the centre were nice enough but in no way whatsoever did they prepare me for what it was like.
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AdoptionBoth my partner and I have decided to give our child up for adoption
I know that I’m going to miss my son when I have to say goodbye and walk out of his life. It hurts deep down that my son won’t call me Mum.
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Teenage PregnancyI’m not happy with being pregnant at a young age...
It’s not always the girl’s fault. It can sometimes be their partner’s fault, pressure or just stress...
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AbortionI am 17 years old and had my abortion 3 weeks ago at 7 weeks pregnant.
I had not been with my boyfriend long - around three months - when I found out I was pregnant. We both had the gut feeling that I was pregnant but we used contraception. I remember the feeling looking at my test. I was shaking, felt sick and just cried.
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Only listen to YOURSELF!
When I was 18 I fell pregnant and I was happy. I had been with my boyfriend for a year and we were getting on really well.
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Four years ago, I discovered I was pregnant. It was an accident...
Having a baby wasn't an option. My boyfriend and I didn't live together. I was at uni and about to start my finals. I estimated that I was 7 weeks.
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I was 16 weeks pregnant with my baby when I went to the doctor’s, where it was confirmed.
My mum cried and I cried. She said I was too young and abortion was the only answer. I agreed. I thought it was the right thing to do.
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The angel of my tears - a poem
Read this poem written by someone in response to abortion...
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AdoptionMy mother was an adoptee - she spent all her life aching to see her mother.
All my growing up years I had to live around adoption which no child can understand. A childless couple would not order another person's limb if they lost an arm or leg. Trust me, if people really love children, then help parents keep their kids, for the child's sake.
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Teenage PregnancyI'm 17 years old. I was abused most of my life by my step-dad.
My real dad drinks a lot so he was never around. I got emancipated and moved in with my boyfriend of a year and his parents. Two months later and on the depo-shot...I got pregnant!
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AbortionI was 16 when I had an abortion. I’m now 20 and it still deeply hurts me.
At the time, I thought it was the right thing to do and, for a while after, I was fine with it but now I can’t helping looking back and thinking whether I did the right thing or not.
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When I found out I was pregnant at 15, I just wanted to cry.
I remember my period was late. I was young and naïve. I didn’t think it could happen to me. My boyfriend and I had only been sleeping together about two months. I finally got the guts to buy a pregnancy test and I remember taking it on my own in the bathroom at my home.
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I post again, only 8 months after my first medical abortion and in 3 days time I am off for another.
This time, after binning off my married lover once and for all, I found a new man, who I fell hard and fast for and everything seemed perfect. We talked about having a baby (well, he talked and I listened) and in the end I agreed to have my coil removed and start trying for a baby.
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AdoptionPart 2: I previously wrote in my story regarding my adoption 18 years ago
Things developed and the adoption agency got in contact with me after a few weeks on the waiting list. They rang me yesterday and booked my appointment for the middle of April. I'm so nervous...
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Teenage PregnancyI am still at school doing my G.C.S.E’s and am scared of what my mum will say to me.
I just want to know how to tell my mum and dad. I live with my mum and we are not as close as we were 6 months ago. We fell out over my boyfriend but we are all right now. I don’t know what to do.
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AbortionI too had a medical abortion last weekend. I was 8 weeks pregnant.
They say it’s like period pain. IT ISN'T!! It's extremely painful...
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Keeping my babyWithin hours of telling friends, I was under constant demands for a termination.
Eleven years and nine months ago, I found out I was pregnant - single, young, with a career ahead of me. I had a one night fling...
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AbortionWithout considering me, he insisted that I have an abortion...
The entire procedure is most horrific. It was the biggest mistake that I ever made. It’s been 9 yrs now since and my boyfriend is depressed and hates living. He regrets the decision that he made.
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Crisis PregnancyI found out my daughter was pregnant at 18...
We are very close and I was present when she did the test (worst five minutes of my life) as she was still my little girl. It turned out to be positive. She was upset as I was - we cried and cried and cried.
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AbortionI had a medical abortion in July last year after I fell pregnant by my married lover.
Then exactly 2 hours later the pain started. I vomited over 50 times and I became weak, dehydrated and frightened. I could hardly walk or talk as I had no energy and my throat was raw from vomiting. The pain was so bad that at one point I honestly thought I was dying.
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This weekend would be my baby’s first birthday.
I want my baby, just a photo of her. I feel as if she’s alive somewhere living her life and I wish I could just watch even if I can’t be a part of it.
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Keeping my babyDespite what EVERYONE else wants I am going to see this baby born...
It is 4 weeks and 2 days since my last period. I just found out I am pregnant.
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AbortionI found out I was pregnant and was secretly really happy...
I will never forget the feeling of loss when reality hit me an hour later.
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AdoptionI just want her to acknowledge me totally.
I have found my birth mother and have met her once. She is very nice, I think, but I have a half brother and two half sisters and she doesn't want them to know about me.
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AbortionI had the abortion and we went home. I thought I was ok but things have got worse!
I had an abortion on 21 March 2005! I found out I was pregnant aged 26 when my son was 11 months old and, after talking with my partner, we decided the right thing for our family was an abortion.
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AdoptionI have made arrangements for an adoption...
I’m due in just 2 weeks time and even though I have grown attached, I know adoption is the best thing for my baby.
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Crisis PregnancyIt’s against my beliefs to have a termination but I don’t feel I have a choice.
I may just be trying to convince myself I am doing the right thing but, at the end of the day, I can’t take care of 3 children single-handedly.
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AbortionI had a medical termination at 10 weeks
I was not made aware that, because I would be awake, I would pass the foetus then have to pass the placenta.
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Crisis PregnancyAll he wants me to do is to have an abortion but I just don't know what to do...
I recently got out of a relation of 11 years which was going nowhere. I then started dating a co-worker (we no longer work together) and now I am 4 months pregnant.
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AbortionI have always felt a personal sadness for the secret of a scared and lonely 15 year old girl who seeks forgiveness...
I was 15 years of age and already in an abusive relationship although I did not realise that at the time. I was just about to turn 16 years of age and was a very talented dancer, so I was told, with my life ahead of me. Then I was told I was pregnant.
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AdoptionIt was to be one big secret.
I was aged 15 and still at secondary school studying to take my GCE's and CSE's. After my first time of sleeping with someone, I suddenly realised I was pregnant
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AbortionI still can't say the words. I did what I had to do, I had an abortion at 7 and a half weeks.
I thought life was sorted, I had just graduated from university with a really good mark; just got a new boyfriend who I adored and life was great. Then I started to feel really tired, really snappy, really grumpy and feeling ill all the time. I think I knew exactly what was wrong but didn't want to admit it.
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AdoptionPart 1: I was adopted into a loving and secure family 18 years ago when I was 3 weeks old.
I am currently in the process of tracing my birth parents. My feelings about this process are confusing.
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AbortionSix months ago, my husband and I decided to end a pregnancy at 5 weeks...
We've only been married a month and a half. I was ecstatic when I found out I was pregnant, but he was very upset and angry, yelling and saying terrible things. I felt very pressured and confused but I went through with it anyway because I loved him so much and wanted him to be happy.
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Crisis PregnancyI could not go through with the emotional pain of having an abortion
I am 27 and have been married for 7 years. My husband and I have 2 beautiful daughters who are aged 6 and 3. I found out last year that I was pregnant...
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AbortionI had an abortion 6 months ago.
Now I just feel so empty about the whole thing and very sad.
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After a week of threats, my dad finally wore me down. I agreed to have an abortion.
2005 was a big year for me. I met my first serious boyfriend in a club a month after my 18th birthday. I was still very naive at this time and, to be honest, I felt a little pressured that I was still a virgin and all of my friends were not.
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In a rush decision, I had an abortion, which I totally regret.
I am a single parent of 2 children age 7 and 9. I have been separated for approx 5 years and found a lovely man who I love very much.
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Men's StoriesTwo days before Christmas, my girlfriend told me she was pregnant...
It was a shock, because we used protection. I asked her options and she said abortion was an idea...
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AbortionI was hoping he would propose and set things up so we could be a family...
I had an abortion last year at age 37. It was my first pregnancy. I had been with who I thought was the love of my life for over 3 years. I was terrified when I saw the blue line on the test...
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My partner had a vasectomy
We were given the "all clear". The very first month I fell pregnant. Abortion was something that I never thought I would have to face.
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I got pregnant at 15 and I am now 48.
I can still remember the words that came out of her mouth, ‘You will have to go and have an abortion. You aren't mentally fit to have it’.
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Teenage PregnancyOur teenage love story turned into a teenage parenthood...
I am a thirteen year old girl! Just a normal thirteen year old girl who likes, singing, hanging out with my friends, going to the mall, sleeping, eating, being a cheerleader.
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AbortionI got pregnant in October and at first he seemed excited...
It finally came down to him or the baby, and I made the biggest mistake of my ENTIRE life when I chose him over my baby.
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When I found out that I was pregnant, I was in shock at first.
I had slept with an old boyfriend one time earlier in the year and I wasn't careful and ended up falling pregnant.
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I had an abortion two weeks and four days ago.
I was 12 weeks pregnant at the time and felt as if the decision had been made for me. The steps to go through with it seemed to go so fast that I couldn't keep up and before I knew it, the abortion had already taken place.
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Crisis PregnancyI am 5 weeks pregnant at the moment and I just don't know what to do.
I am already a single parent of 2, one of whom is just 13 months old. My partner and I have split up. He used a petty excuse to end the relationship within days of me telling him I was pregnant. Do I continue with this pregnancy?
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AbortionI had an abortion about a month ago and I regret every single minute of it.
My boyfriend didn’t want me to have the child and I never really knew what I wanted because I couldn’t believe it had happened to me. I still don’t really know but I know that it’s so much harder than I thought it would be.
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I HAD AN ABORTION ON THE 28TH JANUARY 1992
THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE DAY I HAVE EVER NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
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Teenage PregnancyI thought long and hard about what I was going to do...
I thought long and hard about what I was going to do and made my choice that I needed to go it alone
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Keeping my babyHe says we are finished if I don’t get rid of our baby...
I’ve just read the story of the lady who is still hurting a year on after her abortion. I’m 6 weeks pregnant...
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AbortionIt's been over a year now...
It's been over a year now since my abortion, and there isn’t a day that goes by when I haven’t thought about what I did on July 20th, 2005.
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I instantly knew that I was pregnant...
I had made my decision, I built a wall around my heart, cried, apologised over and over.
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I was 14 when I found out I was pregnant.
I thought, ‘What will my boyfriend say? What will my mom say! What will people think of me! Why did this have to happen to me?’
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I knew I never wanted to get rid of my baby...
I was 17, had a great job training to be a riding instructor, a decent boyfriend that I had been with for about a year, and life was fab!
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I am 45 years old. I had an abortion when I was 21 years old...
I regretted the abortion for a very long time. I felt guilty and ashamed. The reason I had the abortion was because of fear of telling my parents and, at the time, my ex-boyfriend .
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I'm 42 years old and had an abortion last week...
I was 7 weeks pregnant. I had no counselling. I thought it was the right thing to do given my age.
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All through my life I have always said I disagree with abortion...
I split up with my first boyfriend - my first love - after I found out he had cheated on me, then a month later I found out I was pregnant.
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Teenage PregnancyPregnant at 16...
Me!!!??? Pregnant at 16. How in the world could that happen?
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AbortionI was 15 when I fell pregnant. It became a dirty secret within the family...
I was 15 when I fell pregnant. It became a dirty secret within the family and I was told never to tell anyone. I was promptly taken to the doctors and it was decided that an abortion was the best solution for me.
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Teenage PregnancyThe day I saw those two blue lines I thought my life was over.
The day I saw those two blue lines I thought my life was over. I was crying and feeling like I wanted to die. I was just about to start my exams and finish school I wasn't ready for a baby.
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AbortionSo how did I end up having an abortion?
I found out I was pregnant again while on the pill. We were both happy and even told my son he was going to have a new playmate. So how did I end up having an abortion?
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I was 34 years old, when I found out I was expecting a baby....
I was 34 years old, when I found out I was expecting a baby.... which would have been my fourth child. That was 18 months ago. At the time we decided to abort the baby for the sake of our other 3 children.
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A medical termination - my experience
I found out recently that I was pregnant and yesterday I had an abortion. I would have been 8 1/2 weeks.
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9 years on, I still think about it all the time
I was 15 when I fell pregnant, still doing my GCSE's and my boyfriend was to leave my home town for a new life elsewhere with his family.
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Keeping my babyI had just broken up with my violent boyfriend of 4 years.
I had just broken up with my violent boyfriend of 4 years. It was the best feeling in the world not having to live in fear any more. Soon after, I met the man of my dreams
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It was the best decision I had ever made in my life.
Twenty five years ago my husband and I decided to abort our baby...
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AbortionThe daily guilt I feel is unbearable.
I am now 35 and had an abortion when I was 19. I am very sorry I got pregnant but do not regret having the abortion as it was the right thing to do...
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Crisis PregnancyI don't really want an abortion...
I have two young boys and have just found out I'm pregnant again. My husband does not feel that we should have another baby so I'm booked in for an abortion next week.
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AbortionI found out I was pregnant...
I couldn't believe it when I stared down at that pregnancy test in the toilet cubicle. You always presume that it won't happen to you; well I guess I did anyway.
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The pain is still as strong...
The doctor referred me for an abortion. My head was telling me it was the right thing; my heart was telling me I was crazy!
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I'm 27 and had an abortion at the end of March
Abortion was not something that I wanted
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Teenage PregnancyWe met through a chat room...
We found out we lived near each other and decided to meet up one night, so that Friday night he got a hotel room and I lost my virginity to him. We used a condom so I thought I was safe...
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AbortionI told myself I would never have an abortion...
I’m a 19 year old college student living in England. I found out I was pregnant at 7 weeks after 2 weeks of unexplained illness (morning sickness etc). A part of me had suspected I was. I suppose as a woman you know your body and I'd confided in my best friend long before the tests were confirmed.
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Keeping my baby19 year old receives fantastic support
A 19 year old woman receives vital support from her family.
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AdoptionDebby's Adoption Story
This story describes a young womans decision to put her own baby up for adoption.
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AbortionAbortion was the beginning of a downward spiral
Nicola was pregnant at 19. She was stunned and had an abortion 'not knowing that I had a choice to keep the baby... I had followed what my head was saying and not my heart'.
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Keeping my babyPregnant at 17 and feeling ashamed
Penny was just 17 and still living at home when she discovered she was pregnant. She came from a strict background and felt desperate and ashamed that what had been done in secret was now being exposed.
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Crisis PregnancyMy daughter was drunk and got pregnant
She wanted to know what I thought as her mother. So I told her how I felt about the baby being my first grandchild.
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