I'm 19 years old and have had a termination of pregnancy . I was 17 when I fell pregnant with my now ex partner. He was pretty quick to bring up me getting an abortion when I told him I was pregnant. I was angry with him as I always told myself I would never do that because I thought it was wrong, but finally being in this position I had a lot to think about and in the end, I realised I couldn't raise this baby and wasn't able to provide it with everything it would need and honestly I just wasn't emotionally ready for a child, so I went ahead with the termination. I was scared to go to the clinic, I had my mother come with me and support me as I didn't think I could do it alone and I can never thank her enough for all her support that day. It was quite daunting, but there were a few other people in the waiting room too, which helped calm me slightly. I filled out my paperwork, spoke with a few different people who worked there about why this is the option I wanted to go with, and then it was time for me to go to a different section of the clinic, the nurses took me and we got prepped for theatre, ultrasounds were done and then before I knew it, it was time for me to go into theatre. The nurses ran through with me what would happen in the procedure and then I was under anaesthetic and asleep. When I woke up I didn't quite know how to feel. I was sad because I knew what I had just done but I was also relieved because I knew I couldn't give a child everything it needed at that point in my life. Looking back it now 2 years on and I know it was totally the right decision for me, and I hate that there is such stigma around how 'bad' it is to have a termination of pregnancy when it isn't. Anyone who says it's the wrong thing hasn't been faced with the terrifying reality that they can't give a child what they need and that they aren't emotionally ready for that. We shouldn't be thinking abortion is bad we should be supporting people who go through with it because it's extremely traumatising.
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