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Submitted by: Lydia It was October 2015 when I found out that I was pregnant. My breasts had been ridiculously sore and after two weeks of intolerable discomfort and some pain, I went to my university health center to see what was wrong. My first instinct was to think that I had breast cancer. … [Read more...] about It’s Okay to Feel and It’s Okay to Not Feel

Submitted by: Emily It’s 5 AM. My boyfriend is asleep beside me. I am trying to cry quietly so I don’t wake him up. My heart is heavy and my feelings are complicated by the extreme nausea, dizziness and fatigue I’ve been fighting this past 2 weeks. I believe it to be Hyperemesis but I feel that I … [Read more...] about Until We Meet Again

Submitted by: Sally I was 8-weeks when I decided to go through with the surgical abortion. Prior to the date I battled between keeping it or aborting it. Deep down I wanted it, would've been my first born. I knew if I would have kept it, life would have changed tremendously. I just graduated … [Read more...] about I was 8-weeks

Submitted by: S D Is it normal to want to go back and not go through with it? Today is 3 weeks. 3 weeks of crying all day. Cry when I wake up. Cry throughout the day. Cry myself to sleep. I just want to go back and not get in the car. I want to stay curled up in bed with the little kicks. … [Read more...] about Regret

Submitted by: Ella My letter to my sweet angel, and my story. I am a single mom of 1. I had a high risk pregnancy with my son due to hyperemesis. I was married to my sons dad, but divorced after almost 7 years together. Through mutual friends, I met someone who I thought was a great guy (had … [Read more...] about My Story and Letter

Submitted by: R H I am a mother of a 2 and 4 year old. I love them more than anything in this world. However, being a mom to young kids hasn’t been easy. I wasn’t ready to be pregnant again when I found out I was pregnant with my second. My son was only 13 months old at the time. I did not enjoy … [Read more...] about A Mother’s Most Difficult Decision

Submitted by: N I just had a surgical abortion last week. It was painful, and a few days after I was admitted to hospital due to serious complications, they hadn’t completed the abortion properly and I had to have another one as an emergency procedure. Due to coronavirus, all of this had to be … [Read more...] about Heartbreak

Submitted by: Kristin It’s been a little over two months since I terminated my pregnancy, and not a day goes by that I haven’t cried and felt regret. I am a 43 year old married woman with two young boys. My pregnancy was unexpected and and didn’t come with a great deal of happiness. A lot of … [Read more...] about To be Able to Go Back and Change What I Have Done

Submitted by: Lily I would like to share my story to women who are feeling regret or guilt after abortion, because I know very well how it feels like. I lived in the hell of my mind for 3 years. However recently, I had finally liberated myself from the regret and self-criticism, and I have never … [Read more...] about From Regret to Liberation

Submitted by: Ineededthis We were high school sweethearts that had known each other since grade school. Everyone thought we were perfect together and I was in passionate love. But our relationship was rocky, there was lying, cheating and deceit. In our just under 2 year relationship we broke up … [Read more...] about Utah 1993

Submitted by: G Nearly a year out from my abortion and I have cycled through many emotions: relief, sadness, guilt, fear, anger, shame, and sometimes peace. I am 26, in a humanities grad program with no savings, and habits of self-neglect. I realize now that I could have raised my baby, though … [Read more...] about Have Compassion for Yourself and Others

Submitted by: Sarah Just yesterday, I found out that I was pregnant for the first time ever. My body had been feeling extremely off for weeks and I just kept ignoring the symptoms because I didn’t want to face the fact if I was. I couldn’t even look at a pregnancy test by myself because I was so … [Read more...] about My Experience

Submitted by: Caro I have shared my story with two people, my partner and a friend. I have read stories on other sites, in books and listened to different documentaries and podcast. I tend to intellectualize my emotions, trying to learn how others handle things or have coped. I feel like I … [Read more...] about Ready

Submitted by: Lisa I’m a mother of 4. The oldest is 24 and the youngest is 8. Never would I have imagined I would be pregnant again at this stage of my life. I’ve been in a relationship with my partner for 10 years. Although we live together, he’s not supportive in a way that I need him to be. … [Read more...] about Unexpected pregnancy at 42. I should’ve known better…right?!

Submitted by: L My worst fear happened. Last night I took misoprostol. I had taken mifepristone the day before, and even though I was feeling really uneasy about it, I felt it was already too late to back out. I cried before and took the pills. A few hours later and I started bleeding. I was … [Read more...] about Can’t Unsee

Submitted by: Violet It’s been over a year since my abortion. I’ve gone through every single emotion -- grief, guilt, relief, happiness, sadness, etc. But right now I’m feeling defeated. I feel like I lost so much. I lost the love of my life, who I could've had this child with. I lost myself. … [Read more...] about Needing someone…

Submitted by: Lauren I recently had an abortion this last Saturday. I was 10 weeks. I started dating someone and around 3 months in, I found out I was pregnant. I freaked out at first because we barely knew one another and now we were going to be raising a child, my first child. At first he … [Read more...] about My experience

Submitted by: Stella I am struggling. It’s been 6 months. I have been through every emotion. As I work through the stages of grief, coming to acceptance is perhaps the hardest of all. I made the choice to end my only pregnancy at 44 because my partner could not commit to parenting. It was not … [Read more...] about Struggling with self and love

Submitted by: Sophie I fell pregnant at the end of 2019, and had my abortion at almost 10 weeks on the 14th January 2020. I was 19 at the time and am still at university. Only my boyfriend and a couple of friends knew about the pregnancy, and me and my boyfriend had only been together about 4 … [Read more...] about Untitled

Submitted by: Clouds Illusions You have a five year old half sister. She wanted you, but she didn't know that you briefly existed. Your daddy is the most wonderful man on the face of the earth. He also wanted you. But no one wanted you more than I did. Your sister and I took frequent … [Read more...] about Closer to the breath of angels…

Submitted by: Sanja I had an abortion yesterday. It wasn’t an easy decision, but the reasonable one. I keep saying that to myself. I am single. Unemployed for couple of months already. I don’t have a place of my own. I didn’t know at the time, but the father was already married with a lot of … [Read more...] about I had an abortion yesterday and I’m regretting it