CW: Medical Description I’ve been searching far and wide for a story like mine after my abortion and can’t seem to find any. I had it all planned out, I wasn’t going to tell anyone outside of my inner circle and just pretend it didn’t happen. I don’t plan on having...
I am a mom of 2 boys, with my youngest going into kinder last year all the feelings came and I felt like I needed another child, a 3rd. I cried for months thinking about how much I wanted to have another child and my husband and I decided to try for one more, we tried...
I wanted the closet. I wanted the small room in our house. A closet for me where my inner child could be healed. Where my makeup gets done and the trying on of clothes takes place infront of the big mirror. A place where girlhood at its finest shows....
CW: Stealthing A year or so after my divorce which was very painful so I wasn’t ready for anything super serious yet I was casually dating. I had met him a few times before and we had had sex with a condom once before. So I thought that would be the same when I...
I made my decision quickly. I was 20 years old, scared for my future and the life I had envisioned for myself since I was a little girl. The rush of emotions that flooded my body when I flipped over that test was indescribable: terror, anxiety, distress and panic all...
I miss you. I’m sorry I didn’t realize how much I loved you before I made my decision. I still believe in a woman’s right to choose, and I take full responsibility for my choice—but I will miss you forever. Money was tight. My village was small. My heart aches knowing...
Becoming a mom has changed how I feel about my abortion six years ago. I'm now a mom to a newborn baby girl and the grief of the previous abortion has impacted my pregnancy and being a mother now. I was passive in my decision making, putting all responsibility on the...
I never would have thought that abortion would be a part of my story. Of my life. As pro-choice as I have been my whole life, I just never imagined I could be in such a situation. Well, there I was. Nearly 30, with a loving husband, double income and our own flat. We...
October 1st 2024 was the worst day of my life. After that dreadful day no one tells you it’ll be agony, challenging and haunting. My life after an abortion has been truly challenging and difficult. I'm in agony screaming for help inside but I can’t seem to get it out....