Rose

Everyone reacted with shock, sympathy, and sorrow for my situation. Friends didn't know what to say, my family were strong for me, and I was strong for them, and my boyfriend cried with me several times.

My age made no difference to my treatment from the nurses. I felt lonely, scared and confused. I was heartbroken, but it was just a job to them. Nobody offered any support. The procedure itself went fine.

I was just finishing my GCSE's when I found out I was pregnant. If I had kept the baby, I wouldn't have been able to go on to college or university, and I wouldn't have been able to get a job good enough to support me and my child. I felt I couldn't give a baby what it needed whilst I was so young, and that it would have been unfair to keep it.

I feel stupid for getting pregnant in the first place, but even more so for having an abortion. I feel so guilty that my own child was killed because of my stupid mistake. At the same time I feel glad that the poor thing didn't have to come into the hard life it would have. But essentially, I feel regret at ever letting it happen.