Amz

I didn't tell many people about it. My two best friends, my bf and after I did it I told my mom

The staff in the clinic were very friendly and reassuring...the worst part of my whole experience was the nerves and fear leading up to the day. As it is such a taboo in Ireland I felt I had no one to talk to here apart from the unplanned pregnancy agencies, who were very helpful but still not enough. I woke up after the procedure feeling a little sore but nothing to even that of my usual period pain. Within the week or so following the procedure I had two restless nights and a little cramping but still nothing even near as bad as expected.

I'm still in college as is my bf,we are both in our early 20s and we were just starting our relationship when I fell pregnant. Both of us felt it was not the right time in our lives to have a child. He is working and I am not so it was difficult enough to get the necessary money together in time without letting people know. So if we found it hard to finance the abortion, how could we support a child?

Initially I felt fear, not because of anything I would feel afterwards (mentally or physically) but rather a fear of the unknown, and having to go to another country to avail of the procedure. I have always believed that women should have the right to chose and think the pressure added on Irish women (and others in the same situation) to go abroad is a disgrace. I have no regrets whatsoever - I am happy and relieved that it is all over and if I had to go back and be faced with that decision again I'm sure I'd do the same thing.