Rebecca B

All of the friends I told were supportive of my choice and my closest friends understood that I didn't need or want sympathy because I was proud of my choice.

My experience was incredibly positive once I actually found a clinic that performed the surgery. The first two places I called hung up on me after I said I wanted to abort my pregnancy. Then I got Family Planning on the phone and they were wonderful. They were clearly understaffed and over stressed but they gave me personal attention before, during, and after the procedure. I got honest and upfront information about both the surgical and medical options and I felt like the staff there genuinely cared about me and supported me.

I was 19 and had just finished my second year at university. I didn't want a child yet. I had a few moments of day dreaming about having a little girl and being the coolest mom at school but I always knew I was just day dreaming and I didn't feel hurt when I woke up in the post-op room.

I always believed before I had an abortion that I wouldn't have a problem with acquiring one if I needed to. To my relief I was right. I knew that I wasn't ready for a baby. Finding out I was pregnant was scary - I thought I'd done everything right, but I knew even before I saw the results of the pregnancy tests what I was going to do. Telling my parents was also hard, that was when I felt shame, that was the only time I felt shame. My mother was matter of fact and my father had to fight all of his subconscious urges to be shocked and worried. In the end though my parents were supportive, warm, and open minded. The fetus in my belly wasn't a baby, it was simply a fetus and I was and am ok with that. A woman's feelings towards her pregnancy, body, and fetus should be entirely her own and I respect completely those who feel differently than I did but I don't for a second regret the sex that led to my pregnancy, the choice I made, or the end result.