Married, stable, 30's, aborted

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Registered: 04-07-2012
Married, stable, 30's, aborted
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Sun, 04-08-2012 - 9:49am

Sometimes I wish I could say I was a teenager w/my whole life ahead of me. I wish I could say that my significant other was crap, or we're not together. I can't say any of that. I am in my mid-30's, happily married, stable, and have two wonderful little children. I aborted w/the pill 3 weeks ago. My husband did not want to keep it because he said of financial reasons, the stress, the commitment, he had his reasons and I do understand them. We have never planned for a third, it was never in our equation. The thing that bothers me the most is that if the decision was 100% mine I would have kept it. Sure, it may have been a struggle, a financial burden, unfair to my other two children, but I would have done it. I do see now that was can provide FULLY for the two children that we do have, but my biggest emotion right now is sadness. I am not having nightmares, and overall I can function. I went to Planned Parenthood and they were great and so nice, no

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Registered: 03-14-2012
Mon, 04-09-2012 - 2:46pm

Your post brought tears to my eyes.. I can tell you're really hurting right now.

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Registered: 07-16-2007
Fri, 04-13-2012 - 11:02pm
It's not unusual to mourn what could have been, even when the decision is the "right" one for you and for your family at the time. I think it's hard not to want what you could have had. It's hard not to want the baby that could have grown inside you, or to wonder what it would have been like had you chosen to keep it. You are not alone in your feelings. Know that the sadness will lessen over time, although to some extent I don't know if it will ever totally go away.