She was 8 at the time and I also had a 4yr old and a 2 yr old and due to our circumstances at the time (very stressful move to another country), I could not have coped with another baby. I was 6 weeks pregnant when I had it and at the time I was fine about it. It was a few years later that it hit home what I had done.
She is now 15 and read my bloody diary (I left it in the kitchen)! I am undergoing a 'self help' program as I have suffered from extreme anxiety for the last 5 years. Part of this is to recognise that I have to forgive myself for certain things that I feel guilty about so I can work on releasing the emotions attached to them. So I wrote a list of stuff that I need to mentally get rid off and put down the date that it happened rather than 'abortion' so she is now asking me what happened on that date! I have told her to mind her bloody nose but she's like a sniffer dog with the scent of a fox and will not let it go.
Now we have a very close relationship and talk about everything. She quite often comes to me with certain scenarios in her mind and asks me what I would do if for instance, she got pregnant, started smoking, started taking drugs etc. I always draw on my own experiences as a teenager to talk about things like this although I had my abortion at the age of 35 whilst in a happy marriage so totally different circumstances from a teenager getting pregnant (I was 27 when I had her) and I do not feel that I could ever share this experience with her as I am sure she would hate me.
I would be horrified if she found out and would be a complete hypocrite if she came to me for advice if she ever did want to have an abortion as I would advise her not to.
Is there ever a time for a mother to share something like this with her daughter?
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
AIBU?
To Tell My Teenage DD That I Had An Abortion
65 replies
MotherOfaTeenageNosyParker · 18/07/2011 23:33
OP posts:
TheSecondComing ·
19/07/2011 00:24
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
charleneanne ·
19/07/2011 08:42
This reply has been deleted
Message deleted by Mumsnet.
charleneanne ·
19/07/2011 08:49
This reply has been deleted
Message deleted by Mumsnet.
Athrawes ·
19/07/2011 08:49
This reply has been deleted
Message deleted by Mumsnet.
AnyFucker ·
19/07/2011 08:50
This reply has been deleted
Message deleted by Mumsnet.
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.