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Don’t want to go through with second part of termination!

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Superscaredx · 30/04/2019 19:21

Posted on here for traffic mainly but I need help.
I am currently 8 weeks pregnant and decided on a termination (please don’t judge, my reasons are completely valid) Today was the first appointment where I took mifepristone. The next appointment is on Thursday and I 100 percent do not want to go. I regret my decision so much and I don’t know what to do. I don’t even know if you can continue with the pregnancy after taking mifepristone, or what it does to the pregnancy! I hope to God it hasn’t effected the baby but I’m worrying so bad. I really want this baby and if I could turn back time I wouldn’t have took the tablet. Anyone with experience on this or works in the industry...please help? Loads of American website say you can have progesterone shots to try and reverse it..but I don’t know anywhere in the UK that would do that. I am so lost.

OP posts:
WifOfBif · 01/05/2019 18:15

Good luck OP, I really hope everything turns out well for you x

funinthesun19 · 01/05/2019 18:23

Thing is you decided to abort this baby, you did not want this baby. You say in your OP that these reasons were completely valid reasons. Has your life changed completely since you took the first pill that you now want a child, can provide for a child and so on? That’s the big question here.

Why do people keep asking her this? It’s so patronising because I think you know what the answer is but yet people just ask her anyway.
Her reasons can still be there but she is still equally allowed to feel regret and change her mind about the way she feels about the pregnancy.
Asking her silly questions like that are not going to help her. She wants the pregnancy to continue now despite her reasons for the termination. Why can’t people just accept that without asking if her life has “drastically changed”? You know it hasn’t. Just support her instead.

funinthesun19 · 01/05/2019 18:25

And I’m still thinking of you OP. Sending lots of love. I’ve been there and I know exactly how you’re feeling. It’s horrible. Xxx

werideatdawn · 01/05/2019 19:05

Wishing you all the best OP. Please keep us updated. Not because I'm being ghoulish but I just really really hope this has a good outcome for you. I'll be thinking of you.

Oohgossip · 01/05/2019 19:41

This thread has really disconcerted me.

If the first pill doesn’t necessarily end the pregnancy - when people take the second pill (that expels the foetus from the body) does that mean it could still have a heartbeat at that point??

user1498572889 · 01/05/2019 19:45

Fingers crossed for you.

surrealreal · 01/05/2019 19:49

That's what I want to know ooh :(

Username321 · 01/05/2019 19:52

@oohgossip The heartbeat would stop as the fetus is expelled as it is too immature to survive independently so absolutely no chance of being delivered alive.

To those questioning the OP decision, surely being pro-choice means supporting the OPs right to continue a pregnancy, end a pregnancy or change her mind WHATEVER the reasons or circumstances.

Her body her choice and she doesn’t have to explain herself or justify herself to anyone!

crispysausagerolls · 01/05/2019 20:12

I understand from the update etc that this was not an a and e scenario but I think people are being nasty about posters (myself included) who thought it was. It’s trying to save a life! I don’t understand what’s wrong with assuming that there might be time constraints in place and a sense of urgency behind that!

LucyAutumn · 01/05/2019 20:13

Good for you OP, best of luck Flowers

kenandbarbie · 01/05/2019 20:23

Good luck op Thanks

JaneEyre07 · 01/05/2019 20:25

Have you talked this through with your partner OP? Are they aware of how you're feeling?

Hazlenutpie · 01/05/2019 20:31

All the best OP 💐

ElektraLOL · 01/05/2019 22:47

@funinthesun19 I couldn't agree more. How rude and insensitive of some posters to actually challenge the 'validity' of the OP's decision. Don't post if you can't be supportive about an issue as sensitive as this.

LudoFriend · 01/05/2019 22:57

Thing is you decided to abort this baby, you did not want this baby. You say in your OP that these reasons were completely valid reasons. Has your life changed completely since you took the first pill that you now want a child, can provide for a child and so on? That’s the big question here.

Please ignore anyone saying you things like this OP. You don't have to justify changing your mind. No doubt that after taking the pill was when the abortion became 'real' for you, and that triggered an emotional gut response. You want to keep it, and that's all you need to know right now.

crispysausagerolls · 02/05/2019 06:27

You don't have to justify changing your mind. No doubt that after taking the pill was when the abortion became 'real' for you, and that triggered an emotional gut response. You want to keep it, and that's all you need to know right now.

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speakout · 02/05/2019 06:42

No the OP does not have to justify her reasons to anyone- but it may be useful for her to discuss the situation with someone to come to terms with things in her own mind ( regardless of outcome).

She was motivated to start the termination but then for whatever reason changed her mind in a short time. Her reasons are privete to her and she need not justify them, but talking to a professional about the whole situation may help ease her distress.

IStillMissBlockbuster · 02/05/2019 07:10

Fingers crossed for you op. Can I ask why you have changed your mind? What has changed?

Original poster
Superscaredx · 02/05/2019 08:51

Update - I have started to bleed today so I will be going for the second lot of tablets today. I am absolutely heartbroken but there is nothing I can do and this is just something I will have to learn to move past. Thanks everyone for all your support on this thread that I was worried about making incase I was heavily judged seen as this was all self inflicted. Xx

OP posts:
werideatdawn · 02/05/2019 08:52

Oh I'm so sorry Sad

ReganSomerset · 02/05/2019 08:54

Oh, I'm so so sorry, OP. Be kind to yourself.

Flowers
jaseyraex · 02/05/2019 08:56

I'm sorry OP. Please be kind to yourself and seek some counselling Flowers

PointlessUsername · 02/05/2019 08:56

Sorry Op Flowers take care of yourself.

SanJunipero · 02/05/2019 08:56

I'm terribly sorry Thanks

MRex · 02/05/2019 09:00

@Superscaredx - I'm so sorry it didn't work out as you'd hoped. I hope you have or find some people to talk to in real life so that you can process all your emotions about this. Be kind to yourself. X