Abortion

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Hi, me and partner have just found out I'm pregnant. Our ds is only 5 months old and we feel this has happened too soon, we've seen the gp who has now referred me to a clinic to begin termination procedure. I feel emotionally and physically unready to be pregnant again. My ds was born by emergency Caesarian and wouldn't latch on so I expressed for 4.5 months and found it exhausting. Has anyone else experienced taking the abortion pill? Or have any of you decided to keep baby after such a small age gap? I'm afraid I won't take it emotionally and physically to keep it plus I'm worried about health risks associated with keeping it and not being able to spend the time if like to with ds.

I am currently 7 months pregnant, my twins were three months old when our contraception failed.
I was in shock and I was upset but I never would have considered abortion. This baby is our child conceived in a living relationship just as much as our other children.
As time has passed the fear and upset has faded. There is never a prefect age gap and there are advantages to close in age.

We have experience of close age gaps 18 months twice and six minutes.
I really would not rush into any decisions , what may be hard is not impossible. With planning things can be easier than last time. A calm planned c section not an emergency. Who says you need to keep going with breast feeding if baby struggles to latch ( although all babies are different) formula is fine.
As for time your children will after the first year be interested in the same things so it's much easier to enjoy two dc together than with a larger gap.

Hi op. If you report your post you can ask for it to be moved to Pregnancy Choices where there are many abortion threads and many posters who have either had an abortion or proceeded with an unplanned pregnancy.

I'm sorry you've found yourself in such a situation. I hope you manage to come to the right decision for you

I can understand how you might feel. I herniated a disc a week after having might first baby and couldn't walk probably for 5 months or even lift him for 2 1/2 months. I was terrified of getting pregnant. I think I would also need to make the same difficult choice if it had happened to me.

Agree see if you can move thread to get more support.