I promised myself that at the end of the experience I would post a message to all those currently on the Bpas journey because I found so much reassurance from reading everyone’s posts and experiences that I wanted to share mine. I hope it helps someone.
I am a 41 year old female who is happily married with 2 children, one of whom has special needs. We have always dreamed of having more children but my age and my sons needs have overridden that now. When I discovered I was pregnant, I was already starting to feel unwell and caring for the children was difficult. I knew I couldn’t continue with the pregnancy. My husband and I conceive very easily so we take extra precautions so how this occurred I don’t know - but it did and we sadly had to make a choice.
I found out I was pregnant on the Monday, I completed the online form for Bpas Tuesday, Wednesday I spoke with the lovely Jenny from Bpas, by Thursday the pills had arrived, by Friday I started the process and by Saturday most of the pregnancy had passed. I did bleed for almost 2 weeks and it was heavy at times but as someone who has heavy periods it wasn’t a huge shock. I took my pregnancy test this morning ( 3 weeks to the day) and I am no longer pregnant.
What I wanted to offer to those who are starting this journey is to reassure you that it will be ok. I had to do this by myself whilst looking after my children and taking them to school etc - I carried on as normal essentially but only because I single parent most of the time. I feel if I can do it anyone can!
I am happy to go into more step by step detail if that would be helpful to anyone but I wanted to share my experience as whilst sad, it was ultimately positive and at the end of the journey, I know we made the right decision for all.
Sending love and hugs to all - especially to those who are looking at that box with the pills and test and wondering how you got there x