Hello, firstly I just wanted to express how helpful I have found this platform during my journey. I found out I was 6 weeks pregnant last week. I’m 27, long term partner but we are just not ready for children right now. We don’t have a home of our own yet and we just didn’t feel the time was right.
I have spent the last week crying, worrying and deciding what is the best thing for us to do.
we ultimately decided to go through with a medical abortion.
this was not an easy decision but we know it’s the right one as we wanted to bring our baby into a settled home and that’s just not what we have at the moment.
I wanted to share my positive experience with you all, as other people’s stories really helped me.
I took the first tablet 48 hours ago at 6weeks+4.
no side effects. I then inserted the 4 misoprostol tablets vaginally yesterday at 5pm.
I felt nothing for an hour whilst I lay down to let them dissolve. Cramping then began but were bearable, like a period.
I took 2 400mg ibuprofen and 2 paracetamol.
My bleeding only started at 8.15pm and I placed the second 2 tablets in my gums at 8.30pm.
The cramping then came stronger but this was still quite bearable. I took one codeine just in case they got worse.
I started to pass clots and at 9pm the pregnancy passed. I cried and said sorry multiple times. It was not a nice feeling emotionally but I know I did the right thing.
I then started to bleed normally, like period bleeding. The cramps continued even though no further clots were passed. At 12.30pm I fell asleep and slept until 7.30am. I woke at 4am to take 2 paracetamol.
This morning I feel tired and my cramps are like a period. My bleeding is not too bad.
All in all, this experience was not something I would do again but that is not because of the pain. It was no where near as bad as I expected. It’s the emotional strain that it puts you under, it’s a rollercoaster of emotion.. However, I am so grateful that I had this choice and I can’t wait to provide the life that my future child deserves to have.