Reading these really helped me in the lead up to taking the abortion pills, so I’m going to share my experience for those who find themselves in this situation.
initially I was unsure what I wanted to do, I went through a phase for around 5 days of thinking we were going to keep the pregnancy but after a deep chat with my partner we decided that now was just not the right time. Career & life goals hadn’t been achieved yet that were important to me, so we decided to terminate.
i initially contacted BPAS, who said they couldn’t treat me and referred me to MSI.
i booked my phone call apppointment and the date came through for around 10 days later. This phone call was 20 minutes with one of the loveliest ladies, asking about mine & my families past health history. I then had another phone call the same day, with another lovely lady who asked some safe guarding questions, be prepared that these are a little deep but they are asked to protect you.
I was 6 weeks & 3 days at this point.
the pills arrived the next day in a white box which slid through the letter box. This was 100% discrete and you would have no idea what it was.
I took the first pill Friday afternoon at around 4pm. I had no side effects of this, other than a little cramping the next day at around 12ish.
24 hours later on Saturday I inserted the 4 small pills into my vagina. I layed in bed dosed up on paracetamol just in case.
nothing happened for the first two hours, other than a little cramping & a small amount of bleeding.
I then decided I needed to do a number 2, nothing like diarrhoea like some ladies get. With this I felt a large clot pass and plop into the toilet. I did look, purely because up until this moment I had none of the severe cramping I was expecting so was blown away that it had done its job already. It was the size of a strawberry I would say, nothing distinguishable at all.
further cramping continued but this was honestly just period cramping followed with heavy period flow.
3 hours later I then inserted the final 2 pills into my mouth & allowed to dissolve.
Ladies, I have experienced worse pains with trapped wind than I have taking these pills. i hyped myself up for this but it was honestly fine.
it’d now Sunday & I am experiencing normal period flow. I was up walking around laughing with my partner throughout the whole experience.
I hope this puts some other ladies at ease. Understandably everyone is different, I consider myself very lucky to have had such a smooth & virtually painless experience.
sending love & hugs to anyone else finding themselves in this situation xxxx