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What would you do?

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Frankieandme · 07/10/2024 08:41

I know ultimately this is my desicion, but please can someone out themselves in my shoes and help me come up with a decision please?

Im 33, I have two children who are 12 and 15, I live on my own with them and have them full time. I run a dog walking business, which I have just started up. Myself and my daughters are due to go skiing in a few weeks.

I lost a baby at 9 weeks in November last year, I took this very badly and the feeling of the foetus actually coming out haunted me ever since. This pregnancy was with my partner at the time, who since then I had had lots of problems with and we split up two weeks ago. My children absolutely hate this man, there is no way I’d let him back into my life and I also have an upcoming court case due to this man as I had to get police intervention for him to stop harassing me, which he has now turned around on me.

Friday morning I found out that I’m pregnant (5 weeks) I quickly booked into msi to have an early abortion whilst I figured out what I actually wanted to do (as a back up so I didn’t have to wait weeks) and I am so stuck on what I should do. I don’t know how I’d go through the whole experience again, I know it’s earlier but I don’t know if that would make any difference or if an abortion is any different to a miscarriage? I don’t know if this would haunt me for the rest of my life.

i have no issues with keeping the baby, in an ideal world I would love that. We’d make it work, change the holiday, move to a bigger house, borrow a bit of money from my parents etc, but I don’t know if my ex would make our life hell as he’s a jealous controlling type and if it would have a negative effect on the court case.

thank you for any help!

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Saskia2023 · 12/10/2024 22:25

sorry no one has replied as its a very isolating time when you are making the decision and unsure. i dont know what you have decided but i would advise you get some counselling to help you process the decison because like you say its complex but ultimately if you don't feel you cannot go through with the termination dont give your ex the power by only doing it because of how he will be because otherwise that will make you feel even worse. its not an easy decision and if you go ahead you may feel a grief- things are often presented as black or white but its often somewhere in the grey for most people and either option hards- it which you would find harder

rrrrrain · 13/10/2024 08:13

Frankieandme · 07/10/2024 08:41

I know ultimately this is my desicion, but please can someone out themselves in my shoes and help me come up with a decision please?

Im 33, I have two children who are 12 and 15, I live on my own with them and have them full time. I run a dog walking business, which I have just started up. Myself and my daughters are due to go skiing in a few weeks.

I lost a baby at 9 weeks in November last year, I took this very badly and the feeling of the foetus actually coming out haunted me ever since. This pregnancy was with my partner at the time, who since then I had had lots of problems with and we split up two weeks ago. My children absolutely hate this man, there is no way I’d let him back into my life and I also have an upcoming court case due to this man as I had to get police intervention for him to stop harassing me, which he has now turned around on me.

Friday morning I found out that I’m pregnant (5 weeks) I quickly booked into msi to have an early abortion whilst I figured out what I actually wanted to do (as a back up so I didn’t have to wait weeks) and I am so stuck on what I should do. I don’t know how I’d go through the whole experience again, I know it’s earlier but I don’t know if that would make any difference or if an abortion is any different to a miscarriage? I don’t know if this would haunt me for the rest of my life.

i have no issues with keeping the baby, in an ideal world I would love that. We’d make it work, change the holiday, move to a bigger house, borrow a bit of money from my parents etc, but I don’t know if my ex would make our life hell as he’s a jealous controlling type and if it would have a negative effect on the court case.

thank you for any help!

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