I’m 42 married with 2 children and recently found out by absolute shock I was expecting. After much discussion with my hubby we decided that it wasn’t the right thing. I have had a medical abortion in the past when I was much younger and before I had children, in the hospital and it was awful. So to then decide to do it a second time was horrific and I was absolutely petrified. I took the first tablet 24 hours prior. Which was upsetting as I knew this meant the decision was final. I spent the day pretty emotional and was still terrified at what the next day would bring. I decided I wanted to be alone all day whilst the kids were in school. I took the tablets early morning and got comfy on the sofa with my heated blanket within 30 minutes I felt cramps similar to a period so took some paracetamol and alternated with ibuprofen. It was not half as bad as what I was expecting pain wise . I have definitely had worse period pain that’s for sure. The bleeding started gently and ramped up but it was more when I visited the loo so there was no horrific gushing or anything like that. It was exactly like a period. I did get some diarrhoea as it felt like the tablets also affected my bowels maybe. But all in all it was peaceful private and I did not suffer physically or mentally like I was prepared to. There are a lot of horror stories online. I had my own personal one too, but it goes to show that it dosent always mean it will be horrendous. I did take magnesium in the morning too which I swear by for relaxation and pain so that could of helped. I just wanted to share my story incase it puts anyone else’s mind at rest as I would hate for someone else to feel the way I did beforehand.