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What are my options with this pregnancy?

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Pandore · 14/01/2015 11:16

Dh and I split up 8 months and we've both had other partners. We are hoping to try and make our marriage work, the problem is that I am pregnant with my ex partners child.

Dh would like me to have an abortion. Ex partner wants me to have baby and reconcile with him, and even if we don't reconcile he would take full responsibility of the child.

I would like to try and make my marriage work, but this is going to mean an abortion.

OP posts:
Pandore · 16/01/2015 21:25

It's just not getting any clearer and the clocks ticking.

OP posts:
DinosaurRaaaar · 16/01/2015 21:39

Have read the thread and really think that you have to go with your heart or you will always wonder "what if". Make the decision you feel that you could best live with , because it's you that will carry your feelings forward, no one else.

And the kids will be fine if you are fine. You will be displaying to them the importance of being true to themselves, irrespective of outside pressure. If you feel YOU want to abort, irrespective of what the respective men are saying, then don't beat yourself up about it. But if you think you'll regret it on some level, then that's a heavy burden to carry.

DinosaurRaaaar · 16/01/2015 21:41

Or to put it more simply, if you had/have a daughter, what would you advise her to do in your situation? Therein lies your answer.

BatteryPoweredHen · 17/01/2015 17:07

it is quite selfish of you to base your decision on your wishes/fears alone

No. This is exactly what she should be basing her decision on. Op is the pregnant one, nobody else.

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