I found out I was pregnant late on in the pregnancy. I had split up with my b/f a few weeks earlier. I already have a child. I faced the prospect of raising 2 children alone at the age of 26. i contacted my ex.... He was very sympathetic but realised that having a child was not an option. Our relationship had been in trouble for a while, we didn't want a child growing up from a split family.
So we chose the agonising decision to have an abortion. And let me tell you it was agonising. This baby (James) was loved and wanted so so much. I just had to think practical, I couldn't afford him, couldn't financially look after him and didn't want him to have no father.
I had the abortion at 22 weeks. I will never to this day forgive myself. I got to hold my baby afterwards and now know what a terrible terrible mistake I made. I cry most days fro my baby. But like most women, I know I cannot turn the clock back, no matter how much I want to... This is why I write today, to ask you all to stop hurting women of abortion. They need understanding and support not to be criticised and abused, by people who don't understand.
Not a day goes by where I will ever forget what Ive done. So I don't need people reminding me of the biggest mistake Ive made in my life. At the end of the day we are only human, and humans DO make mistakes...