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Subject: 2 abortions in 1 year


Author:
Rachelle (High's and Low's)
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Date Posted: 01:20:58 12/19/07 Wed

I have had 2 abortions this year. The first abortion was hard enough to decide, the second? I never thought that i would have to make that decision again...
Deciding to have my first abortion i had to distinguish between my head or my heart. In my heart i knew it wasn't the right thing to do. In my mind I knew that i couldn't financially afford to have a child even though my partner was 100% supportive. we both had decided not to keep it.

After the first abortion my whole life turned. I lost all my confidence, optimism, spirituality, motivation, self esteem, you name it. i fell into a dark hole of depression. i could see my relationship slowly deteriorating. I felt like i had no control over my emotions. I became so erratic and unreasonable. I didn't even know who i was anymore or who i was becoming. My partner would reassure me everyday and support me emotionally and still felt resentment. i started to binge drink. That was the only thing that would make me feel normal. I came out of my shell. i didn't care. but the days i would stop i would become a recluse. I had never felt to insecure in my life. i neglected all of my friends. I told a few of my friends and they were sympathetic towards my situation, but i felt like i was a burden telling them my one problem that was consuming my whole life. so i shut the door on them without reason. I was exhausted emotionally. i had nothing to give to anyone. Some day's i would feel great and see some light at the end of the tunnel. most day's i would feel down. Everything became numb. i felt like i was on auto pilot. Soon after i started to have anxiety attacks. I was so scared. It lasted months. I quit my job and didn't leave the house. I was bed ridden. weeks pass, and i started to feel ok. i had a small feeling of belief that i could start to move forwards. Within that same week of feeling belief, i found out that i was pregnant again...

Why is this happening? what have i done wrong. I'm on the pill and i fall pregnant twice in a year. what's wrong with me? Doctors told me that i am highly fertile. so why didn't they put me on a stronger pill the first time from preventing this happening the second time??
How was i to make a decision the second time while i had been suffering from Post abortion the first.
The decision the second time i couldn't even think about. This time i was to go with my heart. i felt no response. numb... Finance or not, that wasn't going to affect our decision. If i am unhappy, how could i bring a child up in this world? I don't feel love, so how am i going to give love?
we decided to have another abortion..

To have made the decision the first time, i would have never thought that i would have to make that decision again. The time i fell pregnant the second my first would have been born...

I don't feel numb anymore... i don't know what i feel.. Is there hope?
The days when i am up, it's like someone took my memories and it all never happened. The days when i'm down i can't stop crying. when am i going to feel happy again?
Is there anything i can do or read to void the pain?

Will i ever have clarity?

Rachelle

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[> Subject: Re: 2 abortions in 1 year


Author:
Kris
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Date Posted: 09:34:48 12/20/07 Thu

Dear Rachelle,

You ask:

>Is there hope?

YES!

>The days when i am up, it's like someone took my memories and it all never happened. The days when i'm down i can't stop crying. when am i going to feel happy again?


When you find the way to heal from the loss, the hurt and the pain of it.

>Is there anything i can do or read to void the pain?

Yes, there are other sites here to look at:

http://www.inourmidst.com./abortion_links.htm

Check that site, there are several links to post-abortion helps.

One of the BEST helps is a post abortion counseling clinic. Care Net Pregnancy Centers offer them for free. If you look up a clinic near you at this site:

http://www.optionline.org/advantage.asp

Call or go in and they usually have that information for women that have had an abortion.


>Will i ever have clarity?

Yes, please please, don't set this information aside and ignore the help that you truly need. There is hope for healing, for clarity, for life to be better again. It is up to you though to make that choice for that - so grab onto it and do it. You will only be better for it.

Hang in there!
Kris


[> Subject: Re: 2 abortions in 1 year


Author:
Anon (hopeful)
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Date Posted: 22:37:12 12/29/07 Sat

You do not know me and I know I don't know you. But there is hope, my emotional time bomb from mine may not have gone off yet, or it may be slowly tearing me apart. But you are not alone. This is the first talking about it with another person in months for me, the first time back fired. Please, if you ever need a soul to talk to, don't hesitate (to post again to me)-edited by moderator. All your heart needs is time, and it WILL come.


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