i will not criticize anyone for their opinion. but i will speak from experience. it's been a little over a year now since i had my abortion i don't talk about it much, i really don't talk about it at all but sometimes it helps. i got pregnant when i was 16 years old and i found out when i was about 6 weeks pregnant. when i found out i was too scared to tell my mother and father.i waited a while but i told my mom because she was the only one i could turn to. to this day my dad still doesn't know. my mom was so supportive the whole time she told me it was my choice if i wanted to have the baby or not. i was only 16, still in school, and i have plans for college. i knew i wasn't ready to bring a child into this world and that's why i choose to have the abortion. i took a couple weeks for me to really think about it. it was a little while after my 17th birthday that i did it and i was 11 weeks and 3 days pregnant. me and my mom left my house at about 7 in the morning to go to planned parenthood. i was braver than i thought i would be when i walked into the lobby. i remember my mom asking me "are you sure you wanna do this" and i could see the the tears in her eyes but i had to stay strong for the both of us. the nurse called me to the back and i did it. the procedure itself was very painful. i cried. to this day i don't know if i was crying from the pain or because i was never gonna meet my baby. maybe it was both. when i got off of the table all i saw was blood. i don't regret what i did because i wouldn't be the person i am today if i didn't. i'm happy. i'm 18 now and i have a job, i'm graduating this june and i am going to college next fall and none of this would be possible if i didn't do what i did. do i think about my baby...sometimes. but i still have no regrets.

Good for you! I liked this post!

You made a very grown up and good decision. Sorry for your loss, but it was best for you, it's best to not bring a baby into the world until you can give it the best shot at life as you can.

Hmm I seem to have posted on this topic but not in this thread...

Sweets, I'm sorry that you had to go through such an horrible experience and religiously speaking I think it takes a bit of time before the spirit actually takes possesion of the body even after it's been out of the womb for a little while, so I don't think you've actually killed anything other than a body that was only part way in the making.

Also, there's no way you could've given the baby the life and attention it would've needed to be successful. You're doing right by wanting to make something of yourself first so that you can be there for a child when it is time.

I got pregnant when i was 17 years old. I decided to have the baby. His father at the time wanted me to and said he would support me through it all. I went through a lot. I had toxemia and preeclaimsha. My son was 6 weeks premature at 3lbs 10oz. His father was anything but a father. I did get to graduate high school and will be just now able to start college since he is in school now. I go through a lot of struggles daily. Im a single mom who works 2 jobs to support him. no regrets though
You made a great decision. i wouldnt want to see someone in my position. its a lot to handle. i wish you much luck in college. dont get into too much trouble!! lol

i believe you made the right decision.

I believe we all have the right to make our own choices. And not be forced into one by others. These choices deepend upon the circumstances at the time. Wether we have any regrets at the time or later in life just deepends on the kind of person we are. YOu made one of the hardest desicions of your life well done you. And one day will be the right time for you. Good luck x