Hardest time of my life (Teenage Pregancy)

Member Name: ashton08

Product:	Teenage Pregancy
Date:	08/10/08 (234 review reads)
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This story is a rather painful one for me, but I thought I would share my story. If people have negative comments I would rather you didn't post them.


It all started when I missed a pill. I completely forgot about it and stayed at my boyfriends house. I remembered the following morning and tried to get a doctors appointment, I couldn't get one that day but they assured me I had 72 hours to take the morning after pill. I made an appointment and took the pills, still well within the time frame. The rest of the month I was praying for my period to show.


My period was due on the wednesday, by Friday it still hadn't turned up so my boyfriend and I got a test. The test line popped up and almost straight away so did the pregnant line.


I was 17, only 3 months into a relationship and was now pregnant. My first reaction was horror, I cried and cried and didn't know what to do. My boyfriend was just as upset and we just sat on the bed in silence, unsure what to say to eachother.


We made the decision to make an appointment with the doctor to arrange a termination. I had the initial appointment at the hospital on the saturday, they scanned me to see how far gone I was;6 weeks. I had to meet with another doctor and discuss it too. An appointment for the termination was made for 3 weeks time.


During those 3 weeks my boyfriend and I visited the CAB, council etc to see what we could be entitled to if we decided to keep the baby. We weren't sure if we could go ahead with the termination and wanted to hear all our options first. The only reason the termination was booked was that if we decided to go ahead with it, we didn't want to leave it too late.


A week before the termination, I started experiencing cramps. Later on that day the bleeding started. I was miscarrying. I felt completely numb, that it was my fault for being unsure. The feelings of guilt were overwhelming and I was a mess. My boyfriend was a rock throughout, he let me shout at him, ignore him, basically treat him horrendously and still give me a cuddle.


6 years on, I still have those same guilty feelings. It was a horrible time in my life and I have so many regrets. Although I was young and cant believe I was considering a termination.

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