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I was feeling terribly nauseous so I got a pregnancy test. It came out positive. There was no way I was financially ready to have a baby so I went to a center to terminate.
While doing the ultra sound for confirmation I had a strong feeling I had twins in me. And I did.
I cried so much because I always felt I was supposed to be a mother of twins, but the father I barely knew didn’t and I knew it was going to be a toxic lifetime financially and mentally for all of us.
I grew up in a toxic household and I didn’t want that for them.
I left the center crying and I gave myself 2 weeks to really think it through and I did. I went back to the center after the 2 weeks still uncertain and ready to walk out.
And coincidentally there was an older lady in the waiting room that I felt the urge to ask if she ever had an abortion and she said she did. She said that she aborted twins and that years after luckily she had another pair of twins with the right man & father.
I felt like it was a sign for me to hear her story and she gave me reassurance that it was going to be okay, mind you I didn’t tell her my story at all.
So shoutout to that lady who gave me hope and comfort without knowing it.
And yes there’s some days I get sad about the “illusion and the what ifs” but in all reality do what’s best for the babies and what you’re ready for, too.
Don’t let any one influence your decision especially, and don’t let anyone even judge you. It’s no one’s business.