Jun 27 Jun 27 "When I found out I was pregnant in 2019, something felt off and wrong." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United Kingdom “At 6 weeks the clinic said they think there was 2 sacs but maybe 1 wasn't viable. This broke my heart and I figured something was wrong with the pregnancy. I scheduled the termination and at 8 weeks+ I went back. They did another scan and they were both there. I broke down. The ladies in the clinic said they wouldn't do it as I wasn't sure, but I wiped my tears and said no just do it otherwise I won't get this opportunity again.” Read more.
Mar 20 Mar 20 "It was a really tough decision for me, but one that was for the best." Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Twins, United Kingdom “I have no pains anymore. My nausea is completely gone and my appetite has returned. I haven’t felt this good and back to normal for almost a month, so it’s like my whole body just took this huge sigh of relief and now I can just relax and recover. All in all it was a pretty positive experience under the circumstances.” Read more.
Oct 12 Oct 12 "The main reason why I chose to go ahead with the termination was I was starting my nursing training." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United Kingdom “When it comes to sex, usually I make sure there can't be any slip ups. But that one time I don't use another method of contraception with my pill, I get caught. I have gastro oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) so when my symptoms of morning sickness started I thought I was just having one of my GORD episodes. Never did I think I was pregnant.” Read more.
Sep 16 Sep 16 "How could I cope with two if I couldn’t mentally or financially cope with one?" Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United Kingdom “I was on contraception and we were just about financially managing to send our son to nursery and get the bills paid. He was 10 months and an awful sleeper. I love him but he’s hard work! There’s not much help for parents with under 5s in the UK. If I gave up work, we wouldn’t get the bills paid or food on the table. I want the best life for my child..” Read more.
Aug 21 Aug 21 "I remain sure that I’m not the first woman who’s taken this decision and won’t be the last." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, Later Abortion, Second Trimester, United Kingdom “For the next 24 hours I was ecstatic, then it began to hit me what a struggle it’d be to care for twins and that all the things I had planned to do with my one baby would be difficult if not impossible with two. Over the space of a few days I began to feel very stressed and worried about the pregnancy, birth and raising twins. I felt as if all the joy of pregnancy had been sucked out of me and that there was no light at the end of the tunnel as I didn’t feel capable of raising two babies.” Read more.
Aug 17 Aug 17 "I realized that I couldn't give these babies the basics, never mind what they would deserve." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United Kingdom “I had no money to furnish a flat or pay the bills/rent. I thought about when they were older, if I worked, the cost of childcare for two would be horrendous. I thought about how my body would cope. I would be a high-risk pregnancy, I could end up having major problems with my kidneys because of the strain and the fact that I already show signs of protein in my urine. I asked my father for help, but all he could offer was to have a chat. I realized I had to accept that what I was doing was the right thing.” Read more.
Aug 14 Aug 14 "I knew having two babies was not a good idea. How would we cope when we were still stupid kids ourselves?" Sharing Truth Three Abortions, Twins, United Kingdom “We went for our scan and I was told I was early enough for a medical abortion. However, we also found out I was pregnant with twins. After our scan we left confused and scared. Twins!? The thought excited us but scared us equally. It made our decision much harder. After long discussions we decided to go ahead with the abortion and it was one of the most painful of them all. I still have a scan picture of them both to remember.” Read more.
Aug 3 Aug 3 "I couldn’t even fathom having one let alone two." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United Kingdom “She then proceeded to tell me that there were two embryos — twins. I could not believe it. She asked if I needed extra time to think about it. I told her I would proceed. I don’t know what it is about it, but as soon as I knew it was twins I felt more emotional, I think it’s the word twins, because before it wasn’t real to me.” Read more.
Jul 31 Jul 31 "We really only wanted one more and just couldn’t handle two more." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United Kingdom “Twins in this area are hospital birth only and usually c-section. I also don’t have easy pregnancies and knew to carry twins would be very hard on my body. I tried to make peace with the idea of twins but it just never sat right. My husband told me that he was supportive of whatever I wanted to do. I honestly thought I would never be someone who got an abortion. I waited until the last possible day to do it, hoping one would pass away naturally.” Read more.
Jul 15 Jul 15 "Twins would have meant I would have five children — four children under the age of three." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, United Kingdom “They wouldn't have had a very good mum. They wouldn't have had what I would want for my children. My mental health would have deteriorated, and I think I would have ended up, either on long term antidepressants, or I would have ended up in psychiatric hospital,.” Read more.
