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 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.
