Jun 17 Jun 17 "We were financially struggling with one child and we wanted to give our daughter the best life possible." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, Colorado “During the scan I saw two pods in there and my heart dropped. I just knew it was twins before she told us. The sonographer was so excited and congratulated us. I broke down in tears and thought to myself, “Now I can’t abort this pregnancy, there’s two”. I was so overwhelmed and constantly thought of having an abortion. So I talked to my therapist a lot and I came to the decision.” Read more.
Jul 26 Jul 26 "Toward the end of the visit she drops a bomb: 'You're having bad nausea so early because it's twins.'" Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins “I was and still am in shock. Twins don't run in my family. Why is she telling me this??? I have now been thinking about this detail for the past 2 days. Crying. Feeling so angry. Am I wrong for feeling it was cruel for her to tell me details about the pregnancy? I feel so torn. Maybe that was what she wanted..” Read more.
Sep 1 Sep 1 "We were a newly married couple with the entire world going against us." Sharing Truth One Abortion, Twins, Texas, Later Abortion “Sadly our pregnancy happened at the same time when the pandemic was taking over the world. I vividly remember asking my husband if we should keep it? It was the first time I referred to our pregnancy as an IT, but we both realized that our lives took priority. We finally got an ultrasound completed and we found out that we had twins. That was the end of it for us.” Read more.
May 4 May 4 "I cried and I cried because how could we manage two if we knew we couldn’t possibly manage one?" Sharing Truth Two Abortions, Twins, Location Unknown “My 2nd abortion was 5 years later. My boyfriend was just about to leave for a trip of a lifetime to Mongolia and I had just started a new job with great prospects. We had no money, we were renting with one of his friends and had huge debts. Even without all that, we still didn’t feel ready to be parents. I went to the clinic and cried the whole time. What’s more, the nurse who did the scan told me I had multiple sacs, meaning there was more than one fetus. I was floored.” Read more.
