i’m 18 years old and i took the abortion pill. early on weeks with the pregnancy i knew i was pregnant. i’m very in tune with my body.

first sign i knew i was pregnant i took a pre-work out drink (jack3d) i had been taking for years and it made me sick. i thought that was very strange since i had taken it for so long. i noticed this after about 3 times i took it. next i was sleepy and nauseous all the time. i took 4 test in total. two different brands to make sure. positive on every one. i told my boyfriend, he freaked out. i was a little more calm because i knew for about a week at this point. conclusion we both agreed on this. i was thinking abortion the whole time, but if he wanted to keep it i would. but it didn’t come to that.

i made an appointment with planned parenthood. they were all booked up for two weeks. i didn’t want to wait that long. i looked around and found another place that could do it in two days after i called. the day of the appointment was at noon i tried to sleep in because i stayed up the night before thinking about it and if i slept in i could just go and get it over with.

i arrive at the clinic. i was scared to go in because a young guy was standing outside and i was embarrassed. i eventually go in and there’s 3 girls in a large waiting room around my age. i go and fill out a packet of papers and wait. i probably waited ten mins and they called my name. i went in the back and a lady asked me a bunch of questions then i paid her cash ($525). after that i went into another waiting room in the back. when they called my name once more. i had blood work done to make sure i had good blood levels. i return to the waiting room once more and quickly me and the only other girl in the second waiting room went into two separate rooms. i had a vaginal ultrasound. the fetus was 5 weeks old no heart beat ( if it did i don’t think i would have gone through with it) after that i took a pill to stop the growth. they gave me directions and four other pills to take exactly 24-48 hours later. i left felt normal the rest of the day.

i woke up the next morning (thankfully i had the day off) i was waiting for it to be 1:20pm. finally it comes i put the four pills in my mouth two on each cheek and continue to clean with them in for 30mins. after the 30 mins i swallow and swish the remaining down. i was expecting really bad cramping quick, but no. 1,2,3 hours went by nothing but by the fourth hour i began to bleed as if i had a heavy period. i had barely any cramping. nothing to noticeable. that whole day was actually easy. i had friends over that night. i was overall normal the whole day. (probably because of the pain pills *tylenol 3*) the next day still bleeding like a normal period. this day also i felt very guilty for some reason. i know i had made the right decision because i didn’t want to have a child and be struggling my whole life or get help from family. i just felt like what if this was going to be the next president of a great person and i ruined that. i felt selfish and maybe i am. but i do want to have a child when i can give them a good life. this is a very sensitive subject for me.

over all i felt like this was very easy but you have to be a strong person mentally to do this. i would never do this again although it was easy, i just feel very guilty and bad. i am going to make better decisions and am excited to have an amazing healthy child in the future