i have been pregnant a total of eight times. i have three children at home, ages 17, 15 and 6. i am raising them in a loving, supportive and financially stable home. now.<\/p>\n
i had my first abortion when i was 15.<\/p>\n
my boyfriend, 19, and i did not practice the safest of sex. the pullout method is of course, terrible. when i finally had the courage to tell my mother, i was only about 10 weeks along – she made an appointment for an abortion right away. there was no questioning this decision. my mom had my oldest brother at 15 – she was surely trying to protect me from repeating her life.<\/p>\n
my second abortion was when i was 18. i was dating a crazy ex-con. i was scared to tell him i was pregnant. he was happier than i’d thought he’d be. but when he went on an abusive rampage and destroyed my car and beat up an ex-boyfriend i happened to run into at a party i learned the real make of his mettle. at this time i also found out he had a severe drug problem. i had this abortion in secret and told him i miscarried.<\/p>\n
the third time i got pregnant, i was in love. i was 20. i thought this one was right. i told my mother and she, again, insisted i was too young and strongly encouraged me to have an abortion. i did. my boyfriend was broken. he was very pro-life. i felt terrible. his ex-girlfriend had a child by him. she also did not give him any rights as father, refusing to even put his name on the birth certificate. i knew he would be a doting father but she wouldn’t let him anywhere near the child – she moved to another state and everything.<\/p>\n
less than a year later, i was pregnant again. same boyfriend. this time, i did not tell my mother until i was five months along. my son is now seventeen and an amazing human being. i can’t imagine the world without him. me and the father parted ways, but we have an amicable relationship.<\/p>\n
my next child was born three years later. i was five months pregnant when i learned her father was a convicted child abuser. i was flabbergasted. he hadn’t exhibited violence toward me or my son. i tried to make it work with this man. we had a daughter. she is now 15 – the world would be a darker place without her.<\/p>\n
after about three years with my daughter’s father, more terrible things started to come out about him. he was looking at questionable porn on the computer (lolita!). he was a philanderer – i wouldn’t have sex with him without a condom. the one time i did, i got pregnant. i had that abortion in secret as well. we separated less than amicably.<\/p>\n
for the next few years i practiced celibacy… until i was drugged at a party. i didn’t figure out i was pregnant until it was too late to abort in my state (i was 14 weeks). i was considering flying to another state but changed my mind. i carried and gave that child up for adoption. i met my current husband when i was pregnant – he stayed in the relationship and gave me moral support in my decision.<\/p>\n
five years later, happily married, we decided to remove my iud (see, eventually i learned) and my husband and i made a very planned son. he is now six, and perfect.<\/p>\n
the choices i made in my past were all integral to the success of my current self. i have zero regrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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