I am a 23 year old college student and I practice safe sex religiously. As we all know, accidents happen, (the condom broke) and all the sudden I'm sick as a dog and moody as ever. I have been with my boyfriend for two years now and we had decided when we got serious that we didn't want to have children ever in our lifetime. So as you can see I was stuck in a bad position. At first I felt horrible like I was killing a part of myself; my family was also very critical of my decision--in fact my sister wanted me to keep the baby and let her adopt him or her when they were born. I thought about it and I thought that I just was not ready to give birth at all and not just that but I know as well as any other woman if I were to go through with it and let my sister adopt, I never would have done it. I would fall in love with that child the second I laid eyes on it. Then I'd really be in trouble. So my boyfriend and I decided to go ahead with the abortion. I was at 7 weeks when I had it done. It was not the best experience in the world, but it could have been a whole lot worse. I had a wonderful man who supported me and took care of me the whole time. I thank God for the wonderful doctor I had and the wonderful man I have right now. I am a very lucky woman. I would hope that every woman could have the same support, love and overall kindness I received from the doctors, nurses, receptionists and my wonderful boyfriend.
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