I am 28 years old, married, and while my husband and I both work in education and don’t make a ton of money, we could easily support a child. However, when we discovered I was pregnant last October, there was never any question about having an abortion. We don’t want children right now and it’s possible we may never want children. We both love children--my husband is a very passionate and dedicated elementary school teacher and I am the oldest of nine siblings who I all love very much and helped raise. However, I am just not that interested in children of my own. My husband and I love our life the way it is. We have a very active social life and travel a lot and like having disposable income to spend on the occasional frivolous purchase. We have a wonderful marriage and feel like we don’t need anyone else to be a “family.” There was really nothing remarkable about my abortion, but I wanted to share my story because I’ve read several stories on the site of women who experienced pain and extreme discomfort with medical abortion and mine was less painful than my regular menstrual cramps. I took two days off work: one to go the PP clinic in Winston-Salem, NC, where the staff and doctors were wonderful—funny and smart and very professional—I recommend this clinic to anyone in the area; and another day off to “recover,” but I ended up feeling guilty about taking the second day, because I didn’t feel bad at all. The clinic advised me to stay off my feet for several hours after I inserted the second round of pills, so I just lounged around on the couch and watched a couple of movies. I bled quite a bit, but it barely even hurt. And, I am certainly not sorry.
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