"I Want to Have My Child with Me"

Tears of Regret and Longing

How do women feel after an abortion? In the 'Abortion Stories' section, we have gathered authentic accounts from women who have been affected. One such example is this forum post from www.gutefrage.net with the headline "Abortion, I Can't Cope with it:"

"Hello. I had an abortion about three years ago when I was 16, and for the past year, everything has been resurfacing. I cry often and ask myself, what have I done to MY child? I can't cope with these feelings. Back then, I only thought: What can I offer my child? I had no education, no job, was still in school, and didn’t have my own place. Everyone in my family told me it would be better to have an abortion since I couldn’t provide anything for my child.
Yes, and after the abortion, of course, I cried—no little life growing inside me, no tiny being I carried beneath my heart.
At first, I pushed it all away, but now, whenever I see a baby, it all comes flooding back, and I can’t stop crying. I don’t know what to do anymore. If I were to go to my family now and tell them I can't cope, they would think I'm crazy because it has already been three years. Right now, I’m crying again because I miss my child. I want to have my child with me, hold them, and tell them how much I love them. More than anything, I wish I could turn back time. But it's not that easy.
I've been suffering for a year now, and since then, I’ve mostly been alone, isolating myself because I miss my child so much. What can I do? Does anyone have any advice on how I can process this better?"
 

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