Regretting Abortion?

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This post is for women who regret their abortions, I've had an abortion and delt with serious depression until I found a way to forgive myself and I'd like to share it with anyone in my shoes. 
I suffered extreme regret and sadness for years. 
Recently I heard a quote

"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could've been different."

To me, it means not going back in your mind and replaying the situation thinking "what if I had/hadn't done this."

This idea is something that is helping me with my healing process (that's lasted for years.) Im sharing it, hoping it may help someone else.

Abortion experience is NOT a one size fits all thing, I hope my post doesn't offend women who don't regret their abortion. We all have very different reactions to it.

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Thanks for being so brave to share your story and I hope you continue to stay positive!

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Do I feel GOD will not give me another child sometimes I want this so bad and I learned I have to forgive myself!

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I hurt about mines every day cause now me and my new partner not the child father. ..... The guy I'm with now been trying for 4 yrs and no baby 😢 so I always say to myself what if that child I aborted was my first and last child. I aborted it in 2009 and met the guy im with now in 2010 and we want a baby. We are freaks from day one so are sex life is crazy we only not wild on the first two days of my period any other day we are getting it on so we taught it will come  cause how he have sex now we don't even talk about it no more cause its been that long and nothing but, we still have crazy sex. I ask God for forgiveness but at times I still hurt from killing my child I feel like a murder😢

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I fell pregnant 3 months after the birth of my first child, myself and partner spoke about the possibility of going through with the pregnancy and everything, but sadly, after weighing everything up we couldn't financially, mentally, and physically go through with it, so decided on an abortion.

I suffer from anxiety and depression anyway, but this has made my depression worse, always thinking 'what if' the abortion is almost 4 years ago, but I still feel awful for doing it, especially since I saw the featus! (It went on the sanitary pad instead of the bowl thing they give you when you go to the toilet!) 
So that image is on my mind too :/

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It took me a really long time to to terms with mine I would say I miscarried true in a way,but I had a little girl and the man (not her father) was abusive to me & I knew in my heart I couldn't I was 22 & had a daughter at 15 who was 7 .Do I regret it some days yes and some no I knew adoption was out of the question I had tried with my daughter at 15 met 3couples.i do t believe in when your like 3-4 months but it's your choice if you are a couple weeks then do what's best for you .

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yes I regret it so badly. I have epilepsy and I am on topamax. my baby would have had a high risk of birth defects and my family was not supportive. they just kept telling me how I messed up and how very hard it would be. the father wanted nothing to do with it. he told me to get a abortion before he knew anything. The doctor said my baby would have a 50/50 chance of having Spinal issues and neurological issues. it was a rough decision but I feel like if I would have been by myself ( I was at my moms ) and read my Bible and prayed I would have not gotten a abortion. I truly felt alone. I was scared and nobody ever told me they would help me. I regret it and I cry about it everyday. I have resentment towards a lot of my family because of what happened.

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I understand what you mean and how you feel.. My bf and I got pregnant at the earliest time of our relationship and we decided to opt out of it. It's been 3 years but we ask God all the time to forgive us, even though the consequences will come in the future.. I think about it all the time, and it was so scary for me.. But you just have to deal with your decision and just take it one day at a time.

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I ttly regret :((

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