So I'm starting accutane and they make sure you're fully aware of the highly likely life changing birth deformations a baby can be born with if you get pregnant at any point on accutane even a month after you've stopped. I'm on the IUD and they also require a second form of birth control (condoms) but I think my biggest anxiety is the one in a million chance that I get pregnant with both. I'm pro choice and all but I've always been very sure I'd never be able to go through with it myself, but this medication has made me think through my "I'll never do it" attitude. If it were autism or down syndrome or something of the sort, I wouldn't even contemplate abortion since that's a manageable disability that doesn't heavily impact quality of life (they can still grow up happy and healthy). But with the deformations caused by accutane, quality of life is dramatically impacted and I would never wish it upon anyone and wouldn't want to bring a child into the world knowing they'd be at such an incredible disadvantage in life. I guess I'm looking for some reassurance that I'm not a bad person for even considering it on the off chance I were to get pregnant on accutane? 😅