I Would Have Loved a Big Family, but We Didn't Have the Means for a Third Child — So I Got an Abortion

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When Leslie found out she was pregnant at 41, she was still breastfeeding her second child. With a husband who traveled extensively for work and no family nearby for support, she felt she did not have the financial or practical means to grow their household. Seventeen years later, Leslie has since successfully raised her small, loving family — and always remembers the choice she made. She has chosen to remain anonymous, but shares her story in her own words.

In 2002, when my son was just 10 months old, I fainted. I ended up in the emergency room, where I was told my potassium level was low and I was dehydrated. I was kept for several hours and was sent home.

So when I found out, it was devastating. My husband and I are not from this country — I came here from Turkey in 1978 and became a citizen five years later — but we had no support system here, no family. And my husband traveled a lot for work. So I was home with a 5-year-old and an infant, with my husband away for weeks at a time. It was really a struggle. And we didn’t have the funds to hire help, either.

I had to have an ultrasound first to determine how far along I was. I remembered, it hadn’t quite been a year since I’d been having the ultrasounds with my son so I was very familiar with the process. When the technician started saying, “Oh, here’s the heartbeat, here’s the head,” I just started crying. She instantly stopped.

We had the abortion at a private clinic outside of Boston. It was a quiet building, and there were no protestors. It was a very matter-of-fact thing. I remember very well I was one of the older people there. I had my son at age 40. So at that point I was 41 years old. While waiting for the abortion, everybody else was much younger than me. I was feeling very upset and very conscious of what I was losing because I had two children at home — and one was a little baby.

 

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We couldn’t afford our 4th either as I would be out of work for 6 weeks (no parental leave in 1973). My husband suggested abortion. I refused just as I refused to work in the abortion clinic at the hospital where I worked. But I still believe it is a woman’s choice! No one else!

This literally makes me sick to my stomach. How do you look your other kids in the eye and tell them you killed their little brother or sister, because of money. God, this ruined my morning!!!

please adopt.. give the gift of life to a couple who are more than ready..

Oh so you never heard of birth control

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