December 10, 2017
Cheche, 26, Contractual Employee
Davao del Norte, Philippines

Oct 24, 2017-1st day of my last menstruation
nov. 3 & 11-sexual intercourse
nov 24-expected date of my menstruation ngspotting aq so i thought yun na ang 1st day of my menstruation so ayon ngsuot na aq ng sanitary napkin ko..pgkagising q, ngtaka aq bat nhinto xa..kinabahan na aq kasi may npapansin na aqng kakaiba sa katawan, some changes..
nov. 25 evening i bought 1 pc pregnancy test, sinubukan q agad pg dating ko sa bahay..nanghina at kinabahan na lalo ako kc 2 lines, 1st line was dark and the other 1 faint..i told my bf about it pru ndi xa naniwala..hindi na aq nkatulog,so ngsearch nlang aq sa internet kng ano-ano ang pwede gwain o paraan para hindi matuloy ang pgbubuntis,ngsearch rin ako kng ano ang mga herbal medicines na pwedeng mbili at inumin, nita ko ung isang blog ng isang babae at nasabi nya sa blog na yun about project486 and the email add also.. so it was monday nov 27, inutusan koyung bf ko na mgbili ng pregnancy test at un pa rin ang result 2 lines..i emailed the project486.ca@gmail.com, ngtanong ako kung buntis ba tlaga, etc.minutes later ngreply na sir Alex na pregnant raw ako and he referred me to sir John and itxt ko raw muna si sir John..so, ginawa ko yun..minutes later sir John replied to me and he said that i will call him 30mins after and so i called him..i told him everything..i told him also that i have a congenital heart deffect since birth and i don’t yo get pregnant because of my situation..so he helped me and explained to me everything about the procedures and the costing of the meds..i told my bf about it and he said na “baka scam lang yan ha”, let’s try first the herbal..it was november 29 we went to nanay the manghihilot, ang sakit pgkahilot i thought ok na after mhilot, ng expect ako na magiging ok na pru wla pa rin..december 1, bumalik kmi sa kay nanay pru wla pa rin talaga, nsabi ko nlang na malakas talaga yung kapit ng bata pru tlagang nkadecide na tlaga ako na ipalaglag na tlaga ang bata kasi kawawa naman kng ipagpatuloy ko at pglabas eh baka mgkadeperensya ang bata mas kawawa pa ganun..december 3, tinext ko si sir John, i really asked him if legit ba talaga ang project 486 at hindi scam kasi  sayang nmn kng mascam lang kami but sir John gave me an assurance that they are legit and they helped women na kagaya ng situation ko.. it was december 5 that me and my bf decided to buy the meds

december 5 rin ng hapon npaship na ang meds..ang bilis..
december 7, i received the meds

december 8-1st day low folate diet ako it was not so hard for me kasi alam ng family na ngdiet nko..so in the morning oatmeal lng kinain ko, sa lunch nmn apple lng at in the evening fasting na ako,no food and no water..11:59pm i swallow mifepristone with 1 cup of water and then go to sleep..sir john told me that i should wear my napkin in case mgspotting, so i followed the instruction of sir John..december 9, morning..i expected na mgspotting na ako pru wala pa rin..i asked sir John bat ganun and sir John told me na there are some women na hindi mgspotting ater taking mife and i should relaxed myself and not to stress myself..ang hirap ng masarap yung mga ulam nami pru okay lng nairaos ko nmn..december 10, 3rd day, the miso day..8am pumasok na kami sa inn and inserted to 2 miso in my V..nakakangalay kasi nkabikaka ka for 8hrs..9:30am ngstart ng magsakit yung puson ko, kinaya ko ung sakit, sabi ni sir John if i can’t handle the pain i should take ibuprofen and a water..kinaya ko talaga yung sakit, hindi aq uminom ng ibuprofen..12noon buccal miso 2 tablets na nmn..2pm nrararamdaman ko na may lumalabas na na tubig sa diaper..3pm, ngstart na aqng mgbleeding..sabi ko sa sarili q finally, dumugo na rin..3:50pm, nfeel ko na ang sakit na ng tyan at balakang ko and i wanna poop, i go to the cr and them boom, lumabas rn pru hindi pa ako sure kng yung na ba talaga, ntagalan rin sila sir John and sir Alex sa pg indentify if yun na ba ang POC, sinuguro mula nla bago nla sabihin sa akin that i am officially NOT PREGNANT and it was a success abortion..finally, sir John confirmed that it was a success abortion..yahoo!hindi ako ngsisi sa decision ko na ipalaglag yung bata kasi hindi pa ako ready at hindi pa right time..mas mgsisisi ako kung ipinagpayuloy ko yung pgbubuntis at pglabas ay may baka may defects..

i thanked all the teams of projects486 especially to sir John and sir Alex..a millions thanks to all of you..u just save another woman who is not yet ready for this kind of situation..let’s be brave enough to fight and be resourceful in many ways..if there’s a will, there’s a way..

to sir John, sorry sir if medyo makulit ako minsan..thank you ng marami sir..

Cheche, 26, Davao del Norte

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A Patient’s Reflection on her Medical Abortion (pills used: Mifepristone and Misoprostol / Cytotec) in the Philippines (entry #50)