Abortion in Quezon City

Hello po sir. It took me few weeks to calm my thoughts and find words to
meaningfully reflect to what happened to me last month. Here is my
reflection and I gave you the whole consent to post this in your page as
long as my personal information can be kept with full confidentiality.
Thank you so much sir John and the whole team. I will surely be forever
thankful for being there in the backstage to help every woman out there
like us. I support you and I hope your legacy will continue. Maraming
Salamat po.

 

First day of last menstrual period: OCTOBER 5, 2022
Expected date of menstruation: REGULAR: NOVEMBER 12, 2022

 

Positive PT but in denial

It’s been 2 weeks after my medical abortion. My bleeding had stopped, I had
mild spotting for some times especially when I walked too long or performed
a little strenuous activity. During those days I’ve got the positive
pregnancy test results (I took 3 PT on Nov. 12 all with faint positive
lines.

I took an ultrasound two days later and no pregnancy found yet. I
again repeat doing urine PTs on Nov. 19 and all turned out to be positive),
I really can’t feel that much coz I can’t believe I can get pregnant that
easily. My boyfriend and I have just started our relationship for more than
a month and we’ve also tried the withdrawal and used condom during our
intimate moments. I’m 22 years old, currently preparing for my board
review. My boyfriend has a stable job, and I gave my consent of having sex
with him because I thought I’m ready whenever we’ll have a baby.
Unfortunately, when that day came I was too weak to fight for the baby and
he was also not courageous enough to take the responsibility, to the point
that he was also willing to submit with my demand for abortion.

 

Not prepared to start a family

The decision was decided in biased with me because I am the eldest among 4
siblings and I came from an average family. I still have lots of ambitions
in life as much as my parents have high expectations from me since I’ve
been excelling academically ever since grade school. Although my boyfriend
was the youngest among siblings and came from a capable family, he too
wasn’t prepared yet to build a family as he also does not have enough
savings. He had the intention to let my pregnancy go on but was not eager
enough to do so, making it lesser difficult for me to opt for abortion.

Genuine assistance

I found project486 while scrolling the web regarding safe abortion available
in the Philippines. They were responsive, sir john have been so patient
explaining to me all the pros and cons including answering my queries
during the consultation. The transaction was fast and they’ve been
responding to all of my texts throughout the procedure.

I started the medical abortion last Nov 22 with the mifepristone,

took another one on Nov. 23.

The most crucial part was the day 3 where I took the misoprostol that caused me
severe cramps. The pillow manuever was really hard, i was so thirsty, the
pain was 12/10 and even begging sir john if i can have another dose of
ibuprofen or drink a sip of water. Hot compress do works tho.

After the pillow manuever I stood up go to the bathroom and felt rush of
bloods, POC also was excreted as confirmed by sir John as I sent the
photos.

 

Shaken but soldiered on

I actually don’t know what to feel that time. I was trembling but I
composed myself a few minutes later since I’ve convinced myself at the
beginning that abortion is my right as a woman, it’s my body and I have the
full authority to decide what I think was right for me at that very moment.
I prayed after this, I asked God to accept the blessing I can’t take
responsibility for yet.

It’s all thanks to sir John and the whole team. They cared for me and I
hope every woman out there can have the courage to stand firmly for
themselves despite the norms of the society.

Chelsky, Quezon City