3 months after abortion she wants kids

Australia
March 14, 2008 9:12pm CST
This was in the newspaper. This lady is asking for advice in one of those "ask the doctor" things. She had an abortion because she wasnt ready to have kids. Then 3 months after the abortion she decided that she is ready and wants to know how long will it take. For Gods sake its 3 months in those 3 months the baby would not have even be born. How can 3 months make that much of a difference. I am not against abortion but this makes me angry. And its not so much about the abortion it self but to say that 3 months makes huge difference. Fair enough if she said I realised I made a mistake or something but to use "I wasnt ready now I am" as an excuse.
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24 responses
• United States
15 Mar 08
I think she may be trying to deal with the guilt this way. Abortion is wrong, it's killing your child, and those who have abortions deal with the guild when they realize what they actually did. My guess is she probably is there now, feeling very guilty, realizing what she actually did, and now to deal with those feelings, she wants to have a child to replace the one she aborted. Now, I don't believe every woman who has an abortion is a cold blooded murderer or anything. With so many people saying it's OK and a good option if you aren't ready to parent, or don't think you are, in a time of stress, many women won't be able to sort through what they have been told and what is actually true. However, there are always consequences when you do something wrong, even if you did not realize at the time what you were really doing. I think that is what is happening to this woman. She thinks, perhaps subconsciously, that having a child or children will relieve the pain of her guilt. I would rather she see a post abortion trauma counselor. She might not know or realize that is what is actually happening to her, but I think if she had a conversation with someone who is trained in helping women who have had abortions, she would be able to understand and come to terms with it, and forgive herself.
• Australia
16 Mar 08
Yes I belive that she is not coping with the situation well and before she does anything she should ask for profesional help.
• Singapore
15 Mar 08
thats weird, isnt it painful after a abortion? and isnt the reason she wants to have abortion is because she doesnt want kids?
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
I would not have a clue if its painful or not but if its 1/3 as painful as child birth than I would say its very painful.
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@Galena (9110)
15 Mar 08
that's sad. I suppose the desire to have a baby all of a sudden may have been through guilt. but to me it just says she wasn't really sure one way or the other. it's a great shame. I'm 100% pro-choice, even for people that just don't want to have a baby, but this is still really sad. it sounds like she didn't think it through properly and now thinks that her first baby is so easily replaceable.
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@Galena (9110)
15 Mar 08
really? interesting. I'm from a valley where there is a rich history of tin mining. Galena is a type of mineral that you find a lot in these sort of areas. :D
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• Australia
16 Mar 08
it goes to show you the interesting part of the diversity in languages and people
• Australia
15 Mar 08
but even if its guilt than she is still not ready. I can go buy my son an x-box out of guilt for something but that dosnt mean I can afford it. (by the way I love your nick in my language it means spoiled girl or a girl that is loved and adored by someone)
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
15 Mar 08
Its pretty lame. Even if she "made a mistake"...well that is a huge mistake! Did she get advised to wait longer and see if she still wants to get pregnant again....much longer. Abortion and pregnancy should be well thought out decisions and neither should be entered into without being absolutely certain of what they are doing.
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• Australia
16 Mar 08
I am not sure how the counseling works in such cases but I belived they are told to call a special line or if they insist they are given counseling I dont think every women gets it which I think they should.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
16 Mar 08
Youo are so right I think the woman needs to get some counseling before she makes any more decisions and they should not be entered into without knowing exactly what she is doing.
• United States
15 Mar 08
Well,i feel like abortion should be a choice only if the womans life is in danger,but i cannot get pregnant and it sickens me that women who can get pregnant want to kill their baby when women like me could adopt them!but i guess some women take being able to have children for granted.
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
I have 1 boy and want more kids so far no luck I consider my self lucky to have a child as it is trully a blessing I am glad I had him but I was given the option to abort him by my GP. When I saw my other doctor I told him I am keeping my baby but the timing was bad as my at the time fiance was overseas ant the weding was set for march which was also when I was suposed to have my baby (he was forced co come out finaly early april). He told me"you are lucky because I see so many people every day that wait for years and never be in the position you are right now expecting a baby" after that I never regreted having my son or cared about timing.
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15 Mar 08
This woman is still not ready to be a mother. She changed her mind on a whim. Motherhood is not a spur of the moment decision, but a definate life change. I predict that this woman will be a poor excuse for a mother, because she hasn't thought this thing through, and the child will end up paying for it.
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
that is what I am thinking as well that she is still not ready whatever she thinks I belive she shoul seek profesion help.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
15 Mar 08
well that sure is something not right. i think i would have slapped this girl if she was my sister. i am against abortion. and i think she is just not in the right mind.. i agree with you that it would have been better that she reasoned she made a mistake, admit it and be humble.... 3 months, a short time for a realization that she is alreay ready.. i wonder what could be the reason that changed her mind and now wants a baby... some people just do things, decide and then regret them later on.. this is because of being so impulsive.
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
I would not even open a discusion if she wrote something like: I realised I made a mistake, or timing was not right but to say now I am ready that is totaly crazy talk.
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@quatelmon (955)
• United States
20 Mar 08
Abortion is a traumatic experience, just like a miscarriage. Some people refer to this as "replacement baby feelings." Most likely, she still isn't ready, but her feelings and hormones are telling her that she is ready. I have no idea why they'd publish a story like this in the paper, though. That really isn't "news" to me. That's someones private life...go figure. I will never understand people.
• United States
21 Mar 08
Ahh...okay then. That makes a lot more sense. Most of those types of things just try to pick the questions that come to them that will shock people or that will address a large group of people (such as heart disease) Thanks for the clarification!!!
• Australia
20 Mar 08
It wasnt in the news it was one of those "ask the doctor" things that is in most news papers I am sure that the answer she got she could have asked any doctor expecially her doctor as he/she would know all about her but she chose to do it that way.
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• United States
15 Mar 08
I'm going to say that it's probably her hormones talking. A lot of times when you get pregnant and it doesn't end in a baby, either by miscarriage or abortion, your maternal hormones surge anyway and since there's no baby, they kinda freak out. These tends to lead to the "baby fever" mode that women get into where, even if they really aren't ready for a baby, they validate everything to make themselves believe they are. This is more common in women 19 and younger, but I don't doubt there are a few loons who are older and should know better. Another possibility is that she was coerced and didn't really want the abortion, but didn't care/think enough to go against it and now she's either feeling bad, or feeling the maternal pangs. Either way, I do think it defeats the purpose and sounds really stupid.
• United States
16 Mar 08
Well, that's your opinion.
• Australia
15 Mar 08
You have good point here my dear but we cant tell much from the few lines she wrote but they way it was writen sounds stupid. This is not a car or a pair of shoes its another human we are talking about. And it took me longer to decide to buy a car than her change of mind about kids.
@uath13 (8192)
• United States
15 Mar 08
What is she 12? How retarded can you get?
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
Well she is married and to be married legaly you have to be over 18 so no she is not 12 :) But maturity is another thing right she could be 12 in that case.
• United States
15 Mar 08
Three months couldn't make a difference. She either wants kids or doesn't. What is wrong with her. Oh, I don't want this child right now. Let's get rid of it. That makes me sick to hear this. Not about the abortion either. I do believe that each women does have the right to make that decision for herself. But about the fact that three months after the abortion she decides that now she is ready to get pregnant. What is wrong with the women?
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
I am not sure how her mind works and what she is thinking but is her body even ready to have a child and what if she cant fall pregnant at once how would that affect her. What are the doctors doing nowdays dont they advice women anymore.
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@ayou82 (3450)
• Philippines
15 Mar 08
She is really crazy by having an abortion and later on she wants to have kids again and if she is not happy or comfortable she will go on with the same procedures.. that is not good.. she must be consistent on what she do.. she have to use her brain by doing such an act coz one she is committing sin already by having abortion two, she is a total idiot by wasting the baby granted to her or can even reach her and pull her out of poverty. what a waste
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
well that later on is not that long in this case it is sad when you think about it.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
15 Mar 08
This sort of thing happens a lot, I too know someone that had an abortion, 2 weeks later she was trying to get pregnant again, claiming that she had made a mistake and that she should not have done it and that she was desperate to have a baby. In my opinion it would serve her right if she could not have any more children. To be able to do things like that is wrong.
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
wow 2 week well that is crazy. ok if its for medical reasons but geeeee
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@mikezz (30)
• Singapore
15 Mar 08
it is fact that the young people canot consider what they want, so they always do things without thinking.
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• Australia
15 Mar 08
Well she is married so its not like she is 15 years old and blaming it on maturity.
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@nyumix (1658)
• Belgium
16 Mar 08
I will never understand the people who did abortion. Only when there is safety reason, probably I can still think about that whether I agree or not.
• Australia
16 Mar 08
Because I have spoken to lots of people that have had it done I can understand why people do it and that many have a valid reason and its something they dont go into without thinking. But I have heard of people that regard it as birth control method and dont take care and dont think anything of it.
@asgtswife04 (2475)
• United States
15 Mar 08
that to me is just absolutely ludicrious. why all of a sudden is she suddenly ready to have a child when three months earlier she wasn't ready and killed her child. i don't think she should have kids because if she thought she would be ready that soon after aborting her child she never should have aborted he/she in the first place. really makes me sick to my stomach and angry all at the same time. what is going on in this world today? God bless
• Australia
15 Mar 08
I cant understand that as well I dont know how can a person change that much in such a short period of time
• United States
17 Mar 08
yeah, just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. but who am i? LOL! God bless
• United States
15 Mar 08
Thats just terrible. I am pro choice. I believe in a womens right to choose. I do think we need stricter guidelines on abortion, that being able to have an abortion being six months pregnant just isn't right but thats a whole different discussion. How can a person make such a drastic change in only 3 months. She still would have been pregnant with the first one if she would not had an abortion. It's probably more remorse than anything, shes feeling somewhat guilty and thinks that this will take the guilt away. Is that even safe though, shes not even healed from the abortion yet and she's talking about getting pregnant, all i can do is shake my head.
• Australia
15 Mar 08
Well I dont know if she is healed but I tell you what 3 months after child birth I still wasnt 100% back to normal. I too belive that women should have a choice but there should defenetly be strict guidelines for that. Even the safety thing is played on this days I know a woman who wanted to have an abotrtion and so she can have one she used the fact that she was 7kg overweight as a risk and the doctor did it.
• United States
15 Mar 08
I know right where your coming from. I had a "c" section when I had my son and I know that within 3 months times I wasn't healed yet.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
16 Mar 08
How could one change in only three months on an issue as important as child bearing? I do not think thats really possible to go from having an abortion to wanting to get pregnant again. what if she again decided she made a mistake will she have another abortion? She is risking her health if she does abortions are not that easy on a woman from what I have observed I never went that route.Igot pregnant twice in less than a year and carried both babies so it can be done. I would think bearing a child is not done lightly but is a real decision and should not be made on a whim.
• Australia
16 Mar 08
I dont have personal experience with abortion but from what I know it is very traumatic experience for many. In a way I feel sorry for the woman but then again how could I when she is talking about it as if its nothing.
• China
15 Mar 08
That girl might not take any responsibilities for her child. I don't support abortion not only it is harm to her health but also she couldn't find out a good reason to excuse, not to mention only 3 months' away. I totally feel pity about her lost child. It is not his or her fault. I hope that lady will be aware of her problem and do not make such mistake anymore.
• Australia
15 Mar 08
I simply dont get it. what makes a person ready for a child when only 3 months before they are not ready if its money than how rich can normal person get in 3 months, if its work that you will have to live work even if its for few months after the child is born. Emotionaly I dont know how you can prepare your self after abortion.
• Australia
22 Mar 08
I am all for women choosing what they need to do, but to change your mind after 3 months is not fair on that aborted baby, on yourself, or other people involved. She probably still isn't ready, but is regretting the abortion she got, so thinking she is ready for children now.
• Australia
22 Mar 08
I read your answer before and I totlay agree with you. When I found out I was pregnant my fiancee (now husband) lived in Europe and I just got back to Australia. He wasnt working and I was trying to get back to work. He had to go to army for 6 months (it is compolsory over there) and the wedding was booked for March (few weeks before the due date). Anyway I choose to keep my baby work till I can to save enough money to live off while he was in the army. Went over there moved the wedding to December (none of my close family as in mother father sister) socud make it in such short notice. I had my son and 2 weeks later my husband went to army and I raised my boy on my own for 6 months. So to me when someone gives me a bull$h!t excuse is stupid.