“I had a place accepted at university which I had struggled for, and carrying on with a pregnancy was completely out of my means.”
This person submitted their story after accessing abortion care at our Crawley clinic. They decided to have an abortion amidst accepting a place at university, which they had worked hard to secure.
I knew I was pregnant for a while but waited until I tested.
The day I took the pregnancy test I felt completely lost and alone. I had a place accepted at university which I had struggled for and carrying on with a pregnancy was completely out of my means.
“I was surprised they were so understanding.”
I found MSI. Firstly, I was surprised that the person on the phone was so understanding of me. Then, the nurse that I met with was so kind and even made me laugh when I truly felt like my entire life was crumbling around me.
“I cannot explain the gratitude I feel.”
I had no friends or partner with me. However, after I had spoken with everyone at MSI, and they had told me about the support I could get, I didn’t feel alone at all. It actually made me feel a bit more normal.
“I felt so understood but not pitied.”
I honestly cannot explain the gratitude I feel towards everyone that I spoke to when I was really struggling with the choice I had to make. I felt so understood but not pitied. I am just so incredibly grateful that I was able to make a choice in an environment as kind as this.
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