my abortion is scheduled for next week. i am so scared, this is not what i want, but i no this is what is right for me and my family, i just wish there was an easy way around this. has anyone went through a 2nd trimester abortion??

Oh god please don't go through with this! You said it is right for you AND your family?? How can it be right for your family when the baby (not fetus, baby) you are about to kill is your FAMILY! I am sorry, I was faced with the EXACT SAME SITUTATION. I am fifteen and I found out I was pregnant when I was five months and two days. I had a week to decide abortion. The abortion was a three day long process, the put a different sized tube thing into you (to maunally dialate you) each day (very painful) and on the third day they cut the baby out piece by piece. My mom said when she looked at the Ultra Sound ( I couldn't look) the baby was sucking his thumb. That means he was feeling pleasure. If your child can feel pleasure he can also feel pain. Do not do this. I said no, I chose to keep him and now my son is four days late and I went and got a 3D ultrasound awhile ago and it was so unbelievable, it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. How come you think abortion is the only way? if you simply CANNOT take care of this baby and a life with you is not what you need than AT LEAST put him up for adoption. You've done the research on abortion now do the research on adoption, call an adoption agency and talk to them. Give your child a chance, it is too late now to turn back anyways, you baby feels. He feels. Pain and pleasure........Please, please, please don't do it! He is your family, he is your child!! Right now you have a little person inside you, not an unrecognizable shape, you have a baby with little fingers, legs, arms, a head, ears, nose...everything. This baby is alive and no longer looks like an alien but a baby. I am here to offer support to you if you need it, I am only fifteen and I am scared too, but I am doing what is right for my child, whether or not you choose to keep him life is the right choice, not death. If you were 2-5 weeks along I would still say not to abortion, I stil think it's wrong but this is so much different, this is a child now, a living child. This is not the beginning of one, this is one. It's too late for that, just because they do the procedure does not mean it is right or humane or not painful, it is painful for you AND the baby. Walk away from this, please. I know it's hard, I know it's scary I did the SAME thing as you. I was so afraid, I cried so much and sometimes it was just too much and I would scream \"I DON'T WANT THIS BABY\" I was so SO afraid but you know what? It's all worth it. Please do the right thing. I am here for you every step of the way if you choose to keep him, I can help you through all the stuff you are feeling because I have been there...but it gets better. Believe me, it gets better. Please reply after you think about it, do some more research hun, please don't do this...
Lots and lots of love,
Anna

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well i found out i was pregnant last week.. i'm about 6 weeks and i'm going in for my first ultrasound in 3 days. i am so scared. after i find out when and how far along i am i am going to be sceduled for an abortion. this is my first pregnancy. when my boifriend found out he left me and went back to his ex. it was then i realized he wasn't ready to be a parent. in my heart i want to have this baby but i know i can't do this on my own. so i can realate to how you feel about being afraid to get the abortion. i am still unsure if i am going to get it done i guess i will see after my ultrasound. and if m doctor believes me when i say it is what i want. i don't want to get it done and the only doctor in town will not do it if she thinks i don't want to do it. like i said i will know after my ultrasound! i am so nervous as to how i will feel

Honey, what are you doing?
How can this be right for you and your family? If they are pressuring you into abortion, it is wrong so wrong!
Oh just have a breath, and think about the consequences. Think about what it is you are actually goign to do.
In or out of the womb, babies are playful creatures. Yours may already have discovered his first toy -- the umbilical cord -- which he'll enjoy pulling and grabbing. Sometimes he may even clutch it so tight that less oxygen gets through, but don't worry -- he doesn't hold onto it long enough to harm himself. The circulatory system and urinary tract are in full working order, and he's inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid through his lungs. ' that was just a quick thing i found on a pregnancy site. Just google 2nd trimester+pregnancy and see what you get! Your baby is PLAYING with its umbilical cord. Ummm...how could you possibly kill it now?
Honey, please think about what you're doing. If you ever need any help or support, I am here, you can write to me anytime, but please think about what you're planning to do, planning to kill your own baby. Will you ever be able to sleep after it?
I know women who have had those abortions: and they are 50 now, and it's finally hit them hard, and they can't sleep at night, they feel so guilty, they go to church so often now because they can barely stand what they did, and one of them couldn't have children after having one.
As for at 6 weeks, the baby's heart is beating. It's alive. Please think twice about this.
Most women who have an abortion regret it. Most women who carry on with their pregnancies never regret it. Think about that.

Hi, i read your post. I think you left a message on my profile in July saying that you had read elsewhere that i did not regret my abortion. I dont think i can say that is true anymore. I thought it was right for me, and my family like you think, but its not true. I was 14 scared and completely alone. I did not want a baby by those circumstances in which it was concieved. I have been through both abortion and pregnancy+ birth, and pregnancy+ birth is so much better. Its an experience you will never forget in a good way, unlike abortion. I was so distressed after the birth of my daughter that i even investigated adoption. After 2 months of counselling i decided that this was not for me but please remember it is an option. There is alot of support out in the community if you want to parent you child. If you give your baby up for adoption you can arrange it so you can recieve updates on how they are going, or even see them. You would know. If you had an abortion you would constantly think what if. I know i do. I aborted at two months and i wonder it constantly. That baby would have been six years old now. I will never know if it was a girl or a boy, what colour eyes it would have had, what colour hair it would have had. Please rethink this. If you do not want to, dont. I put this on your profile also.