‘I often think about her unborn brother or sister’

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Now that Vicki is a mother, she often thinks about her daughter’s unborn brother or sister, with a lot of guilt.

Vicki (23): “I was nineteen, a second-year student of a health care education, just dating Chris and pregnant. I didn’t know which way our relationship would go and I was in my exam period.

Abortion

I didn’t want to be a single mother per se, but I didn’t think this early love was the basis for a baby either. Abortion seemed the only option. So I lightly informed Chris that I didn’t want to keep it and went to a clinic with my mother. After the legal waiting period, which I used more to study than to really think, I had an abortion.

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sorry

After this I thought ‘just’ to move on with my life. That went a bit differently. Chris and I stayed as a couple, got married two years later and had a daughter. Our Lot is now one and a half and I often think of her unborn brother or sister. I regret not having looked more seriously at alternatives. I also feel guilty towards Chris. I put him on the spot, didn’t give him the chance to think about a solution. This child should never have been taken away.”

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