A is for Asparagus

Diary of my abortion

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The diary that follows is an account of my own experience of abortion...

Monday 1st May 2017

Spring is in the air...

Wednesday 3rd May 2017

Yesterday was the day I had been waiting for since Christmas...

Sunday 7th May 2017

This evening is one of the rare times when my neighbour and I...

Monday 8th May 2017 (am)

“How late?” “Five days late.” “Let’s get a pregnancy test..."

Monday 8th May 2017 (pm)

The reception desk is where we first met and the place where...

Tuesday 9th May 2017

Last night he stayed over and neither of us got much sleep...

Wednesday 10th May 2017

The Web is a wild wild world when it comes to pregnancy...

Friday 12th May 2017

Weeks of pregnancy are counted from the first day of the last period...

Sunday 14th May 2017

B is for Baked Beans. C is for Constipation...

Wednesday 17th May 2017

We all know someone who struggles with decision-making...

Saturday 20th May 2017

On this Saturday I’m on stage with my guitar, playing a gig...

Monday 22nd May 2017

“You’ve been looking gorgeous lately”...

Wednesday 24th May 2017

“Welcome to the clinic, my name is Rebecca"...

Thursday 25th May 2017

We are taking the van and ourselves to the South Coast...

Thursday 1st June 2017

We went to a little Italian restaurant last night and I ate for two...

Friday 2nd June 2017 (am)

Are you still willing to go ahead with the termination?

Friday 2nd June 2017 (pm)

I have never felt so empty...

Saturday 3rd June 2017

It’s 6:45am and I am obsessed with getting to B&Q...

Sunday 4th June 2017

Bed. Curtains drawn.

Monday 5th June 2017

72 hours to forget all about it and carry on with my life...

Tuesday 6th June 2017

My heart is racing as I am walking up the hill...

Thursday 8th June 2017

Léon, 52 cm, 3.2 kg. I am empty...

Monday 26th June 2017

Today I am thirty...

Thursday 6th July 2017

I find Paul more attractive day after day...

Tuesday 25th July 2017

3am. The pain is so sharp that I cannot stand upright...

August–September 2018

Recovery time took longer than what the doctor suggested...

Monday 13th May 2019

Two years on...