Have you ever been relived after your abortion and then broken down over it months later?

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Has anyone ever walked out of the clinic and felt totally neutral or relieved and then fallen apart months after? I had my SA on March 15th, 2025. I was 11wks and 6days. I asked the dr to print an ultrasound just in case. I went it, I was scared, I cried while it happened, I cried in recovery for a few minutes. I go back out to the car and I felt fine, neutral, relieved. I took a peak at my ultrasound a couple weeks later, felt no negative emotions. Tonight, per usual, a certain type of video pops up on my fyp, normally it doesn’t affect me but this one made me feel like I had to go look at my ultrasound. I don’t know if I misplaced it or if I threw it out, I can’t remember. So I can’t find it, first I’m chill like ok maybe it’s tucked behind this or that, whatever. The minutes pass as I’m looking and I feel myself start to get more and more upset. I burst into tears when my partner asked me what I was doing and then started having an anxiety attack. I am so taken aback by my emotions here. I genuinely walked out of that clinic relieved. I haven’t thought about it deeply or in a negative way. I will never regret my decision but now I feel like I have to grieve.

Posted Jul 29, 2025, 6:32 AM UTC · locked

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