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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve had two wanted pregnancies and had reasons to at least contemplate abortion with both. With my first I found out I carry genetic mutations that would lead to painful, slow death by age 1 (though still birth was more common). Because of an error, I found this out late and we rushed my husband’s genetic tests but didn’t know we were out of the woods (he doesn’t carry the same mutations) until 23 weeks. That was an awful few weeks waiting for the results of the testing, but an amniocentesis held risks too and I’d had trouble conceiving.

My first delivery wasn’t handled very well (nurses didn’t think I was in labor, hemorrhaging etc) which may or may not have affected my body for my second pregnancy. At 6 weeks I found out I had a prolapsed uterus which can cause sepsis. I was put on various restrictions (especially not lifting anything) to watch and wait if it resolved. In my case it did around 17 weeks. I was very grateful I could wait and see what happened at 17 weeks rather than having to make a rushed choice at 6 weeks on the chance that it wouldn’t resolve and I’d be at high risk for sepsis (along with whatever long term body implications would come from an entire pregnancy with a prolapsed uterus). [/quote]

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