I had two early first trimester miscarriages of babies I loved so much and prayed so hard would live. The D&Cs they did to "vacate the womb" of residual pregnancy tissue was so shockingly painful, both physically and emotionally.
On the second one, the little one was demonstrably dead at about 8 weeks, and yet the D&C was so difficult, I felt almost that the baby was clinging to my insides, and the doc was having to break his "hold" on me and dig him out.
Impossible, I know, but that's how it felt.
To do that to living, healthy babies with the knowledge that you are executing them: I can't imagine how anyone could bear it at all.
Ditto. Mine were at 11 weeks. And I cried for a long time. I don’t understand how women can handle an abortion. When you find you are pregnant, you start making life plans.....how will we pay for college for this little one, etc. The void is emotionally devastating. I guess too many women have no conscience.