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thenewgreen  ·  3844 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's talk about two things they say never to talk about:

    I just do get irritated at people who insist that having had an abortion, or choosing to go through with a pregnancy, Changes One For Life
Whether you choose to recognize it or not, it DOES change you for life. It's a HUGE choice you make.

There are few moments in your life when you are standing at the brink of a decision with this much potential for change.

Having an abortion presumably secures the status quo of your life. Nothing really changes, though some would argue that it does. But to say that you are irritated by those that suggest that going through with a pregnancy Changes One For Life shows a huge lack of awareness by just how much being a parent, or even a deliveree of a baby means. It's an enormous thing... and I don't just mean the responsibility. It's HUGE... and it comes out of your vagina. That in and of itself will actually change many women for life.

Having a child will change you. It will. It will change you in ways you couldn't even imagine. I'll stop now, because trying to describe the love you feel for your child to someone that hasn't had one is like trying to describe color to a blind person.

edit: I feel the need to let you know that I love you and think the world of you and that I've had a bottle of wine.