“The week of waiting was agonizing. Not because I was nervous or regretting my decision, but because I so badly wanted the whole situation to be over with. I was anxious about what to expect from the process–I was so early in my pregnancy that I was scared they wouldn’t be able to detect it or that some other unexpected thing would happen that would make me unable to get the abortion I was seeking. I spent hours researching statistics and searching for abortion stories (how I found this page, and when I decided I would contribute once I had mine). I was very open about my feelings and decision with everyone from my friends to my boss, but I struggled with telling my family. I have people in my family who struggle with fertility and desperately want children, and I couldn’t bring myself to share my plans with them. That is the only time I felt a pang of guilt or shame about my decision. …The access I was given to an abortion saved my life. Seeing the positive symbol of the pregnancy tes...