'When I found myself pregnant at 27, the decision had already been made almost two decades before,' says writer Amanda Chatel.
I knew from a young age I did not want to have children. Even before I got my first period, I knew that becoming a mother wasn’t for me. I may have still been a child myself, but the thought of being bogged down with something you can’t shake until they’re at least 18 didn’t sit well with me. I’d look at my parents—both supportive, loving, and affectionate—and watch how they constantly put my sister and me before themselves.
When I found myself pregnant at 27, the decision had already been made almost two decades before. I didn’t need to think about it, I didn’t have to weigh the pros and cons, nor did I have to struggle with making a choice. Without skipping a beat, I made an appointment to get an abortion, and to this day, I regard it as one of the best decisions of my life.At my follow-up visit, I inquired about getting my tubes tied.
The nurse practitioner immediately told me no, explaining that I was too young and, as I would hear dozens of times throughout my life, “you may change your mind.” She explained that no “respectable”—an adjective that still echoes in my ears—doctor would perform the procedure on me. But if I were 27 and already had kids, it would be a different story.—the cramping and bleeding—of the abortion, and having only limited knowledge about tubal ligation, I shifted my eyes upward toward the ceiling.
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