{"id":296297,"date":"2023-08-11T16:33:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T21:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=296297"},"modified":"2025-07-29T18:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:55:30","slug":"baby-reddit-traumatic-abortion-pill-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-reddit-traumatic-abortion-pill-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I just want my baby back’: Reddit poster shares traumatic abortion pill experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Reddit poster recently shared the story of her abortion pill experience, including two photos of her 10-week-old deceased baby, which she named \u201cBean.\u201d Her comments illuminate the trauma and anguish that many women experience after taking the abortion pill.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c20 minutes ago I had an MA [medication abortion] at home and it was the most painful thing I\u2019ve ever gone through. I\u2019m so sorry little bean,\u201d the poster, known by the handle brazen177, <\/span>wrote<\/span><\/a>. \u201cBean was moving its legs and heart was still beating when they came out in one push.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In another <\/span>comment<\/span><\/a>, the poster described the entire abortion pill process, sharing that she began to vomit and experience severe cramping a few hours after taking misoprostol (the second drug in the abortion pill regimen):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First my water broke, then another push later baby came out quite quickly along with big clots. I immediately felt relief, so I grabbed a glove and fished in the toilet and baby was in there. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

As soon as I pulled baby out, legs were moving and I could feel the heartbeat in my hand. Heartbeat slowly faded and stopped moving. Definetely [sic] the most traumatic thing either of us have been through. :(<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Photo: Reddit user brazen 177 (preborn baby 10 weeks dated by ultrasound)<\/p><\/div>\n

The poster expressed that she was not told how painful the experience would be. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I wasn\u2019t given all the info I needed going into it,\u201d she <\/span>wrote<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>adding<\/span><\/a> \u201cI was told it would feel like a period, but my experience was much worse. Definetely [sic] the most pain I\u2019ve ever felt in my whole life, and wish I was prepared for it.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

In another <\/span>comment<\/span><\/a>, she said: \u201cI literally gave birth, and nobody told me it would be like that. The contractions were so intense it was unbearable. About 15 mins before it was out I started telling my partner to call someone because I couldn\u2019t handle it anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She also stated that she was not prepared to see her baby.<\/span><\/p>\n