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Part One can be found here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

I wondered if something was wrong by the way the nurses were reacting so quickly after performing my ultrasound. Before I knew it, one nurse was standing on each side of me by my head, and a third stood at my feet. I was then instructed to place my feet in the stirrups and almost immediately, that mystery door that was locked from the inside opened, and out came a man in full surgical attire. Only the man\u2019s squinty eyes could be seen, but just barely.<\/p>\n

\"Anne<\/a>

Anne Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis is the doctor that will be performing your surgery today,\u201d informed the nurse. \u201cHe will now begin opening your cervix \u2013 you\u2019ll feel a slight pressure similar to menstrual cramps.\u201d The nurse was right as I began to feel the instrument probing around on my insides. Slightly uncomfortable at first, as I expected, and I figured this would be the worst of it – just like a Pap smear.<\/p>\n

Suddenly I was startled by the sound of a machine that seemed as loud as a vacuum cleaner, or worse, a muffled chainsaw. A nurse held down one of my arms. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, dear…it\u2019s just the suction and will take but just minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I couldn\u2019t think over the sound of the machine coupled with the increasing pain. I began to moan loudly and tried to yell, \u201cStop! No!\u201d but I was too weak. The room didn\u2019t look right, the voices grew distant, and I began to sweat and felt cold.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey guys, wait!\u201d yelled one of the nurses, \u201cthe back of this girl\u2019s neck is soaking wet!\u201d I couldn\u2019t make out what was going on, and had lost my ability to speak. I have a faint memory of a nurse coming by with something terribly strong smelling under my nose. \u201cShe\u2019s okay…just help her up and get her into recovery\u201d snapped another nurse.<\/p>\n

I was assisted and climbed into a wheelchair while writhing in pain – feeling like sharp claws that had just ripped away raw flesh. \u201cWhat just happened?\u201d is all I could think.<\/p>\n

I was wheeled to a larger room where I noted rows of bulky lounge chairs \u2013 about 10 to 15 of them. More astonishing was the row of women sitting slumped over and out of it, like something you\u2019d see in a nursing home. There was a deafening feeling in the air. Some women were crying, some sleeping, some ready to go home, and one woman they had concerns with. I began to sob and sob and sob. \u201cWhat have I done…what just happened?\u201d is all I could ask myself.<\/p>\n

As I adjusted myself in the chair, I was given a hot pad to place on my abdomen. I continued crying, and was handed a box of tissues. Before I left, I was given a shot for contraception as well as a lunch-sized brown paper bag. I opened the bag to find a few thick menstrual pads and an array of small, flat colorful packages that I realized were condoms. It felt degrading, humiliating, and insulting – like I was a shameful \u201cbad girl.\u201d I wouldn\u2019t be having sex for several weeks anyway following this surgery, and condoms were the furthest thing from my mind.<\/p>\n

Time passed in the recovery area – how much time I did not know. I was hungry, in pain, and just wanted to get home. I tried to hold back the tears. When it was my time to leave, I gingerly stood up and a volunteer assisted me across the room with the goal of going through yet another mysterious doorway. When the door opened, my partner was in the car, and he was firmly instructed not to turn off the engine or get out. Another volunteer came around and opened the passenger side of the door, and we headed back to my apartment. I don\u2019t remember the drive other than feeling drained – I\u2019d literally just gotten the life sucked right out of me.<\/p>\n

My sobs continued for several days. I felt better, then worse. There were times I screamed, yelled, beat the couch, but nothing could erase what went on behind closed doors that day. Eventually, I stuffed it away and decided to \u201cget on with it.\u201d Just six months after having the abortion, I became pregnant again while on Depo-Provera. The partner I had the abortion with? Well, he was now my fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

To be continued\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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