Wednesday, October 21, 2009

17 weeks

A girl at my mom's work is 17 weeks pregnant. She is going to be getting an abortion Friday. For some reason I am completely consumed by this and cannot think of anything else. I am utterly heartbroken that someone who could possibly feel their baby move and know what the sex is would want to terminate their pregnancy. I'm actually pro-choice but to a certain extent. I mean I realize people make mistakes but fix your mistakes at 4 weeks, not 17 weeks. I just keep thinking that in 6 weeks this baby could possibly survive the NICU. I read many blogs and boards and sooo many women have lost their babies and it just makes me wish I could do something to stop this. I want to call her parents, send her a link to a youtube 17 wk sonogram, link her to a blog to someone who has been trying for 10 years to have a child. I know it's not my business and it really has nothing to do with me, but I can't help thinking about it since I found out.

1 comment:

J said...

I will never understand how any mother could kill her baby...it doesn't matter if the baby is 4 weeks or 17 weeks, when push comes to shove, it is a baby no matter at what age.