Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Penelope Trunk:

I have had two abortions.

The first one was when I was twenty-seven. I was playing
professional beach volleyball. I was playing volleyball eight hours a
day and I spent two hours a day at the gym. I noticed that I was
getting tired more easily, but I thought it meant I needed to train
harder.

Then one weekend, a doctor friend on a visit saw me drop a plate one
day, and a vase the next. I told her my hands just gave out because
they were so tired.

She said I was anemic. Then she said, “Maybe you’re pregnant.”

“I’m not,” I said. “I have a regular period.”

It turns out, though, that you can have a regular period and still be pregnant.

And I was. Fourteen weeks.

My friend said, “Schedule the abortion now. You’re already late for it.”

read the rest here: 

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/06/17/whats-the-connection-between-abortions-and-careers/

and thanks to http://www.jillstanek.com/

for the story!