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01/28/2012 05:42 AM
kellylynn
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I am going to try to make this short but it may take a while. I will give you a little back ground of my life, here goes: i have been abused physically and mentally since i was 4, i have been beaten several times by two different step fathers. Told a lot of negative things about myself.

My third step father was the worse of them all. My mom has been married 5 times and out of them all number 4 treated me like i was his own child very very loving man. Well when i turned 15 i met my daughters father we were together 9 years and one day he started getting very physical and would throw me around once he smashed my head into the refrigerator, so we eventually split up. Then i moved in with a friend, who's best friend was a male. I had a crush on him. Well one night we went out together and when he took me home my roommate was not there so he took me back to his house that is where he raped me ( i wont get into details) but when he took me back home he patted my belly and said lets hope there is no baby's in there. I did not tell anyone what happened because my friends new i liked him and i did not think they would believe me. I ended up being pregnant and had an abortion, he told me he wanted a dna test when they were done to prove it was his. My life got really bad for a while i gained a lot of weight because i did not care about myself anymore. But i think i have wrote to much so i will end this for now. I will add to it later. Thank you for listening

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01/28/2012 05:57 AM  Top
kellylynn
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I am sorry if my post upset any of you, i read where some of you kept your child. It makes me cry that i was not strong enough as you were. Maybe i should not have wrote any of this.

01/28/2012 08:17 AM  Top
hiall
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Hello kellylynn and welcome to the group. I am really sorry about what happened to you in the past. You have lots of support here. Im glad you are here and talking about what happened. But please take your time. What happened to you wasn't your fault. You had an abortion and feel horrible about it. I think anyone one would feel bad about this but people do what they think is best for them at the time. The important thing to do right now is heal. Have you seen a therapist? Are you in a safe environment now?

Please use the forum to vent, heal and make new friends. Private message me anytime you want to talk.

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01/28/2012 01:38 PM  Top
clemaire
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Hello Kellylynn. Welcome to the group. As Hiall said take your time. Share as much or as little as you like. Just because some others have kept their babies does not mean your not strong. You have endured a lot of pain in the past and now. There are many women who have had abortions after rape. You did what you thought was best for you at the time. Please don't feel guilty. I am so very sorry for what you have been through. Please feel free to PM me anytime.
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01/30/2012 07:50 AM  Top
Izzy87
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I am so sorry for what you have gone through. Please don't feel like you should have done anything differently. The pregnancy loss was another victim of the rapist, not of you. Having been attacked and being forced to deal with consequences does not make you weak. It is not a reflection of you. What you did is understandable. Your experience, your choices, your healing, they are all still valid no matter the differences or sameness with other people.

It sounds like you are grieving the pregnancy. That is ok. That's normal and ok. Give yourself love and compassion...you are still a complete human being worthy of love and respect.

I am not a doctor or therapist, just a person who cares.

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