Indeed I am. Usually I'm very fond of the NHS, waiting times aside - this is the one instance where we really fall out. It is hugely irritating that I don't like children, don't want children and can't have children but I'm forced to keep my body in this limbo state for a few more years until they're really sure it's "what I want".
Arguably, constant advances in medicine mean there's a slim possibility - I think the best case (and really, we're talking miracle scenario) is that I could make it to 28 weeks in which case we would have a very premature baby but one that could survive. But I don't want to put us through that, I don't want to put a baby through that and that really is a very best case scenario. More likely is that we'd lose the baby early in my second trimester. They spent 10 years telling me that it can't be done, I've come to terms with that, the Boy has always known that, we've filled our lives with other things, only for them to turn around and say "well, maybe, but only just".
They will pay for the abortion if I do get pregnant though, and the pill is freeeeee. So that's all nice. But given the tiny percentage chance of us managing to have a baby, it seems more sensible to just do it my way.
That's all entirely understandable in your instance for sure. It's a precaution not only for you physically, but emotionally as well. (The loss of a pregnancy, especially in the second trimester, can be devastating for a very long time, not to mention the complications that can arise, which I mentioned happening to my sister in law above somewhere.)
Medicare covers abortions here, but not contraception.
I could possibly get coverage on my husband's military benefits but even then I'm not entirely sure that it would be full coverage and as I said before, I fail hard at taking pills.



