Thread by @StupidRock

#pregnancyhelpline longer story, but worth reading every part! A positive outcome we don't normally get to see at the helpline bc we just don't normally get this kind of follow-up.

A young woman called last Thursday. She had started a surgical abortion procedure.
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She is only 17, about 5-5.5 months along, and her bf who threatened to leave her if she did not get an abortion had actually already left her, even though she agreed to finally get the abortion. But she wanted to to reverse it (she never wanted it to begin with).
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We were able to transfer to a local PHC center where she talked to someone. This person had never handled a request to reverse a surgical abortion in her 20+ years at the center. However, she had a good relationship with a nurse at the local hospital.
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Arrangements were made for the ER to expect her. The person at the center was able to encourage the girl to tell her parents what was going on before they then contacted the nurse.
The person even offered to drive her to the hospital. However, she didn't need a ride!
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In the few hours between their initial convo and the follow up one, the girl DID talk her parents, and the girl's father offered to drive his daughter to the hospital for help. He did, and she was in the ER less than 5 hours after she left the abortion clinic.
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She not only was able to get the disks and rods removed, but the ER also was able to set her up with a next-day OB appt. The OB told her that she would be considered high-risk but that so far, everything with mom and baby looked healthy!
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The girl called the center back today to update & said to thank everyone involved in helping her.
She called SEVEN places before us and no one would help her; they told her it was hopeless to try or no one would attempt to reverse prep for a surgical abortion procedure.
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