This guest post is by Megan, a birthmother.
Many of our decisions in life have a fairly immediate outcome that is either good or bad. Sometimes these decisions only affect us, but sometimes it might affect someone else.
Sixteen years ago I was faced with one of the biggest decisions of my life. Coincidentally, it would be a decision with monumental impact on the life of another as well.
I had just turned eighteen when I discovered I was pregnant. The acknowledgement of that fact in my own mind was absolutely terrifying.
I went immediately into denial, where I buried myself away with careful precision. The fear and sadness of my situation consumed me.
I had no idea how I was going to survive this experience, let alone trust my own judgement on what to do with this growing baby when I hadn’t been able to trust myself to keep things in control within the relationship I’d had with my boyfriend.
I had let myself down, and in my mind, after succumbing to the physical desires in the heat of the moment, I’d felt that I had let him down. Continue reading