I found out I was pregnant during a routine gynecological exam after I mentioned my period was a few days late. My doctor told me she’d need to collect a urine sample anyway, so they’d test it just to be sure. I wasn’t worried. I’d only been off hormonal birth control for a little over a month after staying on it for many years, and I’d read it sometimes takes months to resume regular ovulation. My boyfriend and I had one slip up, but that single incident seemed like a long shot. So when the doctor came back into the room with a upbeat "yup, you’re pregnant," I was (perhaps stupidly) shocked.
"Yup, you're pregnant."
I immediately asked if her office performed abortions. I was 26, working in the sex industry, and involved with a man I...
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