The Soul-Crushing Process of Having to Make a Choice
9 min readNov 1, 2020
I just entered my 3rd trimester of pregnancy a few days ago.
At the beginning of my sex life I was obsessed with not getting pregnant. I vividly remember being about 20–21 years old and having sex with my then long time boyfriend and thinking how bad it would be to get pregnant. I mainly used condoms, but allowed a few minutes of unprotected play and it was in those minutes…