article_snippet.sent: Suddenly, at the age of 34 and after 15 years of hoping for the exact opposite, I desperately wanted to get pregnant.
article_snippet.sent: Eleven months later, when my body was still not doing what I demanded, I got depressed, stressed and scared.
article_snippet.sent: I was paranoid that my life decisions had left my baby dreams impossible to reach.
article_snippet.sent: I was advised by a series of doctors to have a medical abortion, to safeguard my future fertility and mental state.
article_snippet.sent: A few days later, as I was wheeled into the operating theatre, tears streamed down my cheeks and neck and onto my pale blue hospital robe.
article_snippet.sent: Everyone was sad for me, but this was quite a common occurrence for a woman of my dotage.
article_snippet.sent: a few supposed sympathisers uttered in my direction when I was feeling sorry for me.