Patients were loving and accepting of my pregnancy. Protesters, however, became much more insulting.
When I was pregnant for the first time, I was overcome with feelings of joy for what was next—excitement to celebrate my child and be a mother on my first Mother’s Day, anticipation to grow our family—but also trepidation and sometimes outright fear. As an abortion provider, I was concerned about how an obviously pregnant physician would be perceived by my patients and fellow abortion providers.
Everyone was healthy and I was surrounded by family and friends offering love and support. But within two weeks of delivery, I developed a dark, severe postpartum depression. Looking back there are vast stretches of time during my son’s first three months of life that I do not remember, except in the pictures we have that pop up as memories on Facebook on days such as today, Mother’s Day.
When my son was about 10 months old, I knew that something was different with him compared to the 10-month-old children of my patients. He was not verbalizing anything, but had memorized all his colors by sight—when I asked him to point to a red, yellow or green block he did so perfectly every time. But when I tried to entice him to talk rather than repeat my phrases, he couldn’t.
Dr. Abbey Hardy-Fairbanks, an OB-GYN in Iowa, with her son, Cooper. Courtesy of Dr. Abbey Hardy-Fairbanks As mothers we observe gorgeous moments in the lives of our children and families, but we are also tasked with the hardest decisions—determinations that only a mother can make. Once a mother who came to me for an abortion told me that she needed one because she had to be able to care for her three other children, all under the age of 5. She wanted to be a mother to them emotionally, physically and financially.
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