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Why grief over an abortion can resurface years later

I had an abortion five years ago and thought I was at peace with it, but now that I am trying to get pregnant I keep thinking about the baby I did not have.

Mira
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More people experience this than they realize.

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Life transitions can reopen emotional wounds we believed had healed, revealing grief we never fully processed.

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