The letter discusses a woman's experience of intentionally stopping birth control to conceive a child with her boyfriend. After becoming pregnant, she felt guilt and shame for being dishonest, although she decided to raise the child. The relationship with the boyfriend ended, but he remained involved in their daughter’s life. The woman later married and had another child, keeping the truth about her first pregnancy a secret. A recent encounter with a friend who also planned an 'accidental' pregnancy alleviated some of her feelings of being a 'pathological monster.'
From the moment I saw the positive pregnancy test, I knew what I had done was a horrible, dishonest, unethical thing and felt terrible guilt and shame.
I had decided that I would go to my grave never telling anyone what I had done.
I was so relieved to meet someone else who planned an 'accidental' pregnancy and it made me feel less like a pathological monster.
Like everyone else, my husband thinks my getting pregnant with Holly was an accident.
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