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at 28, my boyfriend and i were engaged. he suggested "we" try to get pregnant

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i fell pregnant (intentionally) and suffered a traumatic and complicated miscarriage, bleeding for weeks on end before i collapsed and hemorrhaged heavily. i thought i was dying, it was the scariest thing i'd ever experienced.

it was 1985. i was 21. my slightly older boyfriend wanted "real" (unprotected) sex. i wanted to wait and get a prescription for the pill, but hey, the contraceptive sponge was just out, why not try that? what could go wrong?