by CKCM | Apr 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Saat SMA, aku adalah kapten tim pemandu sorak dan tim atletik. Nilai-nilaiku bagus, aku punya pacar, dan cukup populer. Aku bangga dengan reputasiku di sekolah. Apa lagi yang bisa diinginkan oleh seorang gadis 18 tahun?
Tapi aku bisa bilang satu hal yang jelas tidak aku inginkan: seorang bayi.
Aku sudah aktif secara seksual sejak usia 15, dan aku dan pacarku merasa hubungan kami berjalan dengan baik. Memulai sebuah keluarga sama sekali tidak ada dalam rencana kami. Tepat sebelum kelulusan, aku terkejut ketika menyadari aku telat haid. Dua garis pada alat tes kehamilan di rumah mengonfirmasi apa yang paling aku takuti.
Mempertahankan kehamilan bukanlah pilihan bagiku. Bahkan tidak pernah terlintas di pikiranku. Aku punya harapan dan impian untuk masa depan yang cerah, dan seorang bayi pasti akan menghalangi semuanya. Saat usia kehamilanku mencapai 10 minggu, ayah dari anakku dan aku pergi ke klinik aborsi. Aku masih sangat ingat suasananya: pemandangan, suara, bau. Pancaindra — dan terlebih lagi, emosiku — benar-benar kacau. Prosedurnya selesai sebelum aku menyadarinya. Konselor di klinik itu mengatakan semua hal yang tepat, dan aku merasa sangat lega akhirnya terbebas dari beban yang menindihku selama beberapa bulan terakhir. Segalanya terasa benar. Aku akhirnya bisa bernapas lega!
Namun mengatakan bahwa aku tidak siap saat emosi-emosi mulai membanjiriku adalah pernyataan yang meremehkan. Jika semuanya terasa benar ketika aku melakukan aborsi, mengapa sekarang aku merasa seperti berada di tengah badai? Semua tembok yang aku bangun runtuh. Rasa malu, bersalah, penyesalan, amarah — semuanya aku rasakan. Aku merasa seperti dihantui oleh monster berkepala empat. Aku tidak tahu kepada siapa harus bersandar. Orang tuaku tidak tahu tentang kehamilan dan aborsiku, dan aku tidak bisa bercerita pada teman-temanku. Aku tidak punya tempat yang aman. Hatiku begitu rapuh. Aku tidak tahu harus ke mana.
Aku masih sangat ingat suasananya: pemandangan, suara, bau. Pancaindra — dan terlebih lagi, emosiku — benar-benar kacau.
Jadi aku lari. Aku memang seorang pelari, dan berlari membuatku sibuk. Itu memberiku kesempatan untuk mengalihkan pikiranku dari tusukan-tusukan emosional yang dirasakan hatiku. Mungkin sebagian dari diriku merasa sedang mencoba lari dari rasa sakit yang menghantuiku, karena setiap kali aku berhenti berlari, rasa itu kembali lagi. Aku tidak siap menghadapi roller coaster emosi setelah aborsi. Berharap bisa memperbaiki hubungan kami, di usia 19 tahun aku menikah dengan pacar SMA-ku, dan dalam beberapa tahun kami memiliki dua anak yang luar biasa. Namun selama tahun-tahun pertama pernikahan, aku tahu kami belum benar-benar menghadapi emosi-emosi yang belum terselesaikan dari aborsi itu. Ketika suamiku berselingkuh, duniaku kembali runtuh.
Aku mengalami perubahan hidup yang sangat positif berkat pengaruh nenekku, tapi menghadapi kehilangan — pertama kehilangan anakku karena aborsi, lalu kehilangan suamiku karena perceraian — itu terlalu berat untuk hati seorang ibu. Aku mencoba mencurahkan seluruh energi untuk kedua anakku. Aku menjadi pelindung mereka. Aku bertekad membesarkan dan merawat mereka dengan seluruh jiwaku. Meskipun aku tahu masih banyak luka emosional yang harus aku hadapi, aku fokus untuk menjadi ibu terbaik yang aku bisa.
Lima tahun berlalu dan aku bertemu dengan seorang pria luar biasa, yang kini menjadi suamiku. Tapi aku masih sangat ingat pergumulanku dengan rasa takut akan penolakan. Bagaimana mungkin orang sebaik ini bisa mencintaiku? Aku bergumul dengan harga diriku dan takut bahwa semua bebanku akan terlalu berat untuk dia terima. Dia tahu tentang masa laluku dan luka emosionalku, dan tetap mencintaiku apa adanya. Saat kami menikah, aku merasa bersemangat akan kesempatan memulai kembali. Namun aku tahu masih ada yang perlu diubah. Ada bab yang belum ditutup dan luka yang dalam, dan aku tahu aku butuh bantuan. Setahun setelah pernikahan, aku mulai berkonsultasi dengan konselor, dan seperti cerita dalam buku, satu halaman demi halaman, aku mencurahkan beban rasa sakit yang kupikul selama satu dekade.
Sejak pernikahan pertamaku hingga kini dalam pernikahan keduaku, aku diberi anugerah menjadi ibu dari 11 anak lagi (ya, 11!). Setiap kehamilan memiliki cerita yang berbeda, tapi rasa sakit pasca-aborsi tetap terasa begitu dalam. Aku masih merasakan kesedihan setiap kali melahirkan anak baru ke dunia.
Jika aborsi adalah isu yang sedang kamu hadapi, ketahuilah bahwa kamu tidak sendirian. Baik kamu sedang mempertimbangkan aborsi, atau sedang menjalani kehidupan setelah aborsi, jangan ragu untuk menghubungi salah satu mentor kami. Kami di sini untuk berjalan bersamamu dalam perjalanan yang membingungkan ini.
by CKCM | Apr 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Kami sangat gembira — hasil tes kehamilan positif dan semuanya tampak sempurna. Keluarga kecil yang sempurna, detak jantung kecil yang sempurna, masa depan kecil yang sempurna. Meskipun perutku belum menunjukkan tanda-tanda adanya kehidupan kecil di dalamnya, wajahku yang berseri dan hati yang penuh sukacita tak bisa menyembunyikannya. Segalanya terasa penuh — hidup dengan harapan dan kebahagiaan.
Lucunya, semuanya bisa berubah dalam sekejap. Perjalanan biasa ke kamar mandi, setetes darah. USG rutin, tetapi tidak ada detak jantung. Harapan akan tangan dan kaki kecil yang bergerak di dalam digantikan oleh keheningan. Kami hancur. Tak lagi dipenuhi harapan akan seorang bayi kecil, hati kami dibanjiri ketidakpastian dan kekosongan.
Segera menjadi jelas bahwa bayi kecil yang selama ini aku harapkan dan doakan tidak lagi tumbuh dalam rahimku. Yang terjadi setelahnya jauh lebih traumatis daripada yang pernah aku bayangkan. Aku harus melewati pengalaman yang sulit dan secara emosional sangat menyakitkan — melahirkan anakku yang telah keguguran. Kesedihanku tidak terbantu oleh sejumlah tenaga kesehatan yang bersikap dingin (“jangan menangis, ini bukan masalah besar”) dan komentar yang tidak peka dari teman serta keluarga (“kuatlah, kamu baik-baik saja, lanjutkan hidup, kamu bisa coba lagi nanti, toh itu belum benar-benar bayi”).
Aku merasa gagal sebagai seorang wanita dan sebagai seorang istri. Aku yakin orang lain juga melihatku seperti itu.
Rasa bersalah halus yang ditumpuk oleh orang lain — dan oleh diriku sendiri — justru memperburuk segalanya. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan memenuhi pikiranku. Bagaimana jika ada yang salah denganku? Bagaimana jika aku tidak akan pernah bisa punya anak?
Aku berduka bukan hanya karena kehilangan anakku, tetapi juga karena hilangnya kepastian akan masa depanku. Aku merasa gagal sebagai wanita dan sebagai istri. Aku yakin orang lain juga melihatku seperti itu. Kehilangan bayiku adalah peristiwa paling menyakitkan secara fisik dan emosional yang pernah aku alami. Aku dikuasai rasa bersalah, kesepian, ketidakpastian, kegagalan, dan kesedihan.
Menemukan harapan dan kebahagiaan kembali membutuhkan waktu, tetapi ada beberapa hal yang membantuku dalam perjalanan menuju pemulihan. Aku menyadari bahwa baik untukku untuk berduka dan merayakan bayiku — bahwa aku tidak seharusnya mengabaikan kehilangan itu dan menyingkirkannya begitu saja. Aku juga menyadari bahwa membicarakan kehilangan ini bisa menjadi berkat, yang kemudian membawaku untuk mencari banyak orang lain yang juga pernah melalui kesedihan serupa. Bantuan terbesar datang ketika aku menyadari bahwa, meski aku mengalami kekosongan dan ketidakpastian, Tuhan bisa menyembuhkan hatiku dan kembali memenuhi hidupku dengan harapan.
Kamu tidak harus menempuh perjalanan ini sendirian dalam menghadapi rasa sakit karena keguguran. Jika kamu membutuhkan seseorang untuk mendengarkan dan membantumu berduka dengan cara yang sehat serta menemukan harapan untuk masa depanmu, cukup isi formulir di bawah ini dan seorang mentor yang gratis dan rahasia akan segera menghubungimu. Kamu boleh menggunakan nama asli atau nama samaran. Itu sepenuhnya terserah kamu.
Nama Penulis diubah demi privasi.
by CKCM | Jul 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
by CKCM | Jul 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
by CKCM | Jul 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
by CKCM | Jul 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
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Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries.