After her miscarriage, TaReona didn’t think she would get pregnant again so soon.
She was still feeling the physical effects of losing her baby to miscarriage and when she went back to the doctor, they said her hormone levels looked strange - as though she could still be pregnant. The doctor’s office told her to return for more bloodwork, and when the results came back, the doctor said it was possible she was pregnant again.
TaReona then took a home pregnancy test and it came back positive. Next, they sent her for an ultrasound for further diagnosis.
“Were the symptoms just left over from the miscarriage, or was there actually another baby?” TaReona recalled.
“The ultrasound confirmed it: I was pregnant again,” she said.
TaReona’s story is like that of many women; unexpected pregnancy and accompanying fear prompting the thought that she couldn’t handle it. Her story also mirrors many others in that she was able to obtain abortion pills easily online with no oversight from a medical professional, opening the door to her following through with a choice she did not want. But TaReona is also like many other women because her story pivoted from fear to hope with a second chance at choice.
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TaReona and her boyfriend were still trying to decide what they wanted when she learned she was pregnant so soon after miscarrying.
“We already had a two-year-old daughter,” she said. “Times were tough, and I had just been through a loss.”
“Part of me felt like, “Okay, maybe this is meant to be,” she said. “But another part of me was terrified and overwhelmed. I went back and forth - one day I felt ready to keep the baby, and the next day I felt like I couldn’t handle another pregnancy so soon.”
Eventually, fear won, TaReona said.
“I found a website, ordered the abortion pills, and held onto them for about two weeks before I finally decided to take the first pill,” she said.
What came next was an all too common and heart-rending instance of a pregnant woman experiencing immediate remorse after taking the abortion pill.
“The moment - the literal moment - I swallowed it, everything inside me just collapsed,” TaReona said. “It was instant regret. My mind and my body both reacted like, “This isn’t what you really wanted. You didn’t think this through. You made a mistake.””
She panicked.
“I started researching everything I could, desperate to see if there was any way to stop the process after taking only the first pill,” TaReona said.
A chemical abortion involves two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol.
Mifepristone blocks progesterone, the natural hormone in a woman’s body necessary to sustain pregnancy, starving the baby in utero of vital nutrients. Misoprostol, taken a day or so later, causes the woman to go into labor and deliver her deceased child.
If a woman acts quickly enough after taking mifepristone it may be possible to save her unborn baby with Abortion Pill Reversal (APR). Results are best within 24 hours, but successful reversals have occurred as long as 72 hours after the pregnant woman took mifepristone.
APR is an updated application of a treatment used since the 1950s to combat miscarriage. It entails administering bioidentical progesterone to counter the effects of mifepristone.
A 2018 peer-reviewed study of APR reported reversal rates between 64% and 68%, with no increase in birth defects and a lower preterm delivery rate than the general population.
APR is administered through the Abortion Pill Rescue® Network (APRN), a network of nearly 1,500 healthcare professionals, pregnancy centers, and hospitals worldwide that administer the APR protocol.
The latest statistics show that more than 8,000 lives have been saved through the APRN.
TaReona shared her story with the APRN after her experience with APR.
In that moment of regret and panic after TaReona took mifepristone when she searched online looking for ways to stop the chemical abortion process, she learned about how the two abortion drugs work and that she might have a chance to save her unborn child.
“I hadn’t taken the second pills yet, but I knew time mattered,” she said.
TaReona took herself to the hospital, hoping they could do something to help her save her pregnancy.
“They basically told me there wasn’t anything they could do, and that most likely I would miscarry and the baby wouldn’t survive,” she recalled. “Hearing that crushed me.”
“But I wasn’t ready to give up,” TaReona said. “I kept searching. I kept calling. I kept trying.”
Eventually, she found the APRN website, called the number, and the hotline nurse connected her with someone in her area who could help.
“They offered progesterone treatment - something meant to support pregnancy - and I decided to try it, TaReona said. “I went in, got the medication, and took it for about four weeks, hoping and praying it would make a difference.”
TaReona went back to her OB-GYN where they assessed her levels again, and everything looked good.
“My pregnancy was still growing,” she said. “My baby was still hanging on.”
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After that, TaReona said she tried to stop overthinking her situation. She remained positive, kept going to her appointments, and trusted the process.
“And in the end? I carried my baby girl all the way to 39 weeks,” TaReona said.
Baby Ny’Ava was born in October 2025.
“No complications. A smooth vaginal delivery. A healthy, beautiful baby girl who made it through everything, said TaReona.
The APRN connects with thousands of women each year, many who have taken mifepristone and wish to save their pregnancy. About 200 per month who inquire with the APRN qualify for reversal, and around six women start APR each day.
The APRN has assisted women in 99 countries and all 50 U.S. states and amid the continued proliferation of unregulated access to chemical abortion drugs it saw a 30% increase in reversal starts in the latest fiscal year.
Each woman who connects with the APRN and starts the reversal process is a testament to maternal bravery and the hope provided through a second chance at choice.
TaReona witnesses to the fact that Abortion Pill Reversal doesn’t mean life becomes stress-free, and her story shows that life is worth it and women should have the choice to try and save their baby.
“This journey wasn’t easy,” she said. “It was emotional, confusing, terrifying, and overwhelming - but it was also mine. And I’m grateful every day that I listened to my heart when it mattered most.”
Editor's note: Heartbeat International manages the Abortion Pill Rescue® Network (APRN) and Pregnancy Help News. Heartbeat is currently the subject of two lawsuits brought by state AGs concerning sharing information about Abortion Pill Reversal.
