Medical abortionPhoto: Getty Image With medical abortion, a woman after taking a gynecologist and taking all the necessary tests, under the supervision of a doctor, takes the pills. After that, spontaneous miscarriage occurs within a few hours. The patient does not need to be at this time in the hospital. In the body of a woman, after taking the pills, there will be a temporary hormonal failure, as a result of which the fetal egg, which has not yet firmly attached to the uterine wall, will not be able to develop normally and will be rejected by the body. According to the reviews, this process resembles the usual monthly, but somewhat painful. There may also be weakness, nausea and dizziness. After a medical abortion, a woman should again come to see a doctor and make sure that everything went well. Necessarily it will be necessary to make uzi, in order to exclude the possibility of incomplete abortion or other consequences.
Risks
As with any abortion, with a medical abortion toothere is a risk of complications that may affect the ability to have children in the future. Also, an unpleasant consequence of medical termination of pregnancy may be incomplete separation of the fertilized egg. This happens extremely rarely, but nevertheless it happens. In this case, the woman cannot avoid hospitalization and vacuum or surgical cleaning of the uterus. Bleeding after a medical abortion can continue for a whole week, and according to some patients, up to 10-12 days.
Contraindications for medication
Of course, medical abortion has its advantages.contraindications. First of all, it is the pregnancy period. It should not exceed 6-7 weeks. Otherwise, taking the drugs will not lead to the detachment of the ovum, but may cause abnormal development of the fetus. Also, medical abortion is contraindicated for women with chronic diseases.
Pros of the procedure
Medical termination of pregnancy hasa number of positive aspects. This method does not require surgical intervention, which means that the appearance of scars on the uterus is excluded. Also, according to experts, after a medical abortion, the risk of spontaneous miscarriages, frozen pregnancies and premature births, which are often observed after vacuum or surgical abortions, decreases. Also, a medical abortion does not cause severe psychological shock and depression in a woman. More often, the procedure is perceived as a normal menstruation. A woman does not yet realize that she is a mother, and minor painful sensations do not cause unpleasant associations. Therefore, if a woman has no contraindications, then a medical termination of pregnancy will be the best option.
