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 medication alsothere is a risk of complications that may affect the possibility of having children in the future. Also, the incomplete separation of the fruit egg may become an unpleasant consequence of drug abortion. This happens extremely rarely, but nevertheless happens. In this case, a woman can not avoid hospital and vacuum or surgical cleaning of the uterus. Bleeding after a medal can last all week, and according to reviews of some patients up to 10-12 days.
Contraindications for medication
Of course, medical abortion hascontraindications. First of all, this is the period of pregnancy. It should not exceed 6-7 weeks. Otherwise, taking drugs will not lead to detachment of the fetal egg, but can cause abnormal development of the fetus. Also, medical abortion is contraindicated in women with chronic diseases.
Pros of the procedure
Medication abortion has a number ofpositive aspects. This method does not require surgical intervention, and hence the appearance of scars on the uterus. Also, according to experts, after the medabort, the risk of spontaneous miscarriages, frozen pregnancies and premature births is reduced, which is often observed after vacuum or surgical abortions. Also, medical abortion does not cause severe psychological upheavals and depressions in women. More often the procedure is perceived as ordinary menstruation. The woman is not yet aware of herself as a mother, and small painful feelings do not cause unpleasant associations. Therefore, if a woman does not have contraindications, the drug-induced termination of pregnancy will be the best option.
