But more on that later. At your appointment, the practitioner will confirm your pregnancy and probably perform an ultrasound to see how far along you are. After that, the practitioner will give you the pills you have to take and explain when and how to take them—and what to expect. The cost of a medication abortion varies.
Different clinics may have funds to help you out, Dr. And sometimes insurance does cover it. There are also cheaper or donation-based options available through telemedicine services that provide medication abortions. The thing about the internet is if you want something, you can probably find it. Torres agrees. That said, some providers are supportive of telemedicine services that help people access medication abortions in this tricky reproductive health landscape.
In recent years there has been a rise of organizations like Aid Access that help provide abortions with the aid of telemedicine. Unlike acquiring the abortion pill on your own, telemedicine services involve an evaluation with a remote doctor and professional oversight for a medical abortion at home. You have a direct line of communication with a medical professional throughout the process so you can ask questions and get support.
Conti still emphasizes that the ideal scenario is seeing a provider IRL. Preparing for an abortion will likely look different for each person, depending on their unique circumstances. You can read more about how to physically and emotionally prepare for your abortion here.
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The incredibly small risk of dying from an abortion increases the longer someone is pregnant, and since medication abortions are only advisable up to 10 weeks along, that makes them even safer. In fact, serious complications requiring hospitalization occur in less than 0. Beyond the bleeding and cramping, you may also experience nausea. Your doctor or nurse practitioner may also offer a treatment like phenergan or zofran to deal with nausea.
She also recommends having a heating pad at home you can buy one at a pharmacy and pads to deal with the bleeding, and confiding in a friend, family member, or partner you trust and who can stay with you. Lastly, Dr. Torres says Netflix or some other form of entertainment can be supremely helpful.
From start to finish, the abortion should take around two days to be complete. Starting from the time you take the second pill, it usually takes up to six hours for the abortion to be completed, Dr. Instead, take ibuprofen Advil, Motrin. It may help to take pain medication around 30 minutes before the misoprostol. Bleeding may be lighter, while cramping may not feel so severe. Other side effects like fever or nausea should also disappear. It may take a couple of days for you to get back into your normal routine, as the process can make you tired.
Be sure to tell your healthcare provider any concerns you have. Around 4 to 6 weeks after your abortion, your period should return. Be aware that your body can start to ovulate around 3 weeks after taking the medication, meaning you can become pregnant once again. Your healthcare provider may also physically check the cervix and uterus, perform lab tests to check for the pregnancy hormone , and perform an ultrasound to determine whether the abortion pill worked.
Avoid taking an at-home test too soon after an abortion, as the pregnancy hormone may still linger in your body. You may be able to take another dose of the abortion pill, or you may need a surgical abortion instead. All-Options and Exhale offer various forms of free support, including over-the-phone counseling and a confidential text line. Lauren Sharkey is a U. She has also written a book profiling young female activists across the globe and is currently building a community of such resisters.
Catch her on Twitter. The short answer? Also known as the morning-after pill, Plan B is a form of emergency contraception…. The Internet is full of home remedies that supposedly cause abortion, but these approaches are often ineffective, dangerous, or both. We'll explain…. Vitamin C might seem like a safe, easy way to have an abortion. But it simply isn't reliable. Hamrick is not a physician. But women who can't get the medication legally can and do buy it illegally, either online or in Mexico.
In fact, this is fast becoming the primary option for women who lack others: In , more than , Google users in the U. The new website, Abortionpillinfo. It isn't clear just how many women are seeking abortion medication outside of a clinic.
To protect its clients, WHW does not disclose how many inquiries its trained counselors receive. But in the past several years, many women have been charged for buying or taking it illegally, with several facing felony charges and jail time. And how safe is it? Medical clinics actually administer two different types of medication: one mifepristone pill which goes by the brand name Mifeprex , and four misoprostol tablets.
How does it work? Lauren Thaxton, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Albuquerque, New Mexico who has been performing abortions for six years. By blocking this hormone, the first pill helps break down the uterine lining that a woman normally sheds during her period, so that the embryo can detach from the uterine wall.
After that happens generally one to two days after taking the first mifepristone pill , a woman dissolves four mcg misoprostol tablets in her mouth. This second medication, which is also used to induce labor, helps expel the detached embryo. Daniel Grossman , who is the director of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health and co-author of a recent paper exploring the possibility of moving early abortion medication over the counter.
And it also causes the uterus to contract. Misoprostol was first developed in the U. But it had known, major side-effects on a pregnant uterus.
In the s, French researchers developed mifepristone, also known as RU, a pill that could be taken in sequence with misoprostol to induce an abortion. France legalized this regimen in , and China , Great Britain and Sweden soon followed suit. In the U. When the U.
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