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Abortion Tips and Helpful Facts
Abortion Pill
A prescription for Tylenol #3 is
provided. This is followed by over-the-counter Motrin/Advil/Aleve/ibuprophen
on-the-clock every 3 hours.
Updated Abortion
Procedure
Did you know that the Updated Traditional
Abortion allows a woman to take 4 tablets of misoprostol by mouth
for a single-day abortion
service instead of vaginal laminaria sponge sticks overnight in
a 2-day procedure? Both of
these methods soften and dilate the cervix. The difference is the
added comfort, safety and convenience of taking tablets by mouth
for a one-day procedure instead of the laminaria that absorb moisture
from the body and expand for several hours overnight.
Traditional
Abortion Made Simple
- Did you know that a sonogram
is the most reliable method of assessing how far along you are
into your pregnancy? It uses sound waves to see your pelvic
structures. It is not an X-ray and there is no radiation.
- Physicians determine the length
of pregnancy based on our last menstrual period and not on the
actual date of conception. Therefore, if you think you conceived
8 weeks ago, you last menstrual period was probably 10 weeks
ago, and you would be considered 10 weeks pregnant. Any abortion
performed up to 12 weeks of pregnancy is, by definition, a first
trimester procedure. If your ultrasound evaluation reveals that
you are over 12 weeks of pregnancy, the procedure is a second
trimester procedure. At DrEmily, we perform abortion to the
legal limit in New York, which is 24 weeks.
- If your blood is found to be
Rh negative (for example: type A negative, O negative), you
will need an injection of Rhogam following the abortion. Rhogam
prevents antibodies from being formed in your blood that would
cause problems with future pregnancies. If you are Rh negative,
it is important that you receive a Rhogam injection with every
pregnancy.
- At DrEmily's, we perform abortion
procedures only for a woman who wishes the procedure, regardless
of age, or the requests of her partner, parents or pals. The
patient educator will obtain the patient's written consent for
an abortion. In NY State, a woman is permitted to have an abortion
no matter what her age. Parental consent is not required, and
there is no waiting period.
- First trimester abortions are
one of the safest surgical procedures and are approximately
9-10 time safer than normal childbirth. Potentially, both minor
and major complications are possible, but most are minor and
easily treated. Possible complications include: infection (less
than 1%), heavy bleeding (1/2 of 1%), incomplete abortion (less
than 1%), damage to the uterus or nearby internal structures
(less than 1/2 of 1%), cervical tear (1/2 of 1%), continuing
pregnancy (less than 1%), death (1 in 160,000).
- The cramping and bleeding which
patients experience following an abortion is due t0 the uterus
returning to its normal size after the pregnancy is removed.
The best medication to use for the cramping is Motrin/Advil/Aleve/ibuprophen,
not Tylenol. Take the medication on the clock every 3-4 hours,
to manage the discomfort and cut down on the bleeding.
- At DrEmily's, we provide free
samples of birth control for our patients.
- Patients may choose local anesthesia,
that is: an injection of pain-stopping medication into the cervix.
The cervix is numb, but the patient is awake. Patients experience
moderate cramping during the procedure.
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