Medical abortion (medabort) is an artificial medical termination of pregnancy in the conditions of a specialized institution. It is carried out as for medical reasons, and at the request of a woman (if the patient does not want to have children for any reason). If a woman wants to get rid of pregnancy and at the same time keep her health (and reproductive in particular), then it should be done in a good clinic from an experienced specialist. So, further we will consider what is a medabort, how it occurs, the features of the course of the postabortion period, and also the consequences of an unsuccessful abortion.
Terms and reasons for the medabort
There are 2 types of indications for medical interruption of pregnancy: medical and the desire of a woman.
- Medical indications include: fetal development anomalies diagnosed by ultrasound, or severe maternal diseases that can progress with an increase in gestation (diabetes, tuberculosis, heart defects).
- In the event of termination of pregnancy at the request of a woman, medical abortion is performed on the date not later than 12 weeks.
If the artificial termination of pregnancy occurs for medical reasons, then it may take up to 22 weeks (in a later period this procedure is called artificial delivery).
It should also be noted that abortion is medicated and surgical. Medication is performed if the gestation period does not exceed 49 days.
Procedure for medical abortion
Surgical abortion is performed under general anesthesia with the help of special instruments. First, with the help of special expanders, open the cervix, then remove the contents by sucking, periodically carefully scraping the inner layer of the endometrium from the walls of the uterus. The procedure is terminated when the doctor feels the curette clean the walls of the uterus.
When conducting medical abortion, the patient is given a drink of 2 kinds of tablets. Initially, she drinks mefiprestone (a progesterone receptor antagonist) and a peace-monger (a drug from the prostaglandin group that helps reduce the uterus). Mirolyut woman should drink 36 hours after taking mepiprestona, and necessarily under the supervision of a doctor.
Features of the course of the postabortion period
After carrying out the procedure for medical abortion, a woman can mark spotting and drawing unpleasant sensations in the lower abdomen (this indicates a reduction in the uterus). Allocations after medaborta resemble menstrual discharge and last from 5 to 7 days.
Characteristic for the postabortion period is the violation of the menstrual cycle, which can be established within 6 months. This is due to the fact that the female body is set up for pregnancy, there is a development and a rapid increase in the level of hormones that contribute to the maintenance and development of pregnancy. And its sudden interruption is a powerful stress that leads to a breakdown in the synthesis of hormones, therefore, the monthly after the medabort can be irregular for some time.
Consequences of medical abortion
Women who have decided on this procedure should be aware of possible complications:
- incomplete medobort, in which parts of the fetal egg can remain in the uterus, which leads to prolonged bleeding and endometritis;
- adhesive process, which can develop in the uterus and tubes, than to prevent the onset of pregnancy.
Thus, medabort - this is not harmless manipulation, and surgical intervention, which is a stress for the woman's body. If the patient decided on it, then it should be carried out in a specialized medical center in order to avoid complications after the termination of pregnancy.