How To Know If You Had A Successful Abortion

Medical abortion is successful when the abortion pills are taken within 9 weeks of the gestation period and the pregnancy stops growing and there is no medical care required for pregnancy. Many studies have shown that 99% of women who perform a medical abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy with abortion pills will have a successful pregnancy termination. 

Only 3-4% of the woman will require additional medical assistance. In 97% of medical abortions, women’s bodies will eliminate all the dead embryo and tissues naturally without any other medical or surgical interventions. It is vital that you understand that abortion is a process. It takes time for the uterus to empty and for the procedure of abortion to complete. It is common for the clotting and bleeding to continue for 2-4 weeks or even longer. Every woman’s body is different.

If you have severe pain, fever, abnormal vaginal discharge, or prolonged heavy bleeding. It can be a sign that you should visit a medical expert. You are also requested to go to the medical expert 15 days after taking the abortion pills and do an ultrasound test. The ultrasound test confirms if the pregnancy has discharged completely and there is so tissue left in the uterus.

Many women can figure out when the abortion is successful. They feel the pregnancy symptoms (such as nausea, frequent urination, breast tenderness) fading away or have noticed the embryo come out.

By doing an ultrasound test you can come to know whether the medicines have worked and if the pregnancy has terminated within a few days after a medical abortion. 

An early ultrasound test tells you if the pregnancy has terminated, but it is recommended to wait for an ultrasound for 14-15 days after using the abortion pills as only 25% of abortion are not completed before 7 days. It may take 10 days to complete the procedure.

The urine home pregnancy test can be done after three weeks post taking the abortion pills as before three weeks the pregnancy hormones are still present in the body and the test might give an inaccurate and falsely positive result. 

The urine home pregnancy test can be done after three weeks post taking the abortion pills as before three weeks the pregnancy hormones are still present in the body, and the test might give an inaccurate and falsely positive result. 

Your body may need a few days or weeks (till your next menstrual period) to expel the pregnancy tissue and blood completely. The ultrasound will show whether the pregnancy is still in the uterus. 

Some experts will suggest a surgical abortion, but if you do not experience any pain or fever or any kind of infections then it is better to wait and allow your body to empty naturally. A D & C or vacuum aspiration is an invasive procedure that involves risk and can be painful.

It is advised not to assume that the pregnancy termination procedure is complete only on the basis of symptoms encountered during the procedure. In rare cases, the symptoms may mislead you if all pregnancy tissues haven’t been removed through abortion pills. Hence, a proper pregnancy test is required before and after the abortion procedure.