Every woman who decides to have an abortion, of course, knows that this procedure is quite complicated and can have a number of negative consequences. However, not everyone knows how exactly abortion takes place in detail, what surgical procedures the doctor performs and how the fetus is extracted from the uterine cavity. Perhaps, if the patients described in detail the procedure, how the abortion occurs, then more than half of the women would refuse this idea. Let's skip the detailed description of surgical abortion or vacuum aspiration, and we'll talk about how the pregnancy abortion is medicated.
How does a drug abortion occur?
The most sparing and less dangerous is medical abortion, which is performed by taking special medications. As a rule, medical abortion occurs under supervision and in accordance with clear recommendations of the doctor. Only an expert should select the right drug, its dosage, and then, without fail, check the absence of the fetus in the uterine cavity.
Interruption of pregnancy by pills occurs after a woman has taken the first dose of a drug, which causes her to bleed, which is a sign of abortion. At this time, the woman blocks the production of progesterone, necessary for maintaining a pregnancy, and the fetus dies.
Bloody discharge can be observed for about two weeks and accompanied by pains in the lower abdomen, weakness, dizziness, sometimes nausea and vomiting. But, despite the painful manifestations, drug abortion for today is considered the safest method.
The procedure itself, how medical abortion occurs, is the least traumatic for the female reproductive system and health in general. This technique excludes (without taking into account cases when the fetus is not fully out) surgical intervention, respectively, and the likelihood of damaging the cervix or uterine wall, the possibility of infection and many other consequences.
The minimum conditions for using this method are:
- term of pregnancy, not exceeding 6-7 weeks;
- elimination of ectopic pregnancy;
- some diseases of the mother.