Mini-abortion is also known as vacuum aspiration. This intervention is more sparing than regular abortion, which consists in scraping the uterine cavity. An essential advantage of vacuum mini abortion is that there is no need for using general anesthesia. The whole procedure is performed under local anesthesia.
Stages of intervention
Before the intervention should be screened. Diagnostic manipulations and analyzes required for mini-abortion are listed below:
- general analysis of blood and urine;
- determination of hCG level;
- Ultrasound for confirmation of pregnancy and detection of concomitant pathology;
- analyzes for the presence of infectious agents that cause inflammatory diseases of the reproductive system, as well as HIV, hepatitis, syphilis.
In order to understand how mini-abortion is done, let us examine the main steps of this procedure:
- An anesthetic is administered to the cervix.
- After the local anesthesia, a special catheter is introduced through the cervical canal. In this case, there is no need for the use of special expanders, as occurs when scraping. Therefore, the procedure is less traumatic.
- The catheter is connected to a special tool - a vacuum aspirator, which creates a negative pressure in the uterine cavity. Under such conditions, the fetal egg "breaks away" from the uterine wall and emerges outward.
Usually, after intervention, you must stay in the medical institution for at least 30 minutes. Prescribe a course of antibiotics in order to prevent infectious complications.
Now let's look at how many weeks there is a mini-abortion, since not at every stage of pregnancy it will be effective. This method of abortion can be used in the early period after conception. That is up to 6 weeks. At this time the villi of the chorion did not penetrate deeply into the wall of the uterus. Therefore, it is easier to extract the fetal egg from the uterus.
Choose a mini-abortion or medical abortion based on the period of pregnancy and individual indications and contraindications. Sometimes medical abortion does not bring the desired result, or the fetal egg is not completely separated. In this case, after taking the pills, you need a mini-abortion with aspiration of the fetal egg.
Consequences and recovery period
Many are interested in whether it is painful to do mini-abortion and how the recovery period proceeds after the intervention. Like any surgical procedure, this kind of abortion can not be absolutely painless. But thanks to a good analgesia, painful sensations are reduced to a minimum. Characteristic of the presence of unpleasant sensations during the opening of the cervix. It is also possible the appearance of nausea, excessive sweating and general weakness.
In the recovery period after a mini-abortion, there may be a drawing pain in the lower abdomen. Its appearance is associated with a weakening of the action of anesthetics. Therefore, if the stomach aches after a mini-abortion, then this is not a cause for concern. The next day, after a mini-abortion, there are discharge similar to blood. This condition can last up to 10 days. The consequences of a mini-abortion may be as follows:
- incomplete removal of the fetal egg ;
- hormonal failure and associated disorders of the menstrual cycle;
- accession of infection.
The increase in body temperature after a mini-abortion is completely permissible. This is the normal response of the body to surgery.
After the termination of pregnancy, it is necessary to abandon sexual activity until the uterus is healed (approximately up to three weeks). And to plan pregnancy after a mini-abortion should not be earlier than 6 months after the intervention.