large amount of blood clots after an abortion, is something

Forget what 'Delunabell' is saying. Her post sounds like a poorly constructed pro-life argument, and does not pertain at all to this discussion. Scientifically, there is no plausible way her story makes sense. She is rendered obsolete; do not let her tales of"body parts" frighten you.

After my second and final T.A. in 2007, I experienced the same thing. Witnessing these blood clots was very traumatic, and I soaked through multitudes of pads. Unfortunately, most abortions are kept secret, and it's hard to find help for a situation like this. At the ripe age of 17, I had no one to turn to but my idiotic now-ex-boyfriend. My solution: I stayed at home, and bled it all out. I wasn't in serious pain, although psychologically it may have been the worst moment of my life. I survived, and my lady parts are 100% healthy. The blood clots are scary, but don't let them fool you into thinking you're in serious endangerment. If bleeding consists at the same level after a full 24-48 hours, or you begin to experience fever (bear in mind that fever may be a sign of TSS, the syndrome that tampon boxes warn you of), go see a doctor. Call the clinic, call any clinic.

But from experience, I can assure you that your body is still flushing things out. Remember, you've just had a surgical procedure, and you've just created a massive change in your hormones and reproductive system in the matter of an hour. Of course strange and what may seem frightening things are going to happen to you. You'll feel alone, in regret, in shame, scared, and as though some abortionist has done a botched job. You, and your livelihood seems as though it's fallen apart. Wait a second... These feelings are totally irrational.

The only thing that will make you feel worse, are your horrible expectations for what may be happening to you. Watch some girly flicks, eat some comfort food, unwind, and leave your worrying for another day. Major body changes require major rest, and major reconciliation. Give your body some time to do what it needs to, and don't stress.

Hope I've helped.

i was sorry for everbody's lost. I too had an abortion and still bleeding for 3weeks right now. although the bleeding was not heavy i'm still worried but i have no choice. nobony knows that i had an abortion and a have no money to go to a doctor.

I had a medical termination 7 WEEKS ago and ive been passing huge clots.. i have to change every 10 mins at the moments, there has only been around 2 or 3days out of those 7 Weeks that i have not bled! The clots are ridiculously big and ive started to feel dizzy and very tired.. I hope ive not done myself perminant damange! Im scared to sneeze/cough to hard as i can feel them coming out and the bloof flushing!

look, i know a girl who had an abortion and had the same symptions(heavy bleeding for prolonged period, massive blood clots etc)

i took her to the emergency room twice and they said both times it was normal and they prescribed her prevera..
its was NOT normal.
after almsot foru months of bleeding this way i walked into my room one night to find her face down on the floor passed out, she was npot resposive and barely breathing, she was almost dead. we got to the hospital and she had to have a major blood transfusion because her hemoglobion was only a four..when it should be 12 or 13.

If you are having this problem it is a lot more serious than you think, you are most likely suffering from some kind of damage in your uterus or cervix or something and need to go to the doctor and demand they find out what it is before you die.

imnot trying to scare anyone and im not cannonizing you fro having an abortion or anything but it is a serious matter, afterall i know how i felt when this happened to my friend, me being the one who found her..i honestly thought she was gone and i cannot find the words to stress to all you girls how important it is to make the doctors fiond out what is wrong with you, demand tests and sonograms ultrasounds, ct scans, etc...whatever you have to do until they find where the damage is!!!!

Attention All!!!! Help Offered!!!!

I work with young women (teens through 20's). My job and career is to help women find that sense of Hope and Healing (emotionally, mentally, even spiritually,) they've been without no matter what situation they are/were in (from any kind of abuse, abortion, bad breakups, divorces, depression, etc.) And one thing I've found - and so many others have joyfully attested to - is that the same goal/resource has helped out so much.
...I can't tell you how much my heart has been broken so many times and so deeply over and over again with all the girl's stories I've heard. And how many tears of joy I've shed over the healing women attest to!

For whatever your reason is/was for having an abortion, the solution for healing and returning to "normalcy" is the same. The results may vary, but have proven successful every time. The healing is deep and thorough.

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As far as the Physical Healing or concerns, Please contact your Dr or E.R.

I cannot heal you. But I can help.

Thinking of you daily.
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i have read the above comments , and my story is a little different... I had a (surgical) abortion at the beginning of December. And that day was scheduled my follow up for mid January. The actual procedure went better than I could have hoped/imagined. I had the IV sedation and though they say it doesn't put you to sleep, I have a blank memory for the estimated 5minutes that they say it takes to perform... I remember the dr saying okay, sit up... and then being in the recovery room, where I wasn't very long bc I was just ready for the whole situation to be over. [i have 2 children, so it was a difficult but necessary need.] I have bled the whole time... never light to heavy, infact just heavy -> normal... and had the change from bright red to now almost brown. I attended the scheduled 6week check up where they give a urine pregnancy test and feel i assume to see if the cervix is normal and was told I was good to go (and they informed me the bleeding was normal). I have had a mucus-y discharge for a few weeks now and just figured it was normal... However tonight a (I'm assuming) blood clot the size of a peach pit came out of me. I didnt have any (or if I did they went unnoticed) blood clots this whole post abortion time so I'm a little concerned... Okay a lot concerned, it freaked me out and sent me crying. Is this normal?

Why is it that all of these women, myself included, have turned to the internet for some serious answers and all we can find is speculation by non medical professionals? All of the information pertaining to symptoms of medical abortions seem so vague. The doctors just seem to say everything is "normal". Well I had a medical abortion exactly 2 weeks ago and I have been heavily bleeding ever since. I just want to know if it's normal or if I'm going to bleed to death. It would also be nice to know when the bleeding is going to stop. Why does it vary so much for everyone? It scares me to read that some women are still bleeding after 4 months. It's been so heavy and I have continuous large clots. I can't imagine where all this blood is coming from. My lower abdomen has recently started to feel strange. Like it's hard and feels uncomfortable when I press on it, but it's a different pain than cramps. It almost feels like really bad gas (sorry if that's gross) but it's not that. i wonder if I have an infection now. I was given antibiotics but told not to take them since I'm in a monogamous relationship. I'm not sure why that even matters considering I wasn't supposed to have sex for 2 weeks. The psychological effects of the abortion have been haunting me too. I'm 33 and have a great job. I live with my fiance and we plan to marry soon. I was perfectly capable of having this baby but for whatever reason something didn't feel right. I didn't feel ready. I struggled with the decision and wondered if no mother ever felt ready for an unplanned pregnancy but just gathered up the courage to keep the baby anyway. On the other hand, when some women get pregnant they are so happy and excited. I thought because i didn't feel that same excitement that I wasn't yet worthy of being a mother. I was also scared that if i kept the baby i would lose my job and not be able to support it. I am baffled how teenagers without jobs or educations have babies and are able to get by. It makes me feel so guilty. I still don't know if I made the right decision. I feel so overwhelmed with my life now and I can't seem to stay on top of things like work or cleaning. I'm exhausted. I have no one to talk to about this. My fiance is really sad about my decision, as he wanted to keep it. So i feel bad talking to him about these things. It's just been really thought. If i had to do it all over again, i think i might have kept the baby. I'm so sad.

Hi I had an abortion 1 week ago and just took my last antibiotic (doxycylone or whatever its called). I had huge clotting the size of apples, apricots coins etc on Wednesday..then some spotting and i stopped bleeding but now i just passed a huuuuge clot again and i feel there are more coming. I am also having stupendous pain when passing solids or even just gas like intense sharp stabbing cramping pains...i am praying this is just because everything is swollen (as is normal in this situation) and so all intestines, tubes etc are pressing against each other. I'm going to take some ibuprofen and medicine and hope this relaxes me and reduces swelling. My cervix / uterus still feels tender and i hope this is all normal. I would consider going to the clinic or calling them but they all seem to say that everything is normal no matter what pain you are experiencing...contrary to the aftercare advice they give you. Here's to hoping all we are experiencing normal healing processes even if they do seem horrific at the time...our bodies are just re-balancing after this unnatural process. I really really hope.
Bless x

Hi everyone,
I wonder if anyone has been in the same situation as me?
I had the pessaries inserted a week ago for a medical abortion at 9 weeks. I had excrutiating pain but didn't pass much blood and only passed one golf ball sized clot which I think was the gestation sac with the foetus inside.
For the past couple of days Ive felt like I have something blocking my vagina. I felt inside my vagina and it feels like it's blocked up with clots but they wont come out. I have tried pushing them out but nothing happens. I'm now having some sharp pains at the top of my vagina but when I called the BPAS aftercare line they said that everything was fine as long as the pain wasn't really bad.
Has anyone else experienced this or had trouble pushing the clots out?

I am also having the severe sharp pains when I empty my bowels or passing wind. I haven't passed hardly any clots since the abortion and so thought it might be the clots being blocked and putting preassure on that area. I think I will call my clinic today so will let you know what they say!



Take care xxx

Hello need some advice BIG time! My fiancé has a had a blood clot before and it travelled to her lung, I was wondering if she had an abortion would it affect her any diff? Please contact me  ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed ***
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which clinic did you go to?

I done my abortion on nov 22 ,2011 i got my first menses on 22 jan 2012 till 26 jan.then stopped. on 28 th i bleeded heavily with clots .till now iam bleeding with clots. my usg appears normal .

I just had a medical abortion Wednesday and today it's Sunday yesterday morning I woke up and felt like I was going through labor. I was having contraction like cramps and when I went to the bathroom I had 5 huge baseball size clots come out. After relaxing a little the clots stopped but I just kept bleeding. I went through 3 ultra maxi pads in a half hour. The clotting stopped but now tonight I'm having those contraction like cramps again with blood clots. I don't know what to do because even with my 2 children before this the bleeding was never this bad. I don't know if I should just go to the Er to make sure I havent lost too much blood or is it normal.

hi hv done my secnd this tym bt my periods r nt cleared still hvn lumps in it i think its norml or hv nt cleaned fulli till yet.