my medical abortion experience

I am posting this in hopes that it helps anyone thinking about medical abortion. First I would like to say there are alott of anti abortion people out there that will degrade you just because your getting abortion , and they don't even know or care about your situation. If a abortion is your decisions your probably having a hard enough time as it is without someone calling you a baby killer.

Anyway I found out I was 5 weeks pregnant about two weeks ago, I am 40 years old and have two kids in their early 20's I thought long and hard about if I can raise another kid and realized I just couldn't afford to raise another kid, as I struggled to raise my previous kids. so I decided to go through with my first abortion. The surgical abortion terrified me so I chose medical, I didn't do research until the night before my appointment, which when I did do the research I started panicking because all I seen was horrible stories.

Well after reading the stories I started to change my mind about the medical and decided when I went in for my appointment that I would get the surgical . Well when I asked if I could change the proceeded I was told that I would have to reschedule which I didnt want to wait any longer so I went ahead with my original plan the medical abortion.

 

Ok first they tell you to eat before you go to your appointment, my advise is to eat an hour before you go because you will have at least two hours go by once you finish your appointment to when you take your first pill. I ate two hours before my appointment time and I didn't get to take the first pill until 5 1/2 hours later. The reason they tell you to eat first is because the mifepristone (the first pill they give you) may cause an upset stomach 

 

when I took the  mifepristone after 15min I started feeling sick to my stomach BUT I ate shortly after and within 30min after I ate I felt allot better so this is why I say eat In my opinion if you have food in your stomach its less likely you will get sick

 

Ok next is the four pills (mifeprex) you have to take within 24-48 hours these you put in your mouth two on each side between your cheek and gum and keep them in your mouth for 30 min. my experience with these is the nasty pasty taste after 30 min. After I took them the only side effect that I got was cold chills for about 10 min after that I felt nothing. I started bleeding within an hour.

 

One thing that scared me was the heavy bleeding I wasn't used to that . They told me I would get cramps which I did but they were not as bad as I anticipated. within 3 hours I passed the baby. I didn't even notice it just looked like a large clump of blood. 

 

I only had cramps the first day that I took the mifeprex after that I didnt have cramps . The only other thing that will probably scare you is the heavy bleeding which I had that for a full week then it stopped. so hopefully this helps anyone with their decisions and takes care of some fears. remember everyone is different and your reaction to the drugs may be different so don't go on just what you read, you may just have to experience it yourself. All in All I am happy with my decision on taking the medical abortion despite what I read

 

 

 

 

Well I just had a medical abortion 3 days ago: Friday the first pill at the clinic and 28 hrs later on Saturday the 4 pills dissolved in my mouth. After the first pill I was feeling so sick with nausea & stomach pain. Also, very emotional . I was almost 9 weeks pregnant and just find out a week ago. Because a serious medical condition I took a lot of medicine that harm the development of ... I didn't know I was pregnant, so I took the medicines as always . I though the "morning sickness" was from the new treatment I just started. The dr said I was barely on time for medical abortion, I wouldn't do the other one. My experience is not that bad as all you read . Painful yes! Scale 10!!! It last for almost 5 hrs! At the end I just feel that I was about to pass out, the pain was really strong even with the painkillers (Vicodin) . After taking the 4 pills, almost immediately I started to spot . Cramps mild, then chills really bad, almost pass out there. My boyfriend said I was very pale . Then the process started & the real pain came . I guess the detachment is the painful part. I had to throw up like 8 times before the big clot came out. First like a water with some blood, then a big clot like the size of a big lemon. Then more small clots. As I said, the bad part lasted like 5 hrs. However all night I was bleeding bad. All the time between the bed and the toilet. By my experience I strongly suggest to have someone with you. Even when he couldn't do anything for me, just to have him there makes me feel safe. I knew if something happen he was there. Everyone has her own reasons to do this. Think twice or maybe more before you do it , the physical part is really hard but the emotional is even harder! I guess this feeling will pass soon & I just did it yesterday . I hope my experience could help others . Good luck!!!

 3 years ago, at the mature age of 29 years old, I had an abortion. I can number several reasons here why it seemed like the best thing to do at the time (financial situation, my boyfriend, my living conditions, complete ignorance of benefits and help, etc) and so I legally looked for help in a termination clinic. I was 3 weeks pregnant at the time and the appointment was booked for a couple of days later. I didn’t have any physical problems following the procedure, but as soon as it was over I knew something terrible would happen to me. I knew I rushed into the decision and couldn’t stop thinking what a terrible thing I’ve done. I had the feeling that I was going to be punished for my act and the strong sensation that I had deviated my path in life... as if I had run away from myself and was incapable to find my way back. Coming from a Catholic family, I started to pray for forgiveness and practice meditation. 2 years later I was starting to feel a little better about myself, but the feeling that something really bad would happen because of my act has never left my heart and my thoughts. A couple of months ago I was diagnosed with a very rare type of Cancer on my spine and the first thing that popped into my mind when I received the result was: I have caused this through the abortion. There is no proved medical relation between the abortion and the Cancer, but in my heart I know... I know that it is a consequence of my own action. I’ve been through a surgery and now need radiotherapy. It is a life threatening illness and I would rather not go through too many details specifically about it. All I want to do is create awareness. Don’t rush into the decision of having an abortion. Look for help, information, think, talk, pray if you believe meditate if you like, and look for the answers inside yourself. Don’t do what I have done, don’t panic. Things happen at the right time, even if you can’t see right now. Trust yourself. I really wish I have had my baby.

Thank you so much for your story, especially the last part about freedom. You may be on a back page on the internet, but the beautiful thing about that is, you never know who you will help.

This makes me less nervous now thank god I read your post

Your story made me less nervous.the only thing that scares me is tht I won't be able to take the cramping:(

I had the second stage of my medical abortion today. I had the 1st pill on Wednesday 24th and was called back into the clinic at 7:30 this morning. I am in my 20's and was 7 weeks pregnant. After reading stories on the Internet I could not explain how scared I was to go ahead with it. Upon arriving, with my boyfriend, we were taken to our own room with a bed a tv and some chairs, along side a sink and supplies. The nurse came in, inserted the 4 tablets and also an antibiotic/pain killer in to my bum and then asked me to lay down for 30 minutes whilst they dissolved. I was asked everytime I went to the toilet to go in a bed pan. The toilet was just outside my room. After about an hour I experienced bleeding with no cramps, after two hours I had cramps, but nothing bad. I went to the toilet and passed everything. I was told by the nurses they'd want to keep an eye on my bleeding for another hour and if everything was fine I was free to go. I passed another big amount of blood cor(with practically no pain) and after that just blood with small clots, after an hour I was free to go. I experienced this without feeling sick, with very little pain(especially as to what I percieved it to be like), and without feeling traumatised(I was relieved at the experience). I was leaving the hospital by 12 o'clock. I was lucky to be surrounded by amazing nurses and my boyfriend to help with everything. Don't be distracted by the stories on the Internet, I was and I was frightened for ages!

Hi everyone! I found out I was pregnant about two weeks ago.  It was terrible timing. Finals were right around the corner.  I decided not to keep it because my boyfriend and I are far from ready, and I want to finish college before having a child.  My boyfriend and I have been together for 2 years and we are both 19.  Now I was very worried that this abortion would hurt my chances of having children later, but the doctors and nurses at Planned Parenthood assured me that this is NOT the case. 

I opted for a medical abortion.  I felt that the surgical would be demeaning and dehumanizing (in my opinion).  I am praying that the medical worked completely for me so I won't have to go back in for surgery.  My next appointment is next Tuesday, so hopefully everything turns out well.  I don't mind sharing my entire experience, because after all the stuff I had read prior to my abortion, scared the living hell out of me.  Safe to say, my experience was nothing like the horror stories I read.  So here is exactly what happened...

 

I took the 1st pill on Monday (5/13) at Planned Parenthood.  My appointment was at 10 am and I probably spent an hour and a half there that day.  I went alone and was pretty scared (because at my first appointment my boyfriend accompanied me), this was the only PP in Houston that administered the abortion pills and did all the procedures.  I lived about 30-45 minutes away.  I really hate traveling to downtown Houston alone, so I was extra nervous that day.  Anyway, the first thing they did at this appointment was take a urine sample from me.  This was to check for any STD's (I am supposed to get a call if I test positive for any, haven't gotten any calls yet).  After this, they sent me back into the waiting room.  Another ten minutes pass, I get called back again.  This time to check my weight, blood pressure, and temperature.  They also pricked my finger to attain some blood.  After this, I was sent back out to the waiting room again.  This was about the longest I had to wait.  Finally I got called back, paid my fee, then went into a small room with a doctor.  She gave me the pill (I think this was around 11 AM), some birth control, some antibiotics, prescriptions for pain killers, and birth control all in a paper bag (which seemed odd to me).  I left PP, did some errands, and eventually went home.  **Now the first pill I took had no side effects until later that night.  After I ate dinner, I took 4 antibiotics as I was told to do so.  I woke up at 1 AM and had terrible diarrhea with bad cramping.  It sucked, but nothing I couldn't handle.  I went back to sleep afterward.  I woke up around 8 or 9 and had some breakfast.  Around lunch time my friend came over.  We went and got some fast food.  Afterwards we went back home and laid out in my backyard to tan (probably not the best idea for my situation, but I did anyway).  At 12:00 PM, I took one pill of promethazine to stop any nausea or vomiting.  Mind you that these are not high doses (I was looking forward to getting these prescriptions, but they're pretty pointless).  At 12:30 PM, I inserted the 4 pills into my cheeks, around my gums.  I was still laying outside.  There was no taste, but the chalkiness of the pills started to annoy me.  I swallowed them at 12:30 PM just as I was advised.  I was already experiencing some cramping around this time.  We moved back inside and layed in my bed.  I took 4 ibuprofen and also a Tylenol 3 a little bit later (which I was advised NOT to do, but I did anyway).  I put a heating pad on, which helped a lot.  My friend and I talked to get my mind off the pain.  The pain was probably a 4 on a scale of 1-10.  This went away in about 10-15 minutes.  My friend left at 2:30.  I went to sleep at this time.  I woke up around 4 PM.  This was probably when I started experiencing the worst part.  I had terrible cramps and bad diarrhea.  Yes, that was as bad as it got!!  I took more pain meds (honestly, I just took one of everything they gave me).  The pain and diarrhea was off and on for a few hours.  My mom fixed me some food.  I ate.  Cramps would come back and go away.  It was like a period for me.  Usually, my periods are filled with heavy bleeding and terrible cramping.  My boyfriend came over.  We went and got ice cream.  Came back. Fell asleep.

Now it is Day 3 for me.  I finally feel normal again! I haven't felt this great in a long time.  My entire pregnancy (***which I was 6 weeks and 4 day, btw*******), I felt tired and nauseated.  My cramps are gone (still some bleeding) and my nausea is gone! I'm pretty happy overall.  My breasts are still very tender.  Also, since I forgot to mention it, yesterday I did not experience that much bleeding.  I was scared sh*tless when a doctor told me I'd be passing something the size of a lemon.  I passed small clots about the size of a grape (probably smaller).

 

So please don't worry or freak out! I am so glad I picked this procedure over the surgical. 

If anyone needs more info, please contact me.  I will happily be there for anyone who needs support or advice!

Hello everyone. I am so glad I found this forum even tho Im still quite terrified because just like most of you I also googled the medical abortion! I received my methotrexate injection 1 wk ago and I inserted the misoprostol pills vaginally about 30mins. ago Im shaking so bad because Im scared. I am 21 with a 11mnth old and decided to go through with this because Im not ready for another child. I am still with my daughters father (my high school sweetheart=) ) but right now is not the best time to bring another child into this world. I know there are ways to avoid this and I made the mistake of not taking precautions but after this I am definitely looking into some form of contraception I really don't want anymore children. But anyways, so far so good incase things get painful I have my heating pad. I did not receive a prescription but was told to use tylenol extra strength. I will update later to let any curious minds know how my experience is going!

Hey everyone! So I inserted my 2nd set of pills and so far no pain yesterday I had consisten cramps but they were really light. I passed a few clots but none today I'm not sure if it all passed or it'll take time for them all to pass maybe a week I'm guessing. This procedure is nowhere near as bad as I was told and I've been feeling great! Still upbeat with my 11mnth old! I still have cravings and when I'm hungry feel like I haven't eaten in 30yrs lol but ladies please don't let those horror stories scare you it's really not that bad!!! Good Luck☺

I am 20 years old and going for a medical abortion on Monday, I have read some horribly terrifying stories online and have been crying constantly for the past few hours due to blatant fear. I am generally an emotinally resiliant person, but this is such a huge deal and hearing the horror stories didn't make it any easier. My partner and I had an unplanned pregnancy, I found out 2 nights ago when I was approximately 4 weeks. We had a massive talk about it and decided that as much as we want a baby, we aren't finacially stable enough and don't have suitable housing to bring up a child, it would be selfish of us to keep it just becuse we want to. So after that conversation I wanted to organise it ASAP because I was scared I would change my mind if I left it any longer, however, they made me wait until Monday so that I am officially 5 weeks, they told me that they aren't legally allowed to perform the procedure or hand out any medication any earlier than that? But anyway, this thread was SO comforting. I was starting to want to back out of it but this has made me quite confident in myself that I can go through with this. My period pains are usually bearable and I have quite a strong pain threshold so I really hope that is a good sign. You ladies are all so brave and inspirational, I wanted to thank you all for giving me the strength to push through my fear and do what at this point in time is best. I know that eventually our time to have a family of our own will come and it will be perfect, unfortunately that time just isn't now.

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I just recently had an abortion (last Tuesday) and this forum help me made my decision while viewing a lot of reviews about women's experience with the medical abortion. Unfortunately this is my second abortion. My first abortion was about 5 years ago and it was done surgically. Even though my surgical experience wasn't bad at all, there must be a person with you to help you get home and take care of you for the rest of that day. Since I didn't want anyone  to know I was pregnant again and was considering an abortion, I decided to do the abortion pill. Even though the clinic recommend someone there to help I took the risk to do it alone... There is a 2 day process. The first day you must take the first set of pills in the clinic. After signing all the paper work agreeing to do the procedure, emergency contacts, concerns, yaddy yah I took the first pill of mifepristone. The doctor said some women experience some side effects like cramps and bleeding after taking the first pill, but I only experienced mild cramping. You can go on that day running errands, work, or do whatever you have to do. The second day comes and 11:00 am was the time to start for me (every one has a different start time). I was prescribed to take 2 acetaminophen pills to reduce cramping and 1 ondansetron pill that dissolves in my mouth to reduce nausea. 30 minutes later (11:30) I was told to take the 4 misoprostol pills that dissolves in your mouth (2 on both sides of cheeks) for 30 minutes and drink the remaining fragments. Exactly 30 minutes later (12:00) I was experiencing mild cramping. The cramps gradually became worse and really painful. 12:00 pm was the time i was able to take 600 mg-800 mg of ibuprofen, I instantly took 4 Advils (200 mg each) but it didn't seem to work. I don't want to frighten anyone who is considering the medical abortion but the pain was very severe. I didn't think it was going to be that painful since I get very bad cramps during my menstrual. I feel it depends on the person since I am capable to take pain pretty well to go through this experience alone. I couldn't sleep well cause of the pain but it last for about 1 hr 1/2 (12:30 pm-2 pm). From 2-3 my cramps came from severe to just bad cramps like when I get on my menstrual...Next I will tell you what helped me during the process. After taking the 4 pills of misoprostol. I began to get chills, keep a heavy blanket and thin sheet in hand and a fan if you like a breeze on your face while being snuggled under the covers. After the chills which only lasted about 10-20 minutes I went to the bathroom and sat on the toilet since I felt I had to release. Around 12:55 pm that is when I started bleeding lightly. I was having really bad back pains with the severe cramping at this time. I laid the thin sheet on the floor in the bathroom since the cold tiles helped me relaxed. Since I felt a mixture of disgust of being hot/cold/sweaty/bloody I decided to go in the shower. I sat in the shower with hot water on my back that eased the pain very very well. I stood in the shower for about an hour and adjusted to positions I felt comfortable in. During that hour in the shower I was bleeding more and clots were coming out. That is when I seen the clot that was big as a lemon, which is normal. Once i got out the shower i was about 3:00 pm. I felt very exhausted and took 2 more Advils to reduce the cramping; cramps were still bad but tolerable. Since I was alone I made sure I had my phone on handy just in case anything would happen. I listed emergency contacts on my favorites in my phone (sort of speed dial), the abortion services number, the clinic and 911 just to be prepared. Overall my experience was not so bad but I do recommend to have someone with you if you are not comfortable or know how your body functions. Hope this helps...Don't forget the hot shower :-| !! Oh and extra duty pads for the bleeding, best of luck!!

Hi.. I had an abortion last Oct. 26, 2012 and I got my period back after 6wks. Since then I am having my period monthly though it's varying from 28-35days and I guess its normal to me since my period really varies each month even before i got pregnant. My concern is since i had abortion i am having constant pain in my right side of abdomen, like on the part of my right ovary and pelvic area. Sometimes the pain is in the middle and very rare at the left side. I cant tell this to my dr because abortion is illegal in my country but i want to know why this is happening to me. I am scared i cant have a baby in the future. But now i seldom feel that kind of pain. Is this hormonal imbalance or something bad happened to my reproductive organs down there? My boobs also sore sometimes. In other words i still feel the pregnancy symptoms from time to time esp. when im almost due to my period. Any opinion?

I just took my second set of pills yesterday and had cramping bleeding just like a period but no "large" or "massive" clots like I have read about so I am hoping this is normal I honestly felt fine the whole time, no fever, vomiting etc.. Just slight nausea that went away as soon as I ate a little something- I am worried that its not working like it should....