my medical abortion experience

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So I decided to tell you guys about my abortion expirence. Unfortunately, mines did NOT go well at all! I was 15 going on to 16, and I got pregnant by my boyfriend for 3 years. In June of 2014 I was feeling a little weird. I kept feeling like I had to throw up and my boobs were getting really big and I kept smelling a certain smell coming from my vagina. ( I am a very clean person and never expirenced this smell before) Weeks passed & I talked to my boyfriend about it and he brought me a pregnancy test. Before taking the test I kindve already knew it was going to be positive. So a month past, i told my mom (thinking she was going to let me keep it since she had a baby at a young age also) I talked to my mom and she said no that I would be having to get an abortion or move out. I am nothing without my mother. She is the reason why I have everything. So a couple weeks passed and I thought I wasn't getting the abortion but she surprised me and I had an appointment. The morning of the appointment I cried and cried. When I got there I waited for probably 4 hours. They called me in a group of 4 ladies and took me downstairs. They took my blood and I went back to get an ultra sound. I was 3 months along

I need to share my experience. First off I want you to know that I have read so much about this pill everything about it, including the risks and its side effects. After searching so much about the abortion pills I kinda freaked myself out. There were a few stories that were calming and made me have hope but I would say the majority of them were terrifying! And I am a scaredy cat when it comes to this stuff. I googled everything when I was going through this. I google everything about the abortion pills, abortion surgery, abortion pill side effects, abortion pills painful, everything you can think of and I'm sure all of us have searched!

I would say my overall experience wasn't that bad. The most pain I was in would be working myself up but searching on the Internet and making assumption before actually doing anything.
I had the most anxiety before taking the pill. It's time really. I made the decision to have an abortion it was just the process that stressed me kinda. But after I did I am so happy with my decision. I have no regret from an abortion or termination. The only thing I can say is it is a learning experience and I wish I was smarter with my partner. But hey accidents happen.
We are old enough and can totally have a child if we wanted but I am still young and I would like to experience more to my life before having to take on that responsibility.
It is a life long responsibility. I took care of children for a good amount of years and know the work it entails. Right now just isn't my time. I have plans and goals I want to achieve before I have a child and I would also like to share those experiences with them when I do decide to have children.
This was my decision. Go with your gut and do what you feel. Remember, there is no wrong decision. Just make sure you do what you want and most importantly what is right.
My doctor said to look at this way, you know you are able to have children and an abortion will not cause risks if and when you plan on having children in the future.
We are so fortunate to have the choice these days. After you make your decision you will feel more relieved then upset. Then you know which way you should be thinking.

So let me start off with my visit at clinic. Is it just me or does the clinic just happen to feel a little sad when you are sitting there. I started to feel better seeing the strong women in there probably doing or went through what I was about to. But I still do get anxious at any doctors office or clinic because waiting seems like forever when all you want to do is take care of business and get out of there. You want it to be over before you even start. So that part is annoying for me.

They ask you a bunch of questions, fill out papers, and take a pee test to make sure you are pregnant. And an ultrasound.
You also have the choice of a hiv test which is a great idea just to do I mean unless you are afraid of needles.
You will still need a blood test regardless. They want to make sure you are not anemic. Not sure if you still have to of you know.
I am scared of that stuff but I sucked it up and just reminded myself that if I can't do just a finger prick then what makes me thinking having a baby would be easier. It was done in less then 7 sec I would say.
After this you then talk about your options. You can do surgical or medical. The medical abortion is the at "home abortion"or "abortion pill".
I decided on the pill.
I had to make an appointment to see the doctor another day. When the day came and I finally got the doctor she came in and we talked for a few minutes. Ask as many questions as you want it will make you feel better and you will also find out a doctor might tell you some information that might calm you down especially after reading so much on the Internet. I know it put me at ease.
Everyone's experience is different.
But there are ways to make yourself comfortable and prepare so it's easier.


I went out and bought a heating pad, pads and a candle. The candle was a strong scented one so that it would distract me from any smells. I am very sensitive I can smell everything which can be great but also horrible at times.
The doctor was very informative and explained the process. She also answered every question I had and asked me if I had anymore. You take a pill at the clinic and then 24 hours later at home or wherever you are comfortable and have an amazing relative or friend around and then you take the four pills.
I took my first pill (the abortion) at 1230pm in the clinic on a Friday. I kept my entire weekend open and planned for this. Then the following day I decided before I took the pills I wanted to do something active and be outdoors before I isolated myself. So in the morning I took a hike. Nothing intense just a up hill walk I guess. I truly believe working your body a little bit helps with the cramping so that was what I decided to do and it also relieves stress so this is good for you mentally.
I took one of the antibiotics prescribed (doxycycline hyclate) and about 2 hours later at around 430pm, I ate a good meal. Nothing too filling, I just I knew I wanted something and something my stomach wouldn't get upset from. I made my self a bowl of rice, with beans(for iron), some tomatoes and avocado. And a glass of juice and water. I am a vegetarian so my options are kinda limited but hey you can also think of this type of food to be healthy and you are preventing yourself from any worries of having a tummy ache. And drink alot of water.
I wanted to be the most comfortable.
After I ate, I took two 400mg ibuprofen and one (acetaminophen-cod) Tylenol with codeine. These are pills the doctor prescribed. After 30 mins I was ready to take the four pills.
This is where a little bit of panic started. I decided to let myself relax before I started because you don't want your body overwhelmed, it will only make things worse.
Just try and remind yourself that you are fine. I told myself that it wasn't going to be that bad and it was only temporary. Things will only get back to normal. Remind yourself why you are doing this. It isn't bad. You made the choice. Go with your gut.
So around 5:30pm I finally calmed down and placed the pills in my mouth. Two on each side.
You can't talk or drink so I already set myself up. I set the timer on my phone to know when I could swallow the remaining of whatever was leftover from the pills after the 30mins and I had a heating pad, a pad on, started a movie and I was ready for the pain.
I would say about 15-20 mins after the pills were sitting in my mouth I started feeling some cramping, I then decided to sit on the toilet.
I had a candle lit, some water to drink, a towel to hug, pads near by and wipes in the bathroom and whatever you need to make your self comfortable. I even brought the heating pad along.
Just relax. You will make it through this. So many women have, you can too.
I know it made me feel a little better knowing it was all coming out of my body. I didn't want to feel this way anymore and I was ready for all of it to leave my system.
I started to pee and blood started coming out. Not like explosive, it just like pee. Maybe a little like uncontrollable pee. I felt like I do when I have my period and happen to get on the toilet right when blood is coming out. Just a little more blood then normal.
If it makes you feel more comfortable, leave the lights off and just flush. You don't have to check it out. I mean you don't have to analyze it but do make sure you know you are bleeding.
I sat on the toilet for about an hour maybe more.
After I felt a good amount was out I decided to leave the bathroom for a little bit. Don't freak yourself out because you might start thinking things and get worked up I just told myself hey this is now like a normal evening I would have when I have a period. Your not completely yourself but you know you have your period. I watched another movie and ate something. Make sure you drink a lot of water. It is always good for you. It also helps with cramping. Your body wants to be hydrated.

Around 7 I started to feel achy and cramps were creeping up this is when I start to get scared because I knew the painkillers were probably almost done. I do remember feeling the way a lot of people had said when they feel a clot pass through as you pee. It wasn't bad, just different. You feel it. I decided not to look. But that's just me.
I toughed it out a little longer and then decided to take another ibuprofen. Had a piece of toast and fell asleep.
The next morning I was tired but my body wasn't in terrible condition. I am still bleeding, not crazily and this is normal. For some it may stop after a few days, for others it can lasts a little longer.
I hope my experience and advice on how to prepare yourself helps.

I do not regret this if anything I am so thankful we have the option.
Stay strong! Be calm and you will get through it!

R d cramps too bad?

Hello ladies i too just had a medical abortion which i am not proud of, I am an avid christian and made some mistakes and ended up pregnant, i wanted to keep the baby but finally decided abortion was a better choice because of my present circumstances i wont discuss, any way before i decided on this i checked several review forums and was frightened!!! But I mustered up enough courage to go through with it anyway, so this is my experience.....first let me say this ladies , if u dont listen to anything else listen to this, 50 women can sit in a movie theater and see the same movie and everyone of them percieve it differently, its the same thing with each individual abortion experience!!!!! So here goes mine. I went into my local planned parenthood clinic and filled out some paperwork and within a half an hour i was wisked to the back where i gave a urine sample, blood, temp check, then 5 min after all that i had a gentle pain free vaginal ultrasound that lasted about 5 min, where the tech informed me that i was 8 weeks and 3 days pregnant , right after i spoke with a counselor about my options as well as instructions on using this method of abortion, i became overwhelmed with guilt and emotion (which is the worst part of all of this) just the thought of terminating the pregnancy got realer and realer with every step i took in that clinic, and it is really hard ladies and if u have a heart u will shed some tears.....anyway i sat in a back lobby after that for about 15min when i was called to the administrative office to pay for the procedure which was $350.00 in cash, after that i sat back in the lobby and awaited the call from the dr. To administer the first tablet to stop the hormone that keeps the pregnancy going i teared up again.......then after that i recieved my day two meds which was antibiotics to prevent infection, pain pills , and my day two pills to complete the termination of the pregnancy, also instructions on how to take the pills, which was 24 hours after taking the first dose.....immediately after leaving the clinic i had taco bell because i was starving then got home and fell asleep for a few hours. , i had some mild discomfort in my lower abdomen but very tolerable, i could just tell something was taking place in my uterus.....the first day ended and as i awoke to day to, i had some fear, i prayed and asked Gods forgiveness and help and suddenly felt better and knew i would be okay.....the time finnally came to take my pills and all the horror stories i read from the forums started to flash in my mind, but i shook the thought and placed to pills on each side of both jaws between my gums, literally 30 min later i started feeling cramps and pressure in my lower abdomen after 45 min i sipped some water to swallow the undissolved meds and waited, i had no vomiting, no diahrea although i became a bit gassy , tmi i kno, but no dizziness, or anything else i read about that scared me (thank you Jesus) the worst thing was the uterine contractions/ cramps that stayed at about a level 6 on the pain scale.....on my normal cycle im not a cramper at all so this was a bit difficult for me but certainly not awful, like childbirth pains at all, i have one 7 year old son and im 38years old and this was my first abortion, i started bleeding a hour later and it started like a normal period but got a little heavier throughout the day along with a few golf ball size clots but overall normal for what is to be expected, as the day progresses i feel better and better and finnally was able to eat some chunky chicken noodle soup and papaya juice(which was cold and slushy btw) uhmm.....anywho in closing i dont promote abortion but if u ferl that is a personal choice u need to make for your life, please ask Gods forgiveness, abd make better choices so that abortion is not a habitual part of your life (no judging or shade i promise) just stressing its not a fun route to keep taking.......medical abortion was not bad at all for me, in fact im typing this reply on day two, hopefully the bleeding wont go to long, and i pray everything went well when i go for my two week follow up, ill keep u guys posted, God bless

I'm going to give a completely honest review so that hopefully, someone will be able to relate, and it will give them some comfort. I was never necessarily in favor of abortions, until I found myself in a very unfortunate situation. I am not going to share that though. I am young, in college, and have a lot of goals and hopes for myself and for my future. So when I found out I was pregnant, my immediate thought was that I could not continue with the pregnancy. No doubt in my mind. I researched different clinics, and made an appointment with the local planned parenthood clinic because they offered services for less expensive than other clinics. I did not tell anyone that I was pregnant or that I was choosing to terminate it. I knew I wanted to do a medical abortion because I thought it would be most natural, private, and I did not want to put my body through the process of a surgical abortion.
The week prior to my appointment had to be the longest week ever. I was sick and nauseous from the pregnancy, had many food aversions, and felt depressed and overwhelmed. I was also very nervous about my appointment because I knew I was going to have to do it all alone and I did not know what to expect. Friday morning I had my appointment. I filled out paperwork and did a lot of waiting around. Finally, I went back and they did an ultrasound. I knew they were going to use the probe, so I was nervous about that, but it honestly was not bad. Next they took my payment. Then I had my finger pricked and blood pressure checked. Everything was good and I had a positive blood type so I didn't have to have the shot that they give to negative blood types. I went back into another room and watched a 7 minute video which explained the whole process. Then the doctor came in, explained in detail the pill taking process, answered all of my questions, then gave me the first pill to take. Then i was able to leave immediately! It was a simple process. I felt a little nauseous that night and the next morning from the first pill. I am prone to nausea though. I was also given antibiotics to take that night, to prevent infection, which was no problem. You have to wait 24-48 hours until taking the second pill though, so I was very, very nervous waiting for those 24 hours. I think mostly because I knew that I was going to making myself feel miserable. It's like, it could have been a normal nice day, but I knew I was going to have to take those pills and not feel very good.
24 hours passed by and I was ready to get this thing over with. I was given medicine for nausea and pain and instructed to take them 30 mins before taking my second set of abortion pills. I put 4 dissolving pills in the sides of my cheeks and waited another 30 minutes for them to dissolve. They tasted kind of gross. After 30 minutes I started cramping a little, but no blood yet. I did feel the need to go to the bathroom though. And thats when I started feeling nauseous, despite taking pills to prevent that ( I told you I'm prone to it). I did throw up once but felt better immediately. I decided to take a nap in hopes that I would basically sleep through the whole process, but after about an hour of sleeping I was woken up by pretty bad cramps. I went to the toilet and had diarrhea. And was only bleeding a little at this point. I took an ibuprofen to lessen the pain, which did help, but only a little. My pain was probably at a 6-7 and went down to a 4 after the ibuprofen kicked in. I've never given birth but the pain seemed contraction-like. It was a steady pain but got much worse in waves. After sitting on the toilet a while, I laid back in bed and was able to fall asleep again. I woke up with much less cramping. Hallelujah! It was now about 5 hours since I took the pills. I stood up and it felt like everything came gushing out... So I went to the toilet and the clots were surprising, larger than I thought they'd be, and gross..... I really tried not to look at them though. I changed my pad, which was the first time I had to change it the whole time, so I did not have a ton of blood. My cramping was at around a 2 and my bleeding was like a normal period after this point. I knew I had passed everything and felt very relieved. It was such an easy, private process! I even ended up going to the movies that night, and the next day was back to normal, with regular bleeding. I felt so much better the day after than I did any day that I was pregnant. I could eat what I want without aversions, no nausea for the first time in 3 weeks, and no stress about the situation.
Every woman is different and knows what is best for them. I hope that my story helps someone feel at peace about their decision.

Ok I just went through the process 2 days ago. I figured I would post my story to help others going through the same thing. I found out I was preg on 3/10. I had sex on 2/25 used the morning after pill on 2/27. The box says up to 3 days after. The day I found out I was preg I tried the vitamin C misscarraige inducer where you take 6000mg a day and stick parsely in yr vagina which is suppose to cause a miscarriage. I already had an appointment for theclinic while trying and praying that this method would work. It didnt. I tired for 4 days. I was less then a month preg at this point. On the 17th I went for my 1st pill. The doc was unable to see anything on the ultrasound so she was going to make me come back. I pleaded with her to let me start and she did. I took the 1st pill at 10am on the 17th. Nothing happen I went about my day as normal. Except my emotions where all over the place cause I thought I would never be the women who had to do this. Day 2 I took I nasuia pill 1 moltrin 800 and a half of vicodin they said to take all 3 a half hour b4 taking the 4 pills. At 10am I took the 4 pills in my cheek. Nothing happened until 12pm when I started spotting. At this time I'm reading every story online. My flow was pretty light. Around 2 pm my cramps got intense. I took a moltrin 800m but never took another vicodin. From about 4pm to 6pm I had alot of heavy cramps. I used a heating pad and laid down. It was painfull but manageable. Around 7pm all the pain was gone today is the 20th and I'm having a reg flow with no cramps. ...hope this helps the scared user I thought so many bad things would happen to me and I was so scared. I never want to be in this situation again.

I also didn't tell any one. And have small children. So I was able to care for them and hid what I was doing at the same time. I did the whole process alone.

I would like to write about my medical abortion experiencw....
Number 1. The one and only reason why I had this is because I have been on methadone for 2 years and when I found out I was pregnant 2 weeks ago I looked up on all the possibilities of a baby being born with methadone in his or hers system... there was a lot more cons then pros and I refused to let my baby go through withdraws , pain, possibly deformation , and a lot of other bad things... so I decided to do the abortion.

My experience:
After I swallowed the 4 pills I felt a little cramping 6 minutes after... I thought oh boy... they're going on get worse... so I went into a hot shower aND the cramps went away right away... I was in for about 30 minutes. I go out, laid on the couch bc the pills made me tired ... still no pain... I lay there with my eyes closed for 45 minutes... got hungry , ate.. then I stood up and felt bleeding so I went to the bathroom . .. sat on the toilet... 5 minutes later I feel a clot come out. Did not hurt, did not feel weird at all.. I looked in the toilet and there it was ... the fetus... it looked so much like a fetus. I thought it would look just like a sacred and nothing else... but it was a sac and inside you could see the fetus... that's when I felt pain... but not physical ... emotional pain... I just wish I didn't get pregnant on methadone and I will not ever again . I'm going right on birth control asap! I just hope when the baby sees me when I go to heaven that he or she forgives me and knows that I did it for them... so they wouldnt be in pain bc of what I'm on and can't get off of.. the good news is I am getting tapered off I should be Done and off methadone in less than a year...and if I get pregnant again I will deff. Have the baby and not have to worry about him or her hurting or going throw withdrawals...


Every women is brave whether she has the baby or not. You know what is right for you and that's what matters.
Peace & love ♡♡♡

Dear, if you are pregnant, don't abort as many women who have aborted have ended up regretting it ( I know because I've heard their stories. You can find a lot of them if you google silent no more.) But their are still places you can go to for relief, like your local crisis pregnancy center. They'll advise you on what to do with the child. Also, adoption would be a good idea because then your child will be cared for by a loving family. Rest easy love, you and your child will have better lives that way honestly.

Hello,
I recently just had a medical abortion last Wednesday is when I took the four pills. ( 6/22/16) my blood type is A- , so I was told I needed a shot... well they never gave me the shot and I didn't even remember until i was in the checkout line and I was told I needed the shot before I took the first pill... well I already took the first pill before I remember that they didn't give me the shot... it's been almost a week since the abortion. I hadon't a very pleasant physical experience and everything went normal... I still dont have much pain or bleeding but I'm scared ... what will happen since they didn't give me the shot?? Will I die? I'm scared even tho I dont have pain.. what do I do? Please... someone ease my mind ! :(

hey how are you doing? I looked this up and apparently they give you the shot because if you have negative blood, there's a chance the fetus has positive blood, and just in case there is an exchange between your blood and the fetus's during the abortion process, they give you the shot to make sure that your body doesn't develop antibody type things that have the chance of hurting a future pregnancy. if they didn't give you the shot, that is on them, and you should definitely call asap if you haven't already. but you should be just fine, and even future pregnancies should too. the shot is just a precautionary measure

So you're having regrets, a lot of people don't that is why they don't mention it. I'm sorry to you are going through that though. If you were having doubts, why did you go thru with the procedure?

I'm sorry for all you've been through. God still loves you. If you need to talk about it, feel free to call this number 888-456-HOPE (It's a number for an abortion healing hotline.)

Did ur insurance pay for the pill? Or u payed out of pocket?