{"id":22,"date":"2009-07-15T19:39:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T19:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pregnancyinsight.com\/q=content\/unexpected-pregnancy-and-abortion\/"},"modified":"2009-07-15T19:39:56","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T19:39:56","slug":"unexpected-pregnancy-and-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pregnancyinsight.com\/pregnancy\/unexpected-pregnancy-and-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected pregnancy and abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are in this situation, an abortion may seem to be the only answer. Unexpected pregnancies are very difficult to handle and may make things very difficult for you. An abortion is a medical procedure that may involve a consequential change in your life.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide to go in for an abortion, there are many products available. Each one of them has risks associated with them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Morning after      pill (MAP)<\/strong> \u2013 This absorption technique comprises of a pregnancy test and two portions      of pills. One portion of MAP is taken within 72 hours from the date of      last intercourse even when the pregnancy test is negative. The second dose      is taken 12 hours after the first dose. If you had conceived within the 72      hours frame, the life is expelled. This pill is also called \u201cEmergency      contraception\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>RU486,      Mifepristone \u2013 <\/strong>If      the pregnancy is 28 to 49 days old, which means, it is 4 to 7 weeks after LMP,      then this drug can be taken. These pills are taken in conjunction with the      second medicine called misoprostol<strong>.<\/strong> The two medicines compel the uterus to throw out the fetus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Early Vacuum      Aspiration<\/strong> \u2013 A surgical procedure to abort the baby is done when the pregnancy is      less than or equal to 7 weeks of LMP. In this procedure, Dilators are used      to stretch cervical muscles and abortion instruments are passed into the      wide opening of the uterus. The fetus is sucked out of the uterus with the      assistance of a syringe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Suction Curettage &#8211; <\/strong>This is carried      out within 6 to 14 weeks after LMP. The doctor opens the cervix with a      dilator and inserts tubing attached to a suction machine into the uterus.      The suction machine pulls the fetus out of the uterus. A variation of this      method is called \u201cD &amp; C \u201cDilations and Curettage. A loop shaped knife      called a curette is used to take off the parts of the fetus out of the      uterus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dilation and      Evacuation (D&amp;E) &#8211; <\/strong>If the pregnancy continues till the      second trimester the D &amp; E procedure needs to be carried out. The      fetus is now double the original size between the 13 and 14 weeks of      pregnancy, the body of the fetus cannot be broken down with the help of      suction methods. Here the cervix is opened quite wide and a laminaria is inserted      two days before the abortion. When the cervix opens to the required width,      the doctor pulls out the fetal parts using a force and the fetus skull is      crushed to ease removal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Abortion not only ends pregnancy but also pose serious long term physical and emotional risks. Generally there are no complications in a normal abortion. In case of early abortions there are 1 percent chances of complications and in later abortions the risk rate is 2 percent. The various complexities associated with abortions are &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heavy Bleeding<\/strong> \u2013 At times a      uterine artery may erupt and cause a hemorrhage causing an alarm,      otherwise bleeding after an abortion is normal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infection <\/strong>\u2013 A major      concern during an abortion is that the chances of the uterus catching a      bacterial infection. A severe infection results in high fever persistent      over several days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allergic reaction      to drugs<\/strong> &#8211; At times the patient may have allergy to the anesthesia used during the      surgery. This may result in convulsion, heart attack or even death.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incomplete      abortion<\/strong> &#8211; At times while carrying out the RU486 method of abortion there are      chances that some fetal parts are left inside only resulting in bacteria      and infection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instrument      Complications \u2013<\/strong> Another danger is that abortion instruments may leave a life long scarring      of the uterine lining and may also end up cutting the cervix.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Perforation of the      Uterus<\/strong> \u2013 When the pregnancy is of longer duration, there are chances that the      abortion instruments may puncture or tear the uterus. When this happens,      then there is the risk of damage in other internal organs like bladder or bowels      also occur.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Death-<\/strong> In a very      extreme and unlucky case, due to all these complications or some of them      happening at the same time, the patient may never recover and die. But      such cases are very rare.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Breast Cancer &#8211;<\/strong> Abortions      increase the risk of Breast Cancer. It has been concluded after some      research that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer because      abortion causes a sudden drop in the estrogen level. This makes the breast      cells more prone to cancer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Difficulty in      conception &#8211;<\/strong> Any kind of physical injury during an abortion may prevent or make a      future pregnancy difficult. Also women who have had their first      pregnancies aborted face a greater chance of miscarriages the next time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are in this situation, an abortion may seem to be the only answer. Unexpected pregnancies are very difficult to handle and may make things very difficult for you. An abortion is a medical procedure that may involve a consequential change in your life. 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