How long before the current pregnancy is medical abortion carried out?
The official, approved by the Ministry of Health, the term of medical abortion is 42 days of absence of menstruation. The calculation of the period is carried out from the last past menstruation. This, as a rule, corresponds to 3 weeks of delay in the months.
However, according to the general medical practice, medical abortion at early stages can be performed up to 49 days of amenorrhea, and in some cases even up to 63. It is proved that the effectiveness of abortion by a medicamentous method is inversely proportional to the duration of the current pregnancy, at a late period is likely that there will be a so-called incomplete abortion, as a result of which the pregnancy continues its development, which requires surgical intervention. Therefore, medical abortion is not carried out at a later date .
How is medical abortion performed?
Having learned, before what term medical abortion can be carried out, the girls are interested in the question concerning how this procedure is carried out.
From the title it can be seen that a similar method of abortion is carried out with the help of medications . It was found that the most effective combination is Mifepristone and Misoprostol.
The procedure itself is carried out necessarily under the supervision of a gynecologist, who takes into account the duration of pregnancy, based on the data of ultrasound. Also, the latter is used to exclude an ectopic pregnancy, in the presence of which medical abortion is not performed.
The very procedure of medical abortion, the timing of which is indicated above, is carried out in several stages. After ultrasound and bimanual examination of the pelvic organs, a woman is given Mifepristone in a dosage of 200-690 mg. Then after 36 hours, the woman is given Mizoprostol, 400 μg. All of these tablets are applied sublingually, i.e. put under the tongue. Already literally 2-3 hours after the intake of blood begins to appear. In case the procedure causes painful sensations in the girl, pain medications can be prescribed.