Can induced abortion be performed at eight months?

Some women, for some reasons or because of the fetus, will choose to undergo induced abortion, a procedure that causes fetal death. However, what many female friends do not know is whether they can still undergo induced abortion when their fetus is so big? For example, if the baby is 8 months pregnant, then we would like to ask an authoritative expert to answer whether induced abortion can be performed at 8 months.

An 8-month-old fetus is fully formed and is preparing to be born. If there is no special reason, it is best to induce abortion without medication. In addition, this is also very harmful to the mother's body.

After 28 weeks of pregnancy, if measures must be taken to induce uterine contractions and end the pregnancy due to reasons related to the pregnant woman or the fetus, this is called late pregnancy induced labor. Since babies born before 37 weeks of gestation have incompletely developed organs and poor living abilities, they are sometimes difficult to survive. Even if they survive, they may have intellectual disabilities. Therefore, this type of induced labor is only suitable for pregnant women who are not suitable to continue the pregnancy due to some disease, or when the fetus is mature and the intrauterine environment is not suitable for the continued development of the fetus. For example, pregnant women suffer from certain serious systemic diseases or severe pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome, and drug treatment is ineffective, and continuing the pregnancy will harm the mother; fetal aspects such as fetal malformation, post-term pregnancy, intrauterine fetal death, premature rupture of membranes before labor 24 hours later, and polyhydramnios, etc. About 70% of high-risk pregnancies require timely induced labor.

That is to say, once the fetus is mature, in order to make the pregnancy no longer threaten the health of the pregnant woman, or after certain treatment, in order to allow the fetus to escape the adverse environment of the mother as soon as possible, some of the more serious high-risk pregnancies are allowed to give birth early. This method is medically known as termination of pregnancy. If placenta previa or early placental abruption is accompanied by hemorrhagic shock, the pregnancy should be terminated in time to save the mother's life.

When to plan delivery depends on placental function and fetal maturity. If delivery is too early, the fetus is not yet mature; if delivery is too late, it will threaten the health of the pregnant woman and the fetus. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the most appropriate time, which is the so-called "right time". If amniotic fluid analysis indicates that the fetal lungs are not yet mature, dexamethasone can be injected intramuscularly or intravenously to accelerate the maturation of the fetal lungs, promote the formation or release of surfactant, and prevent neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. If the conditions of the mother and child permit, the pregnancy can be continued under close monitoring and terminated after the fetus matures.

The above is the relevant article about whether induced labor can be performed at eight months. I hope that after reading the above article, everyone can have a comprehensive understanding of induced labor. However, when the fetus is mature, I still hope that everyone will not choose it, because it is a life after all.