Can I take a break for half a month?

Abortion, as the name suggests, means ending a pregnancy artificially, which is a very painful decision. However, in real life, many people are forced to make this decision for various reasons. Of course, if you have to choose abortion, you should pay special attention to rest and take care of your body. So how long should you rest after an abortion? Can resting for half a month after an abortion improve overall health?

How long do I need to rest after an abortion?

The physical damage caused by an abortion is just as great as that caused by giving birth, so you also need to rest for a month. As the saying goes, "Ten months of pregnancy, one day of delivery" and "The ripe melon falls off the vine." Normal delivery occurs when the fetus is full-term and changes in hormones in the mother cause the uterus to contract and deliver the fetus and placenta. This is a natural phenomenon of the human body, and the body has sufficient time to adapt and prepare for it. Artificial abortion is the process of artificially using surgical instruments to remove embryonic tissue and fetus from the uterine cavity within 12 weeks of pregnancy in order to terminate the pregnancy. Some people call abortion a "mini-confinement period". Since abortion artificially interrupts normal pregnancy, the body does not have a slow and gradual adaptation process, so it has a certain impact on human health.

Post-abortion care

1. Get adequate rest, read less newspapers and watch less TV, and avoid heavy physical labor.

2. Eat more nutritious food and protein-rich substances to restore your body to normal as soon as possible.

3. Keep the vulva clean and hygienic, and change sanitary napkins frequently.

4. Do not take a sitz bath within 2 weeks or before vaginal bleeding has stopped.

5. Avoid sexual intercourse within 1 month to prevent genital organ infection.

6. Generally, vaginal bleeding will gradually stop within 3 to 5 days and will not exceed 10 to 15 days at most. If the amount of vaginal bleeding exceeds the amount of menstrual blood and lasts too long, you need to seek medical treatment promptly.

7. As soon as you resume your sexual life, you must take contraceptive measures to avoid getting pregnant again. Under normal circumstances, the endometrial repair period is about half a year. Therefore, special attention needs to be paid to prevent uterine damage caused by another pregnancy.

To sum up, you need to rest for one month after an abortion, and there are many things you need to pay attention to during this period. Pregnant women should avoid heavy physical labor, eat more nutritious foods, keep the vulva clean, and not take a sitting bath in the early stage. Sexual life should be prohibited within another month. If you resume sexual life, you must take contraceptive measures. The above is what I learned today.