Can I induce labor when I am more than 7 months pregnant?

Usually when women reach seven months of pregnancy, they are ready to welcome the baby. However, due to physical or practical reasons, some women who are seven months pregnant choose not to have the baby in their belly. Because the baby is already big enough in the mother's belly at seven months, if an abortion is really performed at this time, it will cause great harm to the body. But is it still possible to have an induced abortion when you are seven months pregnant?

Can induced labor be performed at seven months?

Induced labor can be performed in the 7th month of pregnancy, but it is equivalent to induced labor in the late pregnancy. The potential dangers of induced abortion in the seventh month of pregnancy are relatively high. At this time, induced abortion mainly uses artificial methods to induce uterine contractions and terminate the pregnancy. Artificial methods include drugs or mechanical means to induce labor. Therefore, inducing abortion for a seven-month-old fetus is relatively risky, but it is not impossible. After seven months of pregnancy, the placenta has been formed and the fetus is larger, so the operation will become more difficult and cause greater harm to the woman's body. To this end, everyone needs to know the best time to induce labor and perform abortion at the best time to reduce the harmfulness of the operation.

When induced labor is performed at seven months of pregnancy, the cervix must be fully dilated, and the placenta and fetal bones have already formed. Therefore, the trauma to women at this time will be relatively large, and complications such as postpartum hemorrhage, birth canal injury, amniotic fluid embolism, and secondary infection are more likely to occur. Very few pregnant women may be allergic to the induction drugs and have an allergic reaction, causing poisoning, or even serious consequences such as shock. Especially if amniotic fluid embolism occurs, the harm is even greater. Therefore, induced abortion in July must be performed in a regular hospital with better conditions and should not be taken lightly. Pregnant women must abstain from sexual intercourse for one week before induced labor, and take a bath, especially clean the lower abdomen and genitals.

The above is the introduction about whether induced labor can be performed when the fetus is seven months old. In short, the longer the pregnancy, the greater the risk of induced abortion. The harm of induced abortion at 7 months is particularly dangerous, especially in the late pregnancy. Therefore, for induced abortion surgery, it is necessary to perform treatment as early as possible, not only will the effect of the surgery be better. The risks of surgery are also relatively small.