How long does it take to have a medical abortion during early pregnancy?

Medical abortion is the use of drugs to terminate pregnancy. Young women who are pregnant unexpectedly are particularly fond of this method because they only need to take the medicine when no one is around. Because some pregnant women think about medical abortion after a few months of pregnancy, but in the end the abortion is not complete and they have to have a curettage, which is very painful. So, how long after early pregnancy can medical abortion be done?

Generally speaking, medical abortion is suitable for healthy women who are within 5 to 7 weeks of pregnancy (pregnancy time less than 49 days), have confirmed intrauterine pregnancy, have not received glucocorticoid treatment in the past 3 months, are under 40 years old and voluntarily request to end the pregnancy. In addition, women should pay attention to the following matters before choosing medical abortion:

1. Before medical abortion, you should go to the hospital for an ultrasound examination to rule out ectopic pregnancy and understand the size and location of the gestational sac to help determine whether medical abortion is suitable.

2. Medical abortion is suitable for women who are in good physical condition and have no contraindications. The so-called contraindications include: having or currently suffering from more serious systemic diseases, endocrine diseases (such as diabetes, thyroid disease, etc.), liver and kidney dysfunction, allergic constitution, heart disease, hypertension, anemia, asthma, skin itching during pregnancy, etc.

3. Choose a regular hospital with emergency treatment, curettage, blood transfusion and infusion facilities for medical abortion, and observe closely to prevent any accidents.

If you have had a medical abortion once and the process went smoothly, that is, the following three situations:

1. The gestational sac has been completely removed on the first day of medical abortion bleeding. 1-2 days after the gestational sac is discharged, the vaginal bleeding stops, or there is only a very small amount of blood. If it stops within 7 days after the gestational sac is discharged, it is considered successful.

2. Take drugs to prevent infection during medical abortion.

3. Menstruation will resume about one month after the medical abortion.

If the above three conditions are met, then it will have little impact on future pregnancies.

From the time you start taking medication for medical abortion until the abortion bleeding stops (within 7 days), and waiting for the new menstrual period to stop, you must rest well and not have sexual intercourse during this entire period. Do not take tonic food, drink alcohol, or take concentrated ginger soup until you are sure that the bleeding has completely stopped.