How long does it take to get pregnant before you can use medication for abortion?

There are many women who are pregnant but do not have the conditions to have children, so they can only bear the pain and abort their children. When the pregnancy is relatively short, they can still use artificial abortion or medical abortion. However, if the pregnancy is more than 100 days, induced abortion must be used because artificial abortion and medical abortion have greater risks. So how long does it take to use medical abortion?

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.

Which is better, medical abortion or surgical abortion?

When an unexpected pregnancy occurs, many women are at a loss, especially when deciding to terminate the pregnancy. They don’t know which abortion method to choose in order to minimize the damage to their body. So, when choosing the method of abortion, which one is better, medical abortion or surgical abortion? Let me introduce it to you below.

In terms of success rate, the success rate of medical abortion is 75%, while the success rate of painless abortion can reach 99%. Obviously, the success rate of medical abortion is significantly lower than that of painless abortion. Moreover, medical abortion may result in incomplete expulsion of the gestational sac, leading to incomplete abortion. Once this happens, it will cause continuous vaginal bleeding and the woman will need to be admitted to the hospital immediately for a uterine curettage, otherwise her life will be in danger.

In addition, medical abortion has the following hazards:

1. It can easily cause uterine infection. After a woman has undergone medical abortion, she will generally experience irregular vaginal bleeding for about 15 days. During this process, if improper care is not taken, the entire reproductive tract is extremely susceptible to bacterial infection, resulting in persistent vaginal bleeding or gynecological diseases such as vaginitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and cervicitis.

2. The side effects of the drug are significant. While taking the medication, some women may experience gastrointestinal reactions such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

To sum up, surgical abortion has a higher success rate than medical abortion, is safer, and causes less harm to the body.