The reason why the gestational sac was not seen during medical abortion

Medical abortion is a way that many women now choose to artificially end their baby's life, because compared with surgical abortion, medical abortion is not as painful. But I don’t know if you know the mechanism of medical abortion. Its main principle is to have women take medicine to make the gestational sac fall off. Therefore, generally on the third day after medical abortion, women will see the gestational sac falling out of the body when they urinate or defecate. But some women don’t see the gestational sac come out even on the third day. What’s going on?

1. Generally speaking, medical abortion requires three days of medication. After the third day, the gestational sac will fall out in about 4-6 hours. The gestational sac is a white, meat-like gestational sac and embryo. The black and blue color, shaped like fish intestines, is the endometrium. The villi are invisible to the naked eye.

2. Many people are afraid that the gestational sac is not drained completely and they need to have a uterine cleaning afterwards. You can use the following method to identify it: put the menstrual blood in a container, add water and rinse gently. After the blood clot disappears, if you see a small water bag, sometimes you can see something that looks a bit like a shrimp, which is the embryo. Then you need to find the villi, which are attached to the surface of the embryo sac. After being rinsed in water, they appear white and fluffy. If you see this ball of fluff, it can further confirm that it is an embryo, indicating that the embryo has been expelled and the medical abortion is complete.

3. However, if no embryo or villi are found through the above method, and the abdominal pain is still severe and the bleeding is still heavy, then the gestational sac tissue has not been expelled. Maybe what you expelled is just blood clots or some flat tissue. At this time, it is recommended that you go to the hospital to ask a doctor to check or do a B-ultrasound examination to see whether the abortion is complete.

Note:

After medical abortion, just like surgical abortion, you should avoid having sex within one month and pay attention to nutritional supplements. In terms of nutrition, pay attention to iron supplementation: beef, lean meat, liver, kidney, egg yolk, blood, green vegetables, and fruits are rich in iron. The protein intake should be sufficient, and you should also eat more foods rich in vitamins.