How and when can you have an abortion?.
Not a single woman is safe from unwanted pregnancy. Some methods of abortion are quite harmless, and some threaten complications even before death. How to terminate pregnancy without harm to health? In this material we will analyze different answers to the question of how abortion is done.
How long can you have an abortion?
How long can an abortion be done? The answer to this question is given in law.
So, if there are special medical indications, then it is carried out regardless of the term. If the fetus has been over twelve weeks and simply if necessary, surgical intervention is carried out. Here are the main situations when termination of pregnancy is possible at any time:
- The child is non -viable
- Risk to mother’s life
- The fetus has genetic pathologies and t.D.
Until the twenty -second week of pregnancy has occurred, abortion is possible according to social indications. Earlier, according to the law, such indications included the death of the father and pregnancy as a consequence of rape. To date, only the second reason is legal. That is, if the pregnancy appeared after the woman was attacked and forced to sexual intercourse, she has the right to get rid of the undesirable fetus, which is also the fruit of the rapist.
Of her own free will, without discussing the reasons for such a decision, a woman can terminate the pregnancy within twelve weeks from the day of conception. Later, such a procedure justified only by the unwillingness to have a child will be considered illegal.
When to do an abortion is the safest for the health of the female body? Doctors indicate that it is the least dangerous to terminate pregnancy in the first trimester, when the fetus is not yet sufficiently developed. This means that it is safer to spend it for up to ten weeks. However, it should be remembered that termination of pregnancy even in the first weeks after conception is always risky. The harm to the body obtained from the deliberate extraction of the fetus may be huge. The danger of getting serious health problems remains, and it must be taken into account when making a decision.
Medication of pregnancy
This type of abortion is done in the early stages – up to about the seventh week. Medication of pregnancy does not need surgical intervention and is considered one of the least dangerous ways to get rid of an unwanted fetus. It is carried out using special chemicals that cause rejection of decidual tissues. As a result, a woman begins to bleed, similar to menstrual, and a miscarriage occurs.
Medication abortion in a greater number of cases does not cause severe pain in a woman, and is also considered the least severe psychologically. However, even this early type of gestational cessation can be fraught with complications. If, after a miscarriage, particles of the fetus remained inside the female body, infection may begin. In this case, immediate surgical intervention is required.
Mini-abortion (vacuum)
Vacuum termination of pregnancy is carried out using a special tool – a vacuum pump, and, unlike surgical, does not pose serious threats of uterine injury, infection and other complications.
With such a mini abortion, a fruit egg under the influence of a vacuum itself is separated from the wall of the uterus. The risk of pain is minimized, since anesthesia is used in the procedure itself. After surgery, pains similar to menstrual may occur, but do not quickly pass, without leading to more dangerous consequences.
Surgical abortion
The surgical abortion procedure implies the extraction of a fetal egg in parts with special tweezers and curettage of the walls of the uterus. Such cleaning is possible from the earliest stages up to the twenty -second week of pregnancy.
Surgical abortion carries great risks for the health of a woman and can cause a violation of the integrity of the wall of the uterus and even infertility.
Late abortion
Abortion at a late date is a termination of pregnancy from the twelfth to twenty -second week. It is impossible to conduct it of his own free will: exclusively for medical or social indications. In most cases, abortion on such a long time, when the fetus has already developed enough, is carried out using the technique of calling artificial genera. Amonger water is sucked out of the uterus through a special needle, instead of which a saline solution is poured, which kills the fetus. After that, special drugs stimulate the beginning of artificial genera. If necessary, some time after the procedure, a curettage is done to clean the uterus of the remains of the fetus and placenta. Late abortions of women can be very difficult to endure psychologically, because the fetus at this stage of pregnancy is an almost formed new person. The psychological assistance of a specialist after the cessation of pregnancy at a late period is very important.
Folk methods of abortion
In addition to medical, there are abortions of folk remedies. They carry huge risks for the health of a woman. Such methods of abortion are actually turned out to be statistics with a huge percentage of deadly outcomes.
Tax decoction
Tansy – a plant that contains a poisonous substance of Tuion. To stop pregnancy, it is recommended to drink a decoction from this plant. Tuion has a mortal effect on the fetus, and the fetal egg is rejected from the wall of the uterus and is excreted from the body.
The main danger from this method of termination of unwanted pregnancy is, of course, intoxication. Poison, fatal for the fetus, can ultimately lead to the death of a woman.
Overstrain
Excessive intensity exercises with emphasis on the press can provoke a miscarriage and an interruption of unwanted pregnancy. However, this elimination of the fetus is fraught with consequences in the form of bleeding, which may result in death from blood loss.
Underground techniques that should not be repeated
Sometimes women for various reasons do not have the opportunity to visit the hospital and make an abortion under the supervision of a doctor. Earlier in such cases, underground abortions were often practiced. Lack of anesthesia, unsanitary conditions, absolute misunderstanding of the work of the female body led to terrible consequences. From such underground purges, women died as a result of infection, rupture of the uterus, and other serious injuries.
Knitting needles, hangers, hooks
To clean the uterus and remove the fruit from there, long sharp objects were used, such as knitting needles or hangers. The risk of uterine injury with such an abortion by a hanger is always high.
Onion in the uterus
The bulb was placed inside the body, where in a warm and humid environment it sprouted, and its roots were fastened with the fruit. After that, the bulb was pulled out with the fetal egg. Of course, bleeding and infection was hardly avoided.
Bay leaf in the vagina
Another method of underground abortion is to insert bay leaves like a tampon into the vagina. The fetus died, but often the fetal egg was not separated and did not go outside. The consequence of such actions with its own body most often became sepsis.
Catapult
Sudden movements and jerks contributed to the separation of the fetal egg from the uterus. The most terrible consequences are abundant bleeding and fatal outcome.
Iodine with milk
As a drink taken inside, iodine and milk could provoke a miscarriage.
Ficus
Sharp sprouts of the ficus were introduced inside the uterus to cause a miscarriage. Such a procedure could end with gangrene.
The procedure for extracting the fetus is always associated with a certain risk to the health of a woman. The decision to stop the pregnancy and interrupt a new, emerging life at the very beginning of its existence, must be balanced and thought out, and not spontaneous, and the procedure itself is necessarily carried out under the supervision of a doctor in order to avoid unpleasant consequences. It must be remembered that underground abortion, as well as termination of pregnancy with the help of folk remedies, will rather lead to the death of a woman than to a safe disposal of the fetus. In this case, a surgical operation is better under the supervision of a specialist. Hoping for luck in this matter is inappropriate – the wrong choice can cause irreparable health problems, infertility or death.