How is the termination of pregnancy performed?

1. Vacuum suction

Up to 6 weeks, this procedure is carried out by suction of the embryo with a special thin tube without expansion of the cervix. The procedure can be performed in outpatient conditions.

From 6 to 9 weeks it may be necessary for the doctor to expand the cervix. This is already a more painful procedure, so it is most often performed using general anaesthesia, injecting painkillers into a vein. After the operation, the doctor follows the woman for some more time - that is, he prescribes further visits to him to make sure that everything is as it should be. This is very important.

At 9- 12 weeks of gestation, cervical expansion, vacuum aspiration or curettage (uterine scraping) is most often performed. The procedure is carried out using general anaesthesia. In the first days after suction, there is a sharp bleeding, complications may begin.

2. Medicinal termination of pregnancy

This is such a service of termination of pregnancy, when the pregnancy is terminated with the help of drugs (prescription). This service is provided to the patient up to 9 weeks of pregnancy (8 weeks and 6 days), except when there is a medical indication for termination of pregnancy. In order to terminate the pregnancy, the patient must contact the obstetrician-gynecologist at the health care institution providing abortion services. The obstetrician-gynecologist, having assessed the patient's state of health, diseases and / or conditions that may affect the patient's health or life during the period of pregnancy, whether there are any contraindications to the termination of pregnancy and / or relative contraindications, prescribes a prescription for the purchase of 2 different medicinal products. The doctor must provide the woman with information on how and when to take them, what are the possible adverse reactions and what should be done if they occur, as well as other relevant information to ensure the safe use of the medicinal product. Before prescribing the drug, the obstetrician-gynecologist performs an ultrasound examination of the patient to determine the duration of pregnancy and / or to clarify it. After the termination of pregnancy, it is recommended that the patient come to the obstetrician-gynecologist for a consultation within 14 calendar days after the procedure in order to make sure that the pregnancy has really ceased and whether there are no pregnancy tissues left. In this case, surgical intervention may be required.

This method, like others, can be complicated by various health disorders. The most common are dizziness, pain, nausea, vomiting, infection, prolonged bleeding due to pregnancy tissues remaining in the uterus, inflammation of the uterus, fever, abdominal pains. In rare cases – anaphylaxis.