Hello
Thanks for writing to us with your health concern.
I hope the
pregnancy has been thoroughly confirmed by your doctor.
Just testing positive on a home strip test is not enough, the pregnancy should be confirmed by a gynaecologist as well.
Medical abortion pills work within a narrow time frame, so it has to be very accurately dated too.
Do NOT take any medication on your own, there are lots of potential side effects, some of which could be lethal too.
Get the pregnancy confirmed by a doctor, and then have it accurately dated.
Next, please take the medications as prescribed by the doctor.
Surgical abortion would be recommended if necessary.
Follow the correct protocol of the medications.
Please have a follow up visit after 15 days to confirm that the abortion was indeed complete.
Otherwise there can be complications such as severe bleeding, infection, retained products of conception, need for surgical abortion, undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy etc.
Please follow the steps as delineated by your gynecologist.
Generally Mifepristone followed by
Misoprostol is given, not just Misoprostol alone.
You should know that these pills fail in 4 % of cases, so go ahead knowing those statistics.
Also, you would experience severe cramping pain with bleeding with clots, and expulsion of a fleshy mass, within 48 hours of taking those pills.
They are relatively safe if taken under medical guidance.
All the best
Take care.