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What Can Cause Delayed Period After Abortion?

I was six weeks pregnant too the abortion pills. After that went to see a gyno she ask me to do and ultrasound didnt find any signs of eighth weeks pregnancy. Now is one month .I didn t get my period and I too a pregnancy test it shows positive can I still bee pregnant? Please help me
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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OBGYN,  's  Response
Hello,
I have one through your query and understood the concern. If you had a trans-vaginal sonogram two weeks after the abortion process and found no evidence of pregnancy, the abortion is complete. The pregnancy hormone takes 2-4 weeks to decline and thus a positive pregnancy test may be given for around three weeks after a delivery or an abortion. In the current scenario, you will have to repeat the trans-vaginal sonogram and get a blood test for pregnancy done to make sure the pregnancy is not continuing and also to know if you are pregnant again. Hope you find this information useful. Take care.
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OBGYN,  Dr. Shanti Vennam's  Response
Hi,
I have gone through your query and understood the concern. Pregnancy hormone takes time to return to the non-pregnant state and hence a positive pregnancy test can be observed for as long as 3-4 weeks after an abortion or delivery. If the follow up sonogram confirmed complete abortion, your abortion process was successful. You should suspect another pregnancy if you have been sexually active ever since. Please repeat the sonogram, preferably in the trans-vaginal route, to know the exact cause for the persistent positive pregnancy test. Hope this helps.
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What Can Cause Delayed Period After Abortion?

Hello, I have one through your query and understood the concern. If you had a trans-vaginal sonogram two weeks after the abortion process and found no evidence of pregnancy, the abortion is complete. The pregnancy hormone takes 2-4 weeks to decline and thus a positive pregnancy test may be given for around three weeks after a delivery or an abortion. In the current scenario, you will have to repeat the trans-vaginal sonogram and get a blood test for pregnancy done to make sure the pregnancy is not continuing and also to know if you are pregnant again. Hope you find this information useful. Take care.