i had a suction abortion at 4.5 weeks pregnant yesterday.
\ni read lots of stories hoping to find more details than i did about the process itself,
\nso i’ve decided to write out my experience for other woman who are scared about their first abortion.<\/p>\n
conception
\ni’ve been with my supportive and loving partner for two years. we are in our mid 20’s.
\nwe were using the natural family planning method effectively until i ovulated early one month.
\ni take ovulation tests, and on the day i ovulated i was very nervous.
\ni was hoping my body would know i’m not ready, ,and give me another chance.
\nsperm can live for 5 days, and we had sex three days earlier.
\ni was holding ice packs on my ovaries hoping that i wouldn’t conceive.
\nafter my period was three days late, i took a test and it was positive.
\ni took three more tests before i allowed my mind to wander too far.
\nthey were all positive.<\/p>\n
finding options
\nthe next morning, i called planned parenthood to get information about abortion.
\ni was surprised that i didn’t have to wait to schedule an appointment,
\nand to find out that they can do a surgical abortion as soon as you have a positive pregnancy test.
\ni thought i was going to have to wait until i was 5-6 weeks,
\nbut they said i could schedule it any time because i’d had a positive pregnancy test.
\nyou date your pregnancy starting from the first day of your last period.
\ni was 4 weeks pregnant according to that, but i had conceived only two weeks ago.
\nit was very early and i was still able to make an appointment for two days later.<\/p>\n
pre-abortion
\ni was nervous that i would be on too many drugs or in too much pain for the 2 hour ride home.
\ni was horrified, and felt like i was about to go get a tooth pulled at the vagina dentist or something.
\ni was given information to read of very rare, scary things that could happen.
\ni panicked as soon as they called me back.
\nthey did a vaginal ultrasound, and gave me the option to see printed photos.
\nit was a tiny gestational sac, only a couple millimeters big
\nit was so early on that they couldn’t see any sign of a forming fetus or pregnancy tissue at all.
\nit was just a very tiny black dot.
\nmy partner was allowed to come in for the ‘education\u201d part, when they explained the procedure,
\nbut he was not allowed back for the procedure itself.
\nthey explained that after that did the procedure,
\nthey would check to see if there was any pregnancy tissue in the gestational sack
\nto make sure it was successful.
\nthey inserted an i.v and drew my blood through it to make sure i was healthy enough to proceed.
\ni asked if i could keep the stress ball that they had me squeeze when inserting the i.v.
\nthey took my medical history and then gave me 800mg ibuprofen to help with cramps afterward
\nand an antibiotic to help prevent infection.<\/p>\n
the abortion
\nthe doctor came in, and gave me fentonal and versed into my i.v. tube
\ni was very very surprised by how mild the drugs were,
\nand that they didnt have to wait for them to kick in at all.
\ni cried as soon as i felt the speculum, anticipating the coming pain.
\nthey gave me two lidocaine shots in my cervix, inserted dilating rods,
\nand then used a manual suction device to evacuate the tissue.
\ni saw the device beforehand, and it was basically a plastic plunger tube.
\ni could not differentiate any of the feelings or pains.
\nit felt like less than 5 minutes of random pinching and pressure.
\nthe tears were because the idea of it scared me, not because the pain was really that bad.
\nthere was a nurse talking to me and detracting me the whole time
\nit felt like the same about of time as it would take to have a few tubes of blood drawn.
\ni winced and squeezed the stress ball, then it was done.
\nthe drugs were so mild, i felt completely coherent, and they wore off completely in 10 minutes or so.
\nwhen they were done, i had no pain. i was just tired from the mental stress of being anxious about it.
\ni sat in recovery for 15 minutes then was free to go.
\ni was fine to be in the car for the 2 hour drive, and to go get ice cream.
\ni was relieved and compelled to tell other woman that its not that bad.
\nfeel your feelings, but spare yourself of the tears and anxiety
\nregarding the actual procedure or the pain as much as you can,
\nbecause, its really quick and the pain is very tolerable.
\ni’m not sure what it would be like if your further along, or if you opt out of taking the meds,
\nbut if you get it done early on and take the drugs, its physically very easy to get through.<\/p>\n
they did not find pregnancy tissue in the gestational sack, it was too tiny to tell,
\ni got my blood drawn today to confirm that it was successful.
\nmy hgc hormones dropped, so it was.
\ni feel that goes to show that people who would think i took a human life are so very wrong.
\nit wasn’t even the size of an apple seed yet, and there are people who would still call me a baby killer.
\nhow monstrous.
\nit was just as much of a baby as all the dead sperm cells ejected onto t-shirts.
\nit was a microscopic egg, and a microscopic sperm that met each other
\nat a time that i was not ready to let them grow inside of me.
\nfollow your own judgment, use as much protection as possible if your not ready,
\ntry to make your decisions as early on as you can, and if you are about to have an abortion,
\ntry to not get too worked up about the pain or the procedure itself.
\nmine took 5 minutes or less, and the pain was a 5 or 6 at the very worse parts.
\nbest of luck to you, your life, and your choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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