ABORTION BY PILLS
Benefits
- No hospital admission is required
- No risk of anesthesia complications
- Only thing required of you is to take the oral tablets as instructed
- No instrument inserted in the uterus, hence less complications
- Privacy Assurance- To carry out abortion, signature of the woman only is sufficient. If the woman is of age 18 years and above, regardless of marital status
Limitations
It is a safer approach when the duration of pregnancy is 45 days or less corresponding to within 15 days of missed periods. If pregnancy is of more duration, this method will not work.
TRADITIONAL D&C-SURGICAL
Benefits
- Termination is permitted till 20 weeks , corresponding to 4.5 months of pregnancy, with due precaution and considering indications.
Limitations
- One day stay in hospital is mandatory
- Inherent anesthesia risk present
- You are required to undergo surgical procedure
- Inherent risk of surgical instrumentation present
- In case of hospitalization, due formalities need to becarried out
A FEW SAFETY MEASURES BEFORE TAKING ABORTION PILLS
- Performing of basic blood investigationslike-Hemoglobin, Blood Sugar, Urine analysis
- An ultrasonography to determine the duration and site ofpregnancy is advisable
- A repeat ultrasonography after few days of taking the pills, to check whether the procedure iscomplete