Medical Vs. Surgical abortions (from my experience, had both)

Jan 21, 2023 6:50 AM

Hello readers, I just wanted to come on here and share a little bit about my experiences with medical abortion and surgical abortion. I just had a surgical abortion about 4 hours ago and I had a medical abortion 5 years ago. Comparing the two, the surgical abortion was a much more confortable experience.. the biggest reason why is because of the general anesthesia. When I did the medical abortion (7 weeks, 19yo, 110lbs). I was at PP & besides some concern for my anemia, everything there went smoothly. Its when I got home & took the next dose of medicine that I was in an immense amount of pain. I had cramps that felt like something was shocking my uterus & i was bleeding so heavily. I tend to have an irregular period but with a steady flow for 5 days & the bleeding was nothing like that. The bleeding and the pain led me to the hospital ER where I was given morphine intravenously to tame it all… I was at home cramping for 3 hours, at the hospital for another 2 hours, then went home where I was able to pass the last of the blood clots & suddenly everything stopped. The crying, the pain & the bleeding.. still, I remember that being some of the most traumatic hours of my life… The next days I would still cry uncontrollably & spontaneously even though I was doing well at keeping myself distracted. Today’s experience was a lot more pleasant than before. (5 weeks, 24yo, 115lbs) I chose SA with general anesthesia so that I could avoid everything from before.. Besides waiting for the doctor to take me in, the procedure itself was done in less than 10 minutes. The most pain I felt was when the anesthesiologist was putting in the IV. After the anesthesia was delivered I immediately fell asleep, waking up in a recovery room with it all having been done. I was steady on my feet walking out 20 minuets later. (Went into surgery at 3:45pm and came out by 4:20, though someone does need to drive you home afterwards) I had some cramping but the heating pads I bought at Walgreens is helping take care of that. I even ate in n out afterwords. I haven’t even needed to take any pain or nausea relief. Now im laying down in bed feeling like if nothing serious has happened and im dealing with some premenstrual cramps. (Hardly any bleeding) In my first abortion i chose MA because I read its less invasive and you get to be in your home through it, however I would’ve much rather preferred this method. It felt a lot safer & a lot more comfortable.

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