Your Clinic Your Choice
Selecting the kind of abortion method that is most appropriate for your situation might complicate an already difficult choice to have one.
Surgical and medical treatments are both good, safe techniques. To help you better understand the options accessible to you, this article aims to define and explore the distinctions between surgical and medicinal abortion.
Many thousands of women get surgical abortions each year; it’s a widely used and safe technique. It is most often done in the first trimester and has a low incidence of complications up to 12 weeks of gestation. Up to 20 weeks gestation might pass during the second trimester of pregnancy when the surgical operation is carried out. Yes, there is a more involved process involved here.
A local anesthetic is a possibility for first-trimester surgical abortions, which are often performed under conscious sedation.
Both medicinal and surgical procedures are excellent, secure methods. This essay seeks to clarify and examine the differences between surgical and medical abortion in order to provide you with a better understanding of the alternatives available to you.
Most women now have greater access to medical abortion up to nine weeks into pregnancy. Your circumstances and personal preferences will determine whether you have a surgical or medical abortion.
In South Africa, the provision of medical abortion has increased women’s privacy when it comes to their access to termination alternatives. Women who live in rural areas or do not have access to an abortion clinic may now easily have an early termination thanks to the more recent advent of medical abortion via telemedicine.
Two drugs are used in conjunction to accomplish the abortion, both of which help to end the pregnancy. Your doctor gives you the initial prescription, or you take it at home. This drug functions as an anti-hormone by preventing progesterone’s actions.
You take the second drug buccal 24 to 48 hours after taking the first one. The second drug helps the uterus discharge the pregnancy by opening the cervix. This should happen 30 minutes to 24 hours after taking the second medicine; however, most women should anticipate mild cramping and bleeding in the vagina within 4 hours of taking the second medication.
May be carried out towards the end of pregnancy.
Very quick process—less than ten minutes.
Usually only requires one medical visit.
Less cramps and bleeding than with a medical abortion.
Throughout the whole process, medical personnel are there.
Conscious sedation is an option, which lessens discomfort and consciousness throughout the procedure.
There is no need for anesthesia.
The process is non-invasive.
More privacy exists than with a surgical abortion.
There are no surgical risks involved with a medicinal abortion.
You are at home and, if you’d like, you may rely on friends and/or family for help.
Because it is comparable to experiencing a heavy menstruation or miscarriage, it may seem “more natural.”