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Introduction:
Abortion
Abortion Preparation
(History)
Physical
A brief physical examination is usually performed before an abortion. The focus is
on determining when your pregnancy began and checking for sexually transmitted
disease and whether you are healthy enough to undergo the procedure.
Lab tests
Pregnancy tests are used to confirm that you are pregnant. Home tests are
reliable, so providers will accept these results in some cases. Blood will be tested
for sexually transmitted diseases and for hepatitis. Urine may be checked to see if
you have a urinary tract infection.
Imaging studies
An ultrasound is virtually always dome for pregnancy confirmation and dating.
Doctors are looking for how many fetuses may be developing, the size of the fetus
or fetuses, a picture of the uterus and ovaries, and to rule out a problem such as
an ectopic pregnancy (a life-threatening condition in which the fetus develops
outside the uterus).
Medications
Your health care professional may give you antibiotics as a precaution against
infection. Antibiotic use for the procedure is usually given the day of the procedure
and for the next day or two.
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Types of Abortion
Surgical
Home pregnancy tests available at a drug store can indicate
pregnancy early after conception. Terminations performed in this
very early time frame have sometimes been termed menstrual
extractions.
Abortions performed prior to nine weeks from the last menstrual
period (seven weeks from conception) are performed either
surgically (a procedure) or medically (with drugs).
From nine weeks until 14 weeks, an abortion is performed by a
dilatation and suction curettage procedure.
After 14 weeks, surgical abortions are performed by a dilatation and
evacuation procedure.
After 20 weeks of gestation, abortions can be performed by labor
induction, prostaglandin labor induction, saline infusion,
hysterotomy, or dilatation and extraction.
Most abortions are performed in an outpatient office setting
(doctor's office, ambulatory clinic) under local anesthesia with or
without sedation.
Medical
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