Abortion Aftercare: Essential Steps for Physical and Emotional Recovery.
Abortion can be taxing for some people. At Dr. Mike’s abortion clinic, we are here to see you through it all. After a medical abortion process, the bleeding time differs from person to person. However, we discourage clients from using medication to stop the bleeding process. Leave the process to go on until it stops on its own. This time differs from 3 to 7 days, but it may be more for some people.
- When to do a pregnancy test.
The body normally takes 2 weeks after the bleeding has stopped to flush out the progestrone hormone from the body ( progestrone is the hormone necessary to sustain a pregnancy). Should you do a test before this time, the test will give you a false positive because it will be detecting the hormone as it’s flushed out.
2. How to manage the pains and cramps.
Abortion can be painful months, and can cause a personal sensitivity to pain. We advise the use of a pain block to mitigate the pain and cramps. If pains persist, please contact your medical practitioner. Severe abnormal pains could be a sign of infection. At Mike’s abortion clinic, we prevent these by using antibiotics in addition to carrying out womb cleaning. Some of our clients from far places like Swaziland and lesotho prefer to book a hotel or guesthouse so that they can rest before travelling back.
3. when to have sex after the procedure.
We advise our clients to avoid having sex before 2 weeks after the bleeding has stopped. Should you fail to wait for the 2 weeks after bleeding, you will expose yourself to chances of infections and unpredictable bleeding.