After weeks of traumatising myself reading the horror stories online I’ve now done my medical abortion today. It’s now the evening and still have slight cramping but up to now no complications.
So I went with MSI choices and went into the clinic for a scan, the nurse was lovely and she scanned me at 6 weeks and 5 days (earlier than what I thought), I waited until the weekend so I took my first tablet when I was 7 weeks on the Saturday. This tablet I just swallowed with water and it was fine, no sickness, no bleeding, no nothing felt absolutely fine and could go on with my day as normal. On Sunday at 11am I took the 4 misoprostol, these can be dissolved in your mouth or inserted vaginally. I chose to put these in my mouth between my gums and cheek and let them dissolve for 30 minutes, this was fine didn’t taste of anything, after 30 minutes I swallowed the rest with water, the taste of swallowing it was horrible but once they had gone down it was fine there was no after taste.
i led in bed watching films to stay distracted and got nothing other than slight cramping just like a period cramp, 2 1/2 hours after taking them bleeding started, nothing heavy just again like a period, when I went to the toilet that’s where there was more bleeding, lots of clots big and small was coming out, they didn’t hurt just felt like a heavy period. 3 hours after taking the 4 I took another 2 tablets the same way letting them dissolve in my gums for 30 mins. These did not make the pain worse or anything it just stayed the same. All day I’ve been on and off cramping but again nothing major, they was uncomfortable but not unbearable I would say 5/10.
Ive experienced bleeding on my pads but not a lot I’ve lost most of mine on the toilet.
ive only had 2 paracetamol at the beginning of the process and not felt as though I’ve needed any more pain relief after.
Anyone who’s thinking of going through this please don’t read the horror stories like I did because honestly I’ve been expecting the worst and really it’s not as bad as you think.