Surgical abortion

[Mpark]

Hi ladies ,
No judgment please 😭
I’m 6 weeks pregnant with my 4th .
Due to serious complications in my 3rd section I’ve had little option but to choose to terminate .
On Wednesday I’m going to a Bpas clinic for a surgical abortion under local anaesthetic.
Has anyone had this ? I want honest raw answers Because I want to know what to expect .
Thanks everyone. X

Can i ask how this went as im considering this option instead of medical whoch i dont like the sound of the pain for hours and also i suffer from bad anxiety

Hey honey :)
I had my surgical abortion with local anesthetic 2 weeks ago . The local injections were a weird pressure like feeling for a couple of seconds and the rest of the procedure was pretty painless and it was done within 5 mins ! Afterwards I had mild period cramps and light bleeding . Definitely choose this option if you can. I took 2 codeine tablets 1 hour before the procedure to help :) xxx

Hi thanks so much i am also really scared of the injections incase i have some kind of reaction to it ....i suffer badly with my anxiety disorder.....do you think it would be ok to have without any injections or to painfull???? Also i have never taken codeine before do ypu think paracetamol and ibuprofen would help me if taken before ? Thanks so much for ypur reply xx

Honestly I can promise you you will be fine with the injection , it’s over extremely quick . I’m not sure on how it would feel without the injection so maybe ask one of the nurses at the abortion clinic?? Xx
Take ibuprofen if you don’t want to take codeine love , I am allergic to ibuprofen so I had to take codeine .
I too suffer with anxiety and I was an absolute nervous wreck when I went , didn’t sleep for nights before but I feel such a prat now for worrying so much because there was no need .
Don’t be daft , always here for a chat xx

Can i ask how old you are if you dont mind me asking i am 31 ....and aniexty sucks 😕 yeah i will ask tomorrow im going to the appointment where im spose to be getting the medical but i have spoke to few people and said woth aniexty i think best to go surgical and also i dont want to be in pain for that long it will upset me and my anxiety will sky rocket .....im so glad you replied i just have horriable thoughts in back of my.mind like something terrible happen 😒 xx

I’m 29 in 2 weeks time :) x
I absolutely agree with them because with medical it can take hours for everything to come away and you will bleed very heavily ect where as with a surgical it’s over so quickly . You will be absolutely fine you know 💗 it might seem like you have to do the impossible but from somewhere you will find the strength x
At times like this you need someone to chat to so I’m always available on this thread or you can direct message me xxx

I feel little bit better now i habe spoken to you i couldnt actally find how you put a message out on here so i just searched and come across yours glad i did i only joined today and im not to sure how to work it yet lol i didnt even know you could direct message someone .. yeah ill find the strength but im literally petrified .....i find out tomorrow.how far i am and then make the appointment for surgical xx

I would always tell you the truth if it was bad I would tell you but I promise you from my perspective and experience it was absolutely fine :)
Your bound to be petrified as your going into the unknown , I was exactly the same but don’t be 💗
Please let me know how you get on tomorrow xxx

@Mpark I'm so glad everything went so smooth for you.

Can I please also add that it was so nice of you to help the other poster with such kind words. It's lovely to see such wonderful ladies on here sometimes x

That’s ok :) if I can help anyone I will 💗💗 xx

@Kaz312021

If its any help I had medical management a year ago and I didn't find it any worse than period pain. I think a lot of the time you read horror stories but personally I didn't find it anywhere near as bad as others had said they had.
I didn't take any painkillers at all during it either.

Yeah i suffer from bad anxiety so once i start seekng blood and what not ill jist start panicing about stuff i think i would rather be in a place where i can just get reassurance that im ok and if im not i have the help there already ..... plus i have a 11 year old daughter and i dont want her to see me going though that at home xx

@Alicespring

Yeah maybe better to do that. Hope everything goes ok x

@Kaz312021

Sorry meant to tag you in above post

I had a medical abortion which was started on the roll at around 12 but br the time it got to doing it I was somewhere between there and 16 weeks. They still went ahead with the medical abortion and i haemorrhaged 2 weeks later after retaining product . Ended up having the surgery and I felt nothing. Was knocked out and then I woke up in recovery and couldn't tell anything had been done! Obviously apart from I'd stopped bleeding

@lucyrp do you think you haemorrhage becuase you were so far gone or ??? This is my worst nightmare that i go to surgicsl and i end up haemorrhaging or something gose terrible wrong i am going to try and do it without any anesthetic becuase i petrified of being put to sleep x

@Kaz312021 yes I think it was because I was given medical as the first approach and I was too far gone for that by the time it went ahead. I had to go through pseudo labour and give birth and I still managed to retain product which is why I ended up haemorrhaging. Omg really? I was so glad I was put under as it was emotional anyway x

@lucyrp yeah that same thing happened to my mum she haemorrhaged when she was 3 months gone but she had a miscarriage very rare to happen thst far gone ......yeah i think i would rather be awake and get it over and done with and out of there quicker without sounding horriable and you have to stay longer in the place if u have anesthetic...apparently it dont hurt as much if you have given birth before which i but that was 11 years ago now x