Before i had the abortion i read every post available as i was so scared of the abortion, experience, blood loss and pain. I promised i would write one after i had gone ahead with it and hopefully put someone at ease. There seems to be a lot more scary posts than positive ones about the medical abortion
at 5/6 weeks i found out i was pregnant as i had a missed period and had a pregnancy test. Our initial thoughts was to keep it, i have 2 children aged 2 & 5 and we always thought we would keep an accident. However a few days went on and i felt incredibly stressed trying to plan how to manage birth, recovery as well as our two sons. We were worried about the split of attention and the lack of help and support we have as we do not have family close by.
we decided against continuing the pregnancy at week 6 on a thursday. I called nupas and they gave me an appointment in 4 days. I could join a cancellation list if i called in before then so i actually got an adhoc earlier appointment on sunday. They advised the pills would arrive probably on wednesday but they arrived on thursday morning. I received a tracking number on wednesday late afternoon.
i have to say the wait for the pills felt like forever. i had a few emotional moments as i was just so scared about the whole experience. The fact we had made a decision not to continue the pregnancy but wait for the pills really made me anxious and stressed and i read everything online about the abortion experience. It was an odd feeling to be pregnant and not be able to end it for another week.
i was super scared but on thursday(yesterday)as soon as i received the pills i started the abortion by taking the first pill. I was 7 weeks yesterday. I felt a little nauseous but i am sure that was because i was so nervous. I also had some very mild cramping but no bleeding.
i was then super nervous about taking the second set of pills. I felt nauseous even before taking the pills. Once i actually took both the first pill and the second set, i calmed down and my nausea also disappeared.
At midday today(24 hours after the first pill) i inserted the second set of pills into my vagina. I did so at midday today with one codeine, one paracetomol & one ibuprofen, within an hour i felt some mild cramping and whenever i go to the toilet more blood comes out, i had minimal in my pad. Around 4pm i large gush/clot came out into the toilet which shocked me as i didnt expect it.
pain has been minimal, mild cramping like period pains. More discomfort than anything.
I feel the whole build up and waiting for this process has been worse than the actual abortion so far. This is where i am at the moment. Some of the pain killers are probably finishing their course now as it is 4.5 hours on from when i took them but i am not in a lot more pain.
wishing anyone who is considering this route good luck and to let them know its not that bad.
also ive been through labour twice and this is NOTHING like labour pain, definitely more like a period pain! Hopefully its the same for most others!