I wanted to post my positive experience of a surgical abortion in the hope that it may help other women in the same position. My reasons for terminating my pregnancy were unsupportive partner and financial difficulties.
I had the treatment through BPAS. After a lot of to and fro between medical and surgical options, I was still not sure. They tell you all the risks of both peocedures and with all those pregnancy hormones playing with my head I just could not make my mind up. I decided to put my name down for the surgical procedure. The nurse was very kind and said if I changed my mind on the day, they would be happy to give me the medical pill as well. This gave me some time to mull things over rather than decide on the day of my appointment. On the day of my appointment, I decided to go for the surgical as I was there and thought it would be good to have it done in the care of the nurses and they all seemed really nice and lovely.
I was 8 weeks when I had the procedure. I underwent the vaccum aspiration under local anesthetic. I was given some meds to insert into the vagina 3 hours before the procedure to help open the cervix as I had never been pregnant before. During the trestment, my cervix was opened exactly the same way when a smear test done. I was given a local anesthetic into the cervix. I was told this might sting a bit but I hardly felt it. After this, the vaccum aspiration was started and the pregnancy tissue was sucked out. There was some cramping. It was slighly uncomfortable and it brought out a lot of emotion in me. I had tears in my eyes not because of the pain but because of the sheer emotion involved. The procedure in total did not last more than 10 mins. When it finished, I was still quite emotional and let the tears flow, I was visibly shaky and I was told it was the meds inserted earlier in the vagina that cause the shakiness. I did not feel any nausea or any dizziness. The nurses held my hand throughout the process and were very comforting and supportive. I was helped into disposable underwear and a sanitary pad and moved to the recovery area. I got lots of hugs from the nurses, a cup of tea, biscuits. The shakiness reduced after having tea and biscuits and the tears subsided too. I was given an antibiotic, my BP was checked and I was given time to rest.
I was out of the clinic shortly after. I have had minimal bleeding after the procedure. I am happy I chose surgical as I felt more really supported at the clinic. I would definitely have suffered more if I did the medical and had the miscarriage at home as there would not have been any support and it would have taken much longer. I think BPAS were great and I highly recommend them. I hope this helps other women in my position. Many thanks.