6 weeks, 1 day abortion

[Summer221]

Hi everyone, I'm really hoping someone out there is able to get me through the next 48hrs or so.
So at half 2 today I took my first tablet for an abortion, it's now 6.30pm and I'm feeling a little sick?
I'm really dreading the next 24hrs and tomorrow taking the other 4/6 tablets. Has anyone got any tips/reassurance to get me through 🥲
I'm so scared 😪

@Summer221 how are you doing lovely?

Hey! I'm doing a lot better then what I was earlier, the pain has subsided a lot, I still have cramps but no where near as intense are earlier.
I'm guessing cramping can last a few days?

Hoping for a good night sleep as I feel absolutely exhausted. 😴🥱 x

@Summer221 well done. Make sure you look after yourself lovely. Self care is key now. Get a good night sleep

@Summer221 so glad to hear you are feeling better! Yeah I had slight cramps for the next day or so. Being honest about 10 days after I had cramping again (not painful just like period cramps) and passed more tissue. Not to worry you or anything but just wanted to let you know as it took me by surprise.
Well done you, take care of yourself. Have a good sleep!! X

How are you feeling @Summer221 ? X

Morning!
I slept really well last night, the cramping ended up easing off towards bedtime and I managed to get a full nights sleep!
I woke up and felt like I could try and eat some breakfast so I did 🥰
Obviously still bleeding, and do have some slight cramping this morning. I'm worried about this, is this normal? Can cramping last a few days?

Other then that feeling alot better then yesterday, but still not 100%
It's horrible to think I have to wait 3 weeks too take the pregnancy test. Is it quite rare that it would of failed? X

Good morning @pepsi12345
I'm doing ok, I managed to get to a full nights sleep 🙌🏼
This morning I have woken up to obviously still bleeding but some light cramping. I hope this is normal 😬

Are you doing yours today? X

@Summer221 glad you managed to get some rest. I think the bleeding is fairly standard. The nurse told me to expect cramping for at least 24 hours.. fun.

My pills arrive tomorrow but I won’t be able to take them until Wednesday. Long story but I need to be alone for it. I’ll be 5 weeks at that point.

@Summer221 I think it’s pretty rare but please be aware that you may still positive and can do for weeks after the 3 week mark. I was testing positive after 3 weeks and went in for a scan and all was fine. Just want to make you aware as I don’t think they make that very clear. Don’t use frer or clear blue as she said these will pick it up weeks after as so sensitive

Sending some love your way ❤️❤️❤️

agree with @switchoff1 - i only got a negative last week, 7 weeks post termination. I had some retained tissue, took some antibiotics for a week which helped break it down and last week had my period and the rest came out.

Oh my goodness I hope this don't happen to me! I really want this over with now.
I feel much better today. Yay! And all the nausea and sickness I had before the termination has now gone yayyyyy x

Hi @Summer221 I will be going through this myself shortly, can I hang out here for a bit please? You’re all so so lovely.

ive got my consultation on Thursday. It’s 100% the right decision for me, but I still feel weird. Does anyone else understand?

how do you know you’ve passed the pregnancy? What pain killers do you recommend? How long do you think I’ll need to take off work?

sorry for all the questions.

Hey!
Of course you can hang out here! With pleasure.
These ladies helped me out massively so il always try and help too!

I'm just going back to work today from Thursday and honestly I'm dreading it. I feel so nervous, I'm just not myself at the minute and worried people are gonna expect to much of me.
I know it was my choice but I equally still feel some type of grief.

They gave me codeine so that's what iv been on!
And normal paracetamol. Xx

@Anon564354 Hey - we are all here to support you.
I 100% knew it was the right decision for me and my family, but I still felt weird too. We do want another child but for many many reasons this time wasn’t right. 7 weeks later and I’ve not had any regret, small moments of sadness that this time wasn’t for us but only as my very good friend is having her baby a week after mine was due. Hoping in time that is something I will get over.
Anyway, I took the codeine they gave, and paracetamol and Ibuprofen - I wanted to make it as least painful as I could. Work wise I’d say it depends what you do for a job. I can work from home so I would’ve gone back maybe 2 days after.
With regards to passing the pregnancy, I didn’t necessarily know as I didn’t want to look, but I heard & felt things obviously fall into the toilet. Usually once it’s passed the cramping & pain subsides.
hope you are all doing ok @Summer221 too xx

Thankyou so much for the response.

We don’t want anymore children and this was a complete surprise, but I’m about to go into a serious position at work - and my two children are hard enough.

I have an office job so if I can work through the cramps after the main part is done, I think I’ll go in. I work for a good friend though so I suppose I could have some more time off if needs be.

@Anon564354 totally fair enough, your decision! I didn’t feel I could tell many people as felt I’d be judged for the reasons we terminated the pregnancy.
To be honest the day after I had no cramps at all, it was more the bleeding. I just stocked up on thick sanitary towels

@Ehc1989 I feel exactly the same. I haven’t told anyone at all. I don’t want to be judged.

I think that’s why I posted on this thread. You’re all amazing. It helps to know there are others in the same/similar situations.

@Summer221 i think it’s totally normal to feel a type of grief. I’ve not gone through it yet but I am an empath. I think as long as you take the time to deal with it properly, you will be ok. I’m thinking of saying I’ve had a medical emergency or something. That way I can take more time if I need to. At the moment I think I’m in denial. The less I think about it, the better if that makes sense.

Hey 👋🏼
Just finished my first day back at work, it was really quite hard actually. 😟
Still bleeding... but I expect it I guess.
Did anyone ever get an upset stomach from all this? Today Iv has some diarrhoea. 😔 x

That makes sense. I did that, the waiting was the worst part for me.
But now it's over I also just want everything to go back to normal, but I know it doesn't work like that.
I'm still bleeding, sometimes I pass small clots.
sometimes I get a belly cramp but it's easily managed with painkillers. But I'm having abit of an upset stomach at the minute. One thing after another, I just want to feel like 'me' again, is that to much to ask for 😔

@Summer221 I felt the same about getting back to normal and feeling like myself. It took me I would say around 10 days for the bleeding to fully stop. During that time clots on and off and cramps. However your body has been through a lot and well (for me anyway) it’s not a case of take the pills and your body goes back to normal. As in previous post I was still testing positive over 3 weeks later. Even though i was sure on my decision and still am, I have had a counselling session as had a full meltdown for 2 days when my period came back around 5 weeks later (everything just hit me I think as the whirlwind train I was on stopped) and had the worst period in a long time. This month my period was later than normal. It may just be me but it has taken a while to feel “normal” again. I really get what your feeling though if I wasn’t checking the “milestones” I was upset I wasn’t back to myself. I hope everything goes back ok for you but just be prepared for it taking a while to get back to your normal

I'm dying to just feel like me again, I havnt felt like me since I found out I was pregnant?
What if that person never comes back?
This has really hit me, I don't know if I will need some form of counselling after this.
It's only been 4 days since mine and I'm already fed up. The constant bleeding, the belly cramps, the upset stomachs it's just too much.
Iv had no sex drive since finding out I was pregnant, I obviously havnt had it over the last few days but what if it never comes back?
Everything is just getting to much.
Plus I'm panicking Iv got an infection, has anyone else ever had an upset stomach/diarrhoea after there's?

Ring whoever you did it through regarding your upset stomach and book a counselling session. MSI were 24hrs and I rang them a couple of times. Do you feel hot, bad smelling discharge etc if not then likely you haven’t got one, more likely your body is just reacting to the process. Just be kind to yourself and you will get through it.

it’s a bloody hard decision to make and I talked it through and felt a lot better, still get pangs of sadness and think about it what ifs more than I want but don’t regret my decision, to be honest it sometimes just feels surreal like it didn’t happen, Honestly you will feel normal again it just takes time (I’m my case anyway) or you may feel fine straight away everyone’s different.

Iv got a doctors appointment tomorrow so I'll see what they say. Definitely hoping for some reassurance of them.
The whole process is draining isn't it.
No I don't have any of them things just diarrhoea.
I'm so tired of everything x

Thinking of you and take it easy. Don’t be too hard on your body getting back to how it was xx