Medical booked.. worried about the pain :(

[Turkeytwizzlerz]

Booked my medical for 3rd January. I’m currently 8w 6d (roughly - still breastfeeding so periods all over the shop). By the time I get to take the pill, I’ll be right at the latter end of the window. I’ve given birth twice but still never been as worried as I am about taking this pill and the pain of passing this pregnancy. Does anyone have any information/stories from their own experiences regarding medical abortions at the near cut off point?

I’m going in for a scan first, so I guess they wouldn’t let me go over the window but I’m still going to be pretty close I think. 😣

Hey gals ❤️❤️

hope you’re all doing ok? Did you end up taking the 4 tablets @Difficultime? I always thought they were the ones to induce the termination. Hope you’re alright ❣️

@Coi123 I took 6 but I think that’s because I was over 9 weeks, they said to do 4 vaginally then dissolve 2 in my mouth 3 hours later regardless of bleeding. The final 2 definitely got everything going though. How are you? ❣️

Thank you @Turkeytwizzlerz. I ended up taking the other two and other than the cramps starting a little more intensely again it was absolutely fine. I’m surprised at how ok I feel. I think it’s a bit of relief physically as I no longer feel nauseous constantly. Mentally I am prepared to struggle but currently I am ok. I think the physical relief is taking over at the moment! Is that makes sense! @Difficultime how are you getting on?

@Turkeytwizzlerz @Coi123 hi yes i took 60mg codeine at half 6 and then i inserted the 4 vaginally around 7pm cramps started within 30 minutes and I got up after an hour to pee and bleeding had started, lost many clots some big some small, gradually the bleeding and cramps increase a little and almost 4 hours on the dot I passed a large grey ball shape, my bleeding increased a ton by then and it was just easier to sit on the loo for the following 2 hours I had the last 2 tablets orally aswell. By 2am I was shattered so I had more codeine and went to sleep, bleeding has slowed down this morning and now more like just heavy period though it was a little worrying last night with the amount that kept coming. I am still passing small clots today, I feel relieved and also a little sad but I know that's normal, the misoprostol has made me very itchy too on my arms hands and face

@Difficultime @Coi123 oh :( did you manage to get much sleep at all? You must be so knackered. & so Sorry you’re feeling sad. If it’s any consolation, I am the same. It’s partly made me feel like I don’t want to fully shut the door on future children like I thought I did. Either way, I did the best for us and the baby and I can’t dwell on it.

The clots can be quite a lot can’t they. I did see what I imagine was the placenta? It was quite large and grey like you described, and had what I can only guess was the umbilical cord? I didn’t actually see the baby, but I passed a lot of other clots at this time so I guess it became separated.

@Coi123 Glad you’re feeling some relief ❤️❤️ Definitely agree with you on the physical relief. I feel a bit sad but being pregnant, I just completely lost my mojo. I couldn’t be bothered to do ANYTHING and I stopped going to the gym/stopped studying and was just so sluggish and “meh” to everything and also really impatient and irritable. I genuinely think the pregnancy hormones just dont do me any favours. I’m also like this if I go on the pill. So I’m feeling energised and more “myself” again now. I’m back at the gym and actually motivated to do life so that’s a bonus.

Sending love to you both!! Do holla if you ever take a dip or feel rough. Imagine, we might even know each other in real life or cross paths in future, and we’ll probably have no idea