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Surgical abortion

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MamaAl27 · 30/12/2024 19:12

Hi all

So please absolutely no judgement, I feel so awful as it is.
I had my youngest child this year after elective c section and had my eldest over 4 years ago which was emergency and both times my body has taken a while to recover.
I fell pregnant again 2 months ago and made the awful decision of a surgical termination on 11th Dec as my body is still healing from the birth this year and my body just doesn’t carry pregnancies well. I was really indecisive about it for a while and kept going back and forth but ultimately we felt it was for the best. Had it been 18 months down the road, it wouldn’t even be a discussion.
Over the past week, I’ve been having period like stomach cramps and sore boobs, I was then diagnosed with a kidney infection. I’ve had sex once with my husband with a condom since the termination and it will be 3 weeks on Wednesday since I’ve had the termination. Today there has been the faintest line on a strip pregnancy test, and a not pregnant on a digital one. I am now in bit of an emotional state right now thinking that I could be pregnant again 😔
Which text would people go by? I’ll contact doctors tomorrow as well, I think I’m just hoping for some reassurance really 😔
I have posted pictures.
Thank you if you got this far 😅

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Annoymous3659 · 30/12/2024 19:32

@MamaAl27 I am sorry to hear everything you are going through. Normally, pregnancy hormones can remain in your body up to two months after a termination and the store brought pregnancy tests could reflect the hormones in your body rather than a new pregnancy.

If in doubt, give your provider a call for advice. It’s likely they will ask you to wait at least 4-6 weeks for your period to come and for a negative test. If it doesn’t, it could be worth getting in touch with your GP who can refer you to your local EPU for a scan

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