Positive medical termination at 7.5wks

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Hi everyone, I wanted to share my experience (which is currently ongoing) for a medical termination at 7.5wks. Despite having a termination before, I scared myself to death reading other stories online so I wanted to share mine in case it helps anyone else during this very difficult time.

This has not been an easy decision for me, it would’ve been my fourth pregnancy (two children, one previous termination which I’d never thought I’d do - never mind two), which means it would’ve been a third baby. It’s been a very painful decision, one of which I still need to come to terms with, but for many reasons, it’s the right decision right now for me and my family. Please no judgement as I’ve put myself through the mangle enough 💔 thank you.

As I’ve had a medical termination before at 6.5wks, so far I’d say this has been a similar experience with very little pain (so far, I’m 3hrs in). I’ve been managing pain with ibuprofen, paracetamol and a heat pad which seems to be helping a lot.

I had no symptoms at all after the first tablet, but was very emotional taking it and felt very sad and depressed all day. Still do to be honest and I’m not sure that’ll lift anytime soon - but it was painless.

After taking the second part of the treatment vaginally, I started bleeding with small clots about an hour later, and am passing clots in various sizes every 30 minutes or so. So far no pain, though I have a slightly high temperature and feeling like I have hay fever (itchy nose, sneezing symptoms which I’ve taken an antihistamine for).

I’ll update again but I wanted to make a point of sharing a more positive story of the process. The emotional recovery is rough for me, I’ve been there before and know what a toll it can take. If it helps anyone else, I wrote myself a letter which I’ve put away in case I ever need to remind myself of my reasons why. I found this to be cathartic but very upsetting, also reassuring to know it’s there if I ever need it.

Any questions, please let me know. My heart goes out to anyone in this situation, it’s heart wrenching and the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with. So sending you love and support ❤️

How are you feeling today? A few years ago, I had a wanted pregnancy however my mental health took a huge plummet and at 7 1/2 weeks I decided to have an abortion. My husband was very supportive, we got through it and never regretted it. A few months ago, we decided we would try again and I am now 5 weeks pregnant. However, my anxiety and depression and low mood, along with confusion has also returned and I don’t know if I want to have this baby. My husband is supportive and will support anything we choose to do. However, I’m 30 and feel like I’d be saying no to forever; my husband thinks if we choose to end the pregnancy w can do a lot of therapy and work and it doesn’t mean the door is closed forever. I don’t know if I can go through another abortion but I also don’t know if I can continue a pregnancy feeling this way. We did actively try and we chose names and everything. I just don’t know what to do. I feel terrible but I’m almost wishing a miscarriage to take the pain away.