Abortion Types That You Should Know About!

Abortion is the most common medical procedure performed in the United States every year.About 40% of the women will end their pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives.

First confirm your pregnancy with the help of any home pregnancy tests available at drug stores.Then you can consider abortion of any type.

Here are the different types of abortion methods:

First trimester abortions:

During the first trimester, you can consider two types of abortion methods. One is suction aspiration and the other is dilation and curettage. Both these methods are performed around eight weeks of pregnancy.

1. Suction aspiration: This is one of the most common surgical procedures, usually performed in the first trimester. During this procedure, abortionist numbs your cervix and stretches it open.

Then, he introduces a hallow plastic tube with the help of sharp knife edge into your uterus and suctions your baby’s body into the bottle. In this procedure, baby’s body is ragged apart. As the suction procedure is much more powerful, placenta connected to your uterus lining can also be ragged away.

2. Dilation and curettage (D&C): This procedure is similar to suction aspiration method. In this method, abortionist introduces a curette, a loop shaped steel knife into the uterus and scratches the wall.
Scratching is concentrated where abortionist puts pressure.

He scratches the placenta and also the baby into small pieces and suctions out them into a basin. During the procedure, some bleeding takes place that is little bit more than suction aspiration method. Sometimes, this method needs anesthesia, either general or spinal.

3. Chemical abortion: It is the modern trend of abortions. Immediately after implantation, abortion can be considered by using abortifacient drugs such as RU-486, also known as mifepristone and methotrexate. Usually, these drugs are used with prostaglandin, which is the labor-inducing drug.

Second trimester abortions:

Your baby can acquire some definite shape and size during this trimester. In order to compensate this, different abortion types are used. Among those, the most common one used during 2nd trimester include dilation and evacuation (D&E).

4. Dilation and evacuation: This method is similar to dilation and curettage. But, in D&E, cervix needs to be dilated more broadly because abortionist inserts large instruments to remove the large pieces of your unborn baby.

After performing the dilation, abortionist introduces forceps delivery. Then he cuts your baby carefully into pieces. During this abortion type, you need to receive an analgesic and intravenous fluid.

If your pregnancy crosses 14 weeks period, then you are administered with oxytocin in order to make the uterus contract and shrink.
Third trimester abortions:

During third trimester, instillation methods are used to abort the baby. In these methods, abortionist injects lethal chemicals. These methods result in birth of a severely damaged, but living baby.

5. Saline amniocentesis: Also called as salt poisoning and is used after 16 weeks. In this technique, a large needle is inserted into your abdominal wall and into your baby’s amniotic sac. Most concentrated salt solution is introduced into your baby’s amniotic fluid. When your baby breathes and swallows the fluid, it move violently and sometimes convulses.

The solution makes your baby’s organs and tissues to hemorrhage. Large bruises appear on your baby’s body as veins and arteries rupture. This powerful solution burns your baby’s outer skin to a large extent. The baby endures for about an hour. After a day, you will deliver the dead baby.

6. Urea abortion: It is an alternative to saline abortion. In this procedure, urea is introduced into the amniotic sac. It is a nitrogen based solution, which kills your unborn baby. This solution can be used with prostaglandins and makes you to deliver the baby.

7. Intracardiac injections: This method includes poison injection such as digoxin into the heart of your baby. During this method, cervix is opened for one-four days. Whenever the cervix opens, labor is induced. Finally, you will deliver a dead baby. D&C is also performed at the end.

Sometimes, these drugs can cause side effects like vomiting, pain and diarrhea. In rare conditions, fetus explodes through the uterine walls.
Surgical abortion techniques used at the end of second trimester and in the third trimester include: hysterectomy, partial-birth abortion and therapeutic abortion.

8. Hysterectomy: It is similar to C-section, but the aim is to kill the child. Umbilical cord may be clamped that suffocates your baby.

9. Partial-birth abortion: Also called as intact dilation and extraction or D&X. This technique is performed on babies from fifth month to birth.
This procedure usually takes three days to complete.

During this procedure, the cervix is dilated for two days. On the last day, abortionist pulls your baby from the birth canal. This method is only considered when you or your baby’s life is at risk.