Side effects after an abortion will vary from woman to woman. There are both side effects to expect and also risks that you need to know exist.It is essential to talk with your doctor who will perform abortion regarding the possible side effects.
After undergoing the abortion, your period should return within 4-6 weeks and you can get pregnant again soon after the abortion.
If your doctor prescribes antibiotics, you need to take them as directed as this will help you to prevent the infections.
Here are some of the possible side effects that you will experience after undergoing an abortion:
1. Bladder infection
Perforation of your uterus can also cause perforation of your urinary bladder. This condition can lead to peritonitis, which is an infected and inflamed lining of your abdomen. It can cause severe pain and sometimes it needs reparative surgery.
2. Breast cancer
Women who undergo abortions have greater risk of developing breast cancer in their later life.
3. Bowel injury
Perforation of your uterus can also cause perforation of your intestines. This can result in vomiting, nausea, peritonitis, abdominal pain, blood in stools, fever and also death if the condition is not treated quickly.
A part of your intestines needs to be removed and a temporary or permanent colostomy is inserted in your abdomen.
4. Tubal pregnancy
This kind of pregnancy happens outside of your uterus. After undergoing an abortion, you are at 8-20 times at a risk of having tubal or ectopic pregnancy. If the condition is not discovered soon, tubal pregnancy ruptures and severe bleeding can sometimes lead to death.
5. Failed abortion
Failure of an abortion in aborting the unborn baby younger than 6 weeks is very common. Sometimes, an abortionist fails to successfully evacuate the placenta from your uterus. Your pregnancy will continue even though you have endured the dangers and abortion cost.
6. Effects on your future pregnancy
- Undergoing an abortion can cause:
- Bleeding during the first trimester of your pregnancy
- Your future baby is twice as likely to die during the first few months
- There is a chance to give a low birth weight baby in the future pregnancy
- There is less chance for you to have normal delivery
- Your baby will be four times at a risk of dying in the last months of her first year of life
- There is a chance to give premature birth
Infections that occur from abortion can cause mild fever and sometimes death. This can happen in 1 out of 4 women to 1 out of 50 women.
8. Hemorrhage
1-14% of women need blood transfusion due to heavy bleeding from an abortion.
9. Hepatitis
Women who undergo blood transfusion are at greater risk of developing hepatitis.
10. Cervical laceration
Every 1 out of 20 women can suffer from this condition during an abortion. If this condition is not treated properly in your next pregnancy, this can lead to 50/50 chances of having miscarriage.
If you have severe cervical damage from the abortion procedure, then there is 30-40% chance of having miscarriage in the future pregnancy.
11. More later miscarriages
The more times you undergo abortions the greater you can experience first trimester miscarriages. Undergoing vaginal abortion can keep you at ten times an increased risk of having second trimester abortions in future pregnancy.
12. Uterine perforation
Perforated uterus can be seen in 1 among 40 and 1 among 400 abortions. Almost, this can also cause peritonitis, which is similar to having a ruptured appendix.
13. Post-abortion syndrome
After undergoing an abortion, you are more likely to suffer from psychological and mental conditions, such as repeated dreams of the abortion experience, relationship problems, memory impairment, sleep disturbances, avoidance of emotional attachment, guilt about surviving, hostile outbursts, depression, suicidal thoughts, and substance abuse.
14. Placenta previa
After undergoing an abortion, you are 6-15 times more likely to have placenta previa in your next pregnancy. This condition causes heavy bleeding.
15. Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)
Abortion can cause DIC, which means that your blood doesn’t clot and you will continuously bleed. This condition is extremely life threatening and it is difficult for treating. This condition occurs in 2 out of 1,000 2nd trimester abortions.
16. RH incompatibility
If the mother is RH negative, your doctor should confirm about your baby’s Rh blood type. This ensures your baby to be protected against Rh incompatibility.
The Rh incompatibility needs your future baby should receive blood transfusion immediately after birth, causes birth of the dead baby, and causes baby to die immediately after birth.
17. Sterility
Abortion can also make you sterile. This condition can happen in 1 out of 20 to 1 out of 50 women.
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