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Options Counseling

Medication Abortion

Suction Abortion Procedure (<16 weeks)

Dilation & Evacuation Procedure (>16 weeks)

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Nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended

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What are my options with an unintended pregnancy?

Parent

Medication

Parenthood

• Carrying pregnancy through birth
• Parenting the child

Adoption

• Can be facilitated through:
• Agency
• Attorney
• Consultant
• Types
• Open - direct contact with adoptive parents
• Semi-open - contact with adoptive parents through agency
• Closed - no contact

Medication Abortion

• Available up to 10 weeks
• Abortion occurs at wherever is safe for you
• Two medications - mifepristone and misoprostol

• Takes 1-2 days to complete

Suction Abortion Procedure

• Available up to 16 weeks
• Abortion occurs in the office
• Instruments are placed in the vagina and uterus to remove the pregnancy
• Takes 5-10 minutes to complete

Dilation and Evacuation Procedure

• For pregnancies >16 weeks
• Abortion occurs in the office with two visits
• Placement of cervical dilators

• Removal of the pregnancy from the uterus

• Takes approximately 10 minutes to complete procedure

Thank you.

Medication Abortion

Patient Education Videos

Details About Medication Abortion

• Abortion occurs wherever is safe for you
• You have control over timing, location
• May feel more natural - like a miscarriage
• No anesthesia or instrumentation
• Takes 1-2 days to complete
• Two medications - mifepristone and misoprostol

You should not have a medication abortion if...

Appointment

May need ultrasound or blood tests

Mifepristone

At your appointment

Misoprostol

24-48 hours later, buccally or vaginally

Nurse Check-In

1-2 weeks later

What are the risks?

• Hemorrhage
• <1% need emergency treatment (1-5%)
• 0.1% require transfusion (3%)
• Ongoing pregnancy or incomplete abortion
• Dependent on how far in pregnancy you are
• No more than 5-10%
• May require more medicine or procedure
• Infection - 0.9% (5-7%)
• Death - 0.0003% (<0.02%)

Pain Management

• Prescription for ibuprofen will be offered at appointment
• Nausea medicine is also available if desired

Normal

NOT Normal

- Bleeding through 2 or more large pads for 2 hours straight

What should I expect to happen? What's not normal?

Thank you.

Suction Abortion Procedure (<16 weeks)

Patient Education Videos

Details About Suction Abortion Procedure

• Abortion occurs in the office
• Requires pelvic exam and instruments in the vagina and uterus
• Completed with device that uses gentle suction to empty uterus

• Takes 5-10 minutes to complete

• Less bleeding than medication abortion

While there are no absolute contraindications for suction abortion procedure, there are some patients who would be safer to have their procedure done in a hospital than in a clinic

Pain medicine

Cervix cleaned

Cervix dilated with instruments

Tissue removed

Tissue examined to ensure complete removal

What are the risks?

• Hemorrhage - <1% (1-5%)

• Infection - 0.5% (5-7%)
• Uterine perforation - <0.6%
• Cervix laceration - <0.1% (0.2%)
• Retained products of conception - <0.6% (1-3%)
• Death - <0.001% (<0.02%)

Pain Management

• Oral pain medicine with ibuprofen and tylenol
• Local pain medicine: injections of lidocaine around the cervix
  

• Stronger medicines by mouth or by injection into muscle (arm, buttock) is available to help with both pain and anxiety
  
• May require that you have a ride home
  
• Should be ovrerall healthy
  
• Conscious sedation involves combination of anxiety and pain medication through your veins to make you very comfortable but not fully asleep
  
• Cause amnesia (help prevent you from remembering procedure)
• Requires that you have a ride home
• Should be overall healthy
• Available at an additional cost

Normal

NOT Normal

- Bleeding through 2 or more large pads for 2 hours straight

What should I expect to happen after? What's not normal?

Thank you.

Dilation & Evacuation Procedure (>16 weeks)

Patient Education Videos

Details About Dilation & Evacuation Procedure

• Abortion occurs in the office with two visits
• First visit is placement of cervical dilators and takes a few minutes

• Second visit removes the pregnancy from the uterus with suction and long forceps in approximately 10 minutes

• Requires pelvic exam and instruments in the vagina and uterus

Small parts of the pregnancy removed with suction

Evacuation

Larger parts of the pregnancy removed with forceps and instruments

Tissue examined to ensure complete removal

What are the risks?

• Hemorrhage
• 2.5% of patients have increased bleeding due to uterus not returning to normal size

• 0.1-0.6% require transfusion (3%)

• Infection - 0.1-4% (5-7%)
• Retained products of conception - <1% (1-3%)
• Cervical laceration - 3.3% (0.2%)

• Uterine perforation - 0.2-0.5%

• Blood clot or amniotic fluid in lungs - 0.01%

• Death - <0.009% (<0.02%)

Pain Management

• Oral pain medicine with ibuprofen and tylenol
• Local pain medicine: injections of lidocaine around the cervix
• Stronger medicines by mouth or by injection into muscle (arm, buttock) are available to help with both pain and anxiety
• May require that you have a ride home
• Should be ovrerall healthy
• Conscious sedation involves combination of anxiety and pain medication through your veins to make you very comfortable but not fully asleep
• Cause amnesia (help prevent you from remembering procedure)
• Requires that you have a ride home
• Should be overall healthy

Normal

NOT Normal

- Bleeding through 2 or more large pads for 2 hours straight

What should I expect to happen after? What's not normal?

Thank you.

Sources

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