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Safe Abortion Pills in Despatch
Zuko women’s clinic provides abortion pills and approved way to end a pregnancy before 10 weeks of gestation without the need to visit a clinic for treatment. Your suitability for treatment will be assessed by a licensed nurse or midwife through a thorough medical evaluation and phone conversation. If the treatment is safe and appropriate, you will receive abortion pills a few days later. Alternatively, we can arrange for you to have another procedure done in the clinic. A scan or other in-clinic tests can be required before treatment.
What is The Abortion Pills?
Another name for the abortion pills is an early medical abortion. Did you realize that an abortion pill is actually a combination of many pills? An early pregnancy can be safely ended with these medications. Up until 12 weeks of pregnancy, you can use abortion pills to achieve an early medical abortion (EMA).
How do Abortion Pills Work?
A medical abortion involves taking two medicines.
The first pill.
The pregnancy is terminated with this pill. It functions by inhibiting the progesterone hormone. The lining of the womb degrades and the pregnancy cannot progress without progesterone. Oral administration of one tablet involves swallowing it whole with water.
The second pills.
Prostaglandins are hormone-like chemicals found in these pills. The body produces prostaglandins naturally, which aid in womb contraction. Bleeding and cramping result from this. An early miscarriage and an early medical abortion are comparable.
What to Expect After Taking Abortion Pills
You will experience discomfort, cramps, and bleeding. The womb contracts to force the pregnancy tissue out, resulting in these effects. Additionally, you can pass blood clots.
Usually, the abortion occurs two to twelve hours after taking abortion pills.
During your medical abortion, we advised that you be accompanied by a trusted adult companion or partner who is at least 18 years old. This is to assist you at home. Here are some tips for partners and companions on how to be a supportive person throughout a loved one’s abortion.
Pain Relief
Keeping painkillers on hand is crucial. The cramps could hurt more than your typical menstrual aches. We’ll administer some painkillers to you. Additionally, we advise you to keep some paracetamol and ibuprofen on hand at home. Your medical history will determine which pain medication is best for you. During your session, we will discuss pain management with you. Pain can also be effectively relieved by using a heat pad at home.
Bleeding
Every person and every abortion will experience bleeding differently. During a medical abortion, light, moderate, or substantial bleeding is common. Blood clots won’t happen to everyone who has a medical abortion. The clots for those that do ought to be as small as a lemon.
Once you take the first pill, you can begin to bleed. In order to finish the course of treatment, you will still need to take the second medication.
Typically, bleeding starts two hours after taking the second dose. The majority of patients will bleed for two to four hours. Light bleeding may begin, but it will increase stronger until the pregnancy is over. The bleeding will then progressively stop. Bleeding may last up to 14 days, then intermittently for up to 4 weeks, or until your next menstruation.
Having sanitary towels that can handle a strong flow at home is crucial. You can monitor your bleeding and avoid infection by using sanitary towels.
Frequent Asked Questions
Abortion pills (used for a medical abortion) consist of two medications taken together to terminate an existing pregnancy. Hormones are not present in these drugs, the first tablet, functions by inhibiting the hormone required for pregnancy to proceed.
The emergency contraception pill (often called the ‘morning after pill’) is taken before pregnancy occurs. It contains hormones that prevent ovulation, post-sex fertilization of the egg, and implantation by delaying the release of an egg.
Abortion drugs cannot be prescribed by general practitioners for pickup at a pharmacy. Abortion pills must be supplied by a hospital or clinic with a license in South Africa.
The Zuko Women Clinic does not offer a pills-by-post service, which delivers medical abortion pills straight to your home, so you do not need to attend a clinic. If you have made arrangements to pick up the abortion pills from a Zuko Women clinic, you must do it in person.
Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness, hot flashes, and chills are all possible side effects of the medical abortion pill. Usually, these symptoms go away in a few hours.
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Abortion care at Gqeberha Women Clinic
All women in the Eastern Cape can receive abortion services at the Gqeberha Women Clinic. As the top abortion care charity in South Africa, we have over 20 years of experience providing safe, private, and excellent abortion care.