Apr 30, 2018

Choosing The Right Abortion Technique

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By Mark Wondsner


There are different kinds of techniques that are used by the doctors to get rid of or eliminate pregnancy. Induced abortion techniques are used using chemical or surgical methods. It is very likely dependant on the stage of pregnancy the female is going through, which decides the type of abortion technique that shall be suitable for her, whether it is initial weeks, first trimester and second trimester or on the preference of the female.

Before you understand the problems, it becomes important for you to understand what is abortion? Abortion is a technique that is used to deal with unwanted pregnancy. Now, there are different methods of abortions available to choose from, but it depends strictly on the availability of the health care facilities, social and economic status and the gestation period of the lady and also the overall health of the patient of course.

Gestation period is one of the most important factors that determine the right method for abortion that should be used. Studies suggest that a majority of the abortions that take place are done during the first trimester of the pregnancy. This time period is mentioned considerably because, doing it during this period is considered to be safe and there are least possibilities of post-operative complications with the abortion.

With the surgical technique, there are three methods of abortion, which can help the female to get the abortion done during the first three months of pregnancy. The Dilation and Curettage method, manual Vacuum aspiration and electric vacuum aspiration, are the three procedures used in the surgical technique. Once the cervix is dilated, the embryo is scrapped up from the walls of the uterus using a curette, which is a sharp object; this is called the dilation and curettage method.

Lastly, we have the elective abortion category that is considered as one of the most popular procedures that has a bad reputation. The Elective abortion is preferred by mothers due to a variety of reasons and it is known to suffer through a lot of scrutiny. Namely, there are three methods used in this procedure, the surgical method, chemical method and the herbal method. The use of Herbal method was stopped long ago, as it had major effects on the body of the female, was considered to be fatal and had a lot of risks.

Once this period passes, the effectiveness of the medicines reduces and it becomes essential for the female to choose for the surgical procedures of abortion. For individuals that are looking for buying these drugs, there are countries that sell them for free, whereas there are others that do not even sell them as over the counter pills and it does require having a gynaecologist's prescription to buy them from the stores.

In the process of dilation and evacuation, once the cervix is dilated the uterine walls are scraped with sharp instruments and the embryonic tissue is removed with the help of suction. Next method used is the hysterectomy or surgical method, here the foetus is removed by performing a surgery and the pregnancy is aborted. Lastly, we have the intact dilation and extraction abortion technique, where the cervix is dilated, use of force is made to reverse the foetus into a breech position. Then a suction device is inserted in the foetus skull and the brain is evacuated.

Another surgical method used for this is the aspiration technique, which includes vacuum aspiration, suction aspiration and dilation or aspiration. It is found that if the female is in the later days of the second trimester of her pregnancy, in such cases gynaecologists are known to opt for dilation and evacuation. As a women looks to get aborted, it becomes very important for her to get it done by 24th week, because doing it after that can be problematic for the female.




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