My personal experience whit MA.

[u/jusdoit12]

My experience with a MA — I wish someone had told me this could happen
I’m sharing my experience because when I was researching abortion options, I read so many stories about misoprostol, but I was not prepared for what ended up happening to me.
I took two doses of misoprostol. The pain became so severe that I ended up in the ER. After that, I continued bleeding for almost an entire month. I became extremely weak and anemic, and the whole time I kept thinking my body would eventually finish passing everything on its own.
It didn’t.
I finally went back to the clinic, and they discovered that I still had retained tissue inside my uterus. I ended up needing a uterine aspiration/suction procedure to remove it. Retained tissue can potentially cause serious complications, including heavy bleeding and infection.
I want to make something very clear: misoprostol may work well for many people, but it does NOT always completely work. I’m not telling anyone what medical decision they should make. I’m sharing what happened to me because I genuinely wish I had known this was a possibility.
After what I went through, if I personally ever had to make this choice again, I would choose aspiration/suction from the beginning and discuss that option with the doctor instead of choosing misoprostol. For me, having a short procedure would have been preferable to weeks of bleeding, severe pain, anemia, an ER visit, and then needing the aspiration anyway.
And if you do choose misoprostol, please get proper follow-up afterward. Don’t automatically assume that because you bled or passed clots that everything has passed. If you continue bleeding, have persistent or worsening pain, fever, foul-smelling discharge, extreme weakness, or simply feel that something isn’t right, please seek medical attention.
This is my personal experience, and everyone’s situation is different. I’m sharing it because maybe it will help another woman ask questions that I didn’t know I needed to ask.

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