Can I eat after having a medical abortion?

Medical abortion is a method of inducing abortion by taking medicine. It is more common in today's society and is more convenient. Abortion can be performed by taking medicine, but it does not rule out the possibility that the abortion is not complete. In this case, it is more troublesome and requires timely curettage. There are some issues to pay attention to before doing medical abortion. Many female friends who have medical abortions still don’t know whether they can eat before having medical abortions. Can you eat before having medical abortions? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Can I eat before having medical abortion?

The drugs for medical abortion include mifepristone and misoprostol. You cannot eat before taking these two drugs. For example, you cannot eat 2 hours before taking mifepristone and 2 hours after taking the medicine. You must take the medicine with cold boiled water, which will help better absorption of the medicine. You cannot eat before taking misoprostol and you must fast for 2 hours. It is usually absorbed about 20 minutes after taking the medicine, and pain in the lower abdomen will appear, which causes the uterus to contract, so that the products of pregnancy can be expelled from the body. If you take medicine after a meal, it will not be fully absorbed, which will seriously affect the efficacy of the medicine and may lead to failure of medical abortion.

2. What to pay attention to before medical abortion

Medical abortion is only suitable for pregnancy within 49 days. If you miss the best time, it will directly affect the final effect of the medical abortion. If you decide to have a medical abortion, you must pay attention to the preparations before the abortion. First of all, you must pay attention to the B-ultrasound examination to rule out ectopic pregnancy and understand the size and position of the embryonic sac to help determine whether it is suitable for medical abortion. Medical abortion usually takes 3 days. During these 3 days when you need to take the medicine, you cannot eat spicy or greasy food. Medical abortion must be performed within 49 days of amenorrhea and the age of conception must be below 30 or 40 years old. If you are in good physical condition and have no contraindications, you can use it. However, if you have more serious systemic diseases, including liver, kidney or allergic constitution, heart disease, hypertension, anemia, skin itching during pregnancy, glaucoma, etc., you are prohibited from using medical abortion. In addition, when performing medical abortion, you must choose a hospital with emergency treatment, curettage or blood transfusion conditions, and you must observe more to prevent accidents. Therefore, you should not be careless when choosing medical abortion, and you must be fully prepared before the abortion.

3. What to check before medical abortion

Before having a medical abortion, the most important examination is to confirm that it is an intrauterine pregnancy through B-ultrasound. It is necessary to prove that the gestational sac is smaller than 2 to 3 centimeters. Only under this premise can medical abortion be recommended. In addition, vaginitis, blood routine, urine routine, etc. should be checked. If vaginitis is present, it needs to be treated first, otherwise it is easy to get infected after medical abortion.