How to abort a 4-month pregnancy? Do I need induced labor?

Due to various reasons, many mothers who have been pregnant for up to 4 months have to choose to abandon their babies. Although this decision is cruel, if it is really irreversible, pregnant women must choose a healthier method to abort the baby. The risk is greater for children aged 4 months, so you must pay attention to safety.

1. How to abort a 4-month pregnancy

If you don't want to have an abortion in the fourth month of pregnancy, you may increase the risk of infertility, habitual miscarriage, etc., so you should consider more before having an abortion.

2. What is induced labor?

Induction of labor refers to stimulating uterine contractions before natural labor to start labor and achieve the purpose of delivering the fetus. The success of induction of labor mainly depends on the degree of maturity of the cervix.

3. Who needs induced labor?

1. Delayed pregnancy: Pregnant women who are pregnant for 41 weeks or more should be induced to have labor, the main purpose of which is to reduce perinatal mortality.

2. Hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancy: patients with gestational hypertension and mild preeclampsia who are 37 weeks pregnant or 34 weeks pregnant or with severe preeclampsia whose condition has worsened or has not been significantly improved by conservative treatment, who have no signs of labor after eclampsia is controlled, and who are eligible for vaginal delivery.

3. The mother has serious diseases that require early termination of pregnancy: such as patients with medical diseases such as diabetes, chronic hypertension, kidney disease, etc. and who can tolerate vaginal delivery.

4. Premature rupture of membranes: Premature rupture of membranes for more than 2 hours in full-term pregnancies without labor.

5. Factors related to the fetus and its appendages: including factors related to the fetus itself, such as severe fetal growth restriction (FGR), stillbirth, and severe fetal malformations; appendage factors such as oligohydramnios, biochemical or biophysical monitoring indicators indicating poor placental function, but the fetus can still tolerate uterine contractions.