Med-star Certified Abortion Clinic Johannesburg, is owned women’s clinic licensed by the Department of Health as a Diagnostic and Treatment Center dedicated to providing quality reproductive health care. In addition to comprehensive gynecological services, We have been leading providers of high-quality abortion care since 2016. We are known to medical providers, both across the country and internationally, as being a leader in women’s reproductive healthcare, including abortion pills.
Medstar 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.
Medical Abortion (The abortion Pills) Up to 20 Weeks
Commonly called ‘the abortion pills’, medical abortion is a non-invasive procedure for termination of a pregnancy. We routinely provide medical abortions (Abortion Pill) to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Choice To Terminate The Pregnancy
The ability of Francis Abortion Clinic to teach and educate expectant mothers about all of their options—abortion, prenatal care, and adoption—is among its most important and beneficial features. Pregnant women who wish or need to terminate an unintended pregnancy are given the option of abortion. The Medstar abortion clinic has been offering abortion services with dignity, integrity, and a high standard of professional care for over 12 years. The woman may not be able to consider having a child due to her age, lifestyle choices, domestic violence, substance addiction, health problems, lack of resources, or lack of support.
What to Expect with the Abortion Pills (Non-Surgical Abortion) At Our Abortion Clinic
At womens clinic your procedure visit, a technician will perform a transvaginal ultrasound. You will discuss your decision and options with a counselor and talk more about the medications, side effects, and risks outlined in the Medication Guide.
A nurse or assistant will take your vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature) and you will meet with a physician. The physician will ask you about your decision and answer any questions you may have. The physician will then give you one abortion pills™ tablet (200 mg termination pills) that you will take orally. If your blood type is Rh negative, a nurse will administer an injection of Rhogam [PDF] in the recovery room. You will be given a prescription for pain medication and reminded about how to contact us in case of an emergency. The physician will also dispense a packet containing 800 mcg of abortion pills to take home.
The abortion pills should be taken 12-24 hours after swallowing the pills™ tablet at AWC. Thirty minutes before you plan to take the abortion tablets, take 800mg of ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, etc.). All four pills should be left in the mouth for approximately 30 minutes to dissolve. Anything left in the mouth after 30 minutes should be swallowed. Contractions and bleeding should begin between 45 minutes and 3 hours after taking abortion pills.
What Should I Avoid After Abortion Pills?
Do not engage in sexual activity or insert anything into your vagina for the next 14 days. Don’t douche and don’t bathe. Tampons are not allowed. Avoid doing anything that could put you at risk for illness, as well as anything that could exhaust you and reduce your resistance to infection.
Bleeding & Cramping. Most people can expect very heavy bleeding with this method and it is normal to pass some large clots. Bleeding may continue off and on for several days or weeks and can range from a light flow or spotting to heavier, like a period. However, if you do not begin bleeding within 24 hours or you are soaking through 2 or more pads per hour for 2 hours in a row, please call AWC immediately. Cramping is normal with this type of abortion and may be much worse than a period. Pain medication will be prescribed.
- Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea, Weakness, and a Fever.
Sometimes these symptoms can be a side effect of the abortion pills. Call our office immediately if, more than 24 hours after taking safe abortion pills, you experience symptoms of nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea and weakness with or without abdominal pain, or with or without fever. A temperature of 101° F or higher can be normal after taking abortion pills. Your temperature should return to normal about one hour after the bleeding starts. Drink lots of fluids. If your fever does not return to normal in three hours call the clinic. If you get a fever above 100.4° F after day 4, please call our office immediately.
Follow-up Visit. Approximately 7-10 days after your first visit you will return to AWC for a repeat vaginal ultrasound. Approximately 1% of people using the abortion pill method will not end their pregnancies and 2-3% will have remaining pregnancy tissue in the uterus at the time of the follow-up appointment. If the abortion is complete, you will discuss options and future care. If you are still pregnant, you will most likely need surgery to complete the abortion.
After Your Medical Abortion
Post-abortion bleeding and cramping varies from person to person. You may bleed for two days to 4 weeks or have no bleeding at all. For many people, the bleeding stops and starts sporadically. There may be spotting until your next period. You may also find that you are passing large blood clots and have mild to moderate or even heavy cramping. All of this can be normal.
Advantage of Abortion Pills
- Have an abortion in the privacy of your home, or a place that is comfortable to you.
- Prefer to have the choice of being alone to having others with and around you during the abortion process.
Bleeding?
Over the course of the following 10 to 14 days, you may suffer bleeding. It’s typical to have a flow similar to your period if you do bleed. The flow is frequently very dark crimson and may stop and resume. An increase in bleeding may result from strenuous exertion.
See our Abortion After-Care Instructions [PDF] for more details.
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