bleeding after medical abortion question?

I would suggest going to a real doctor (not just the clinic where the procedure was done) and if you feel the bleeding is excessively heavy get to the nearest hospital immediately. Bleeding is not uncommon, excessive bleeding is and could indicate something more serious such as a perforated uterus (which is also not uncommon). Even if it turns out to be "normal" bleeding this is not something you want to take a wait and see approach to.

After an abortion, a woman will bleed for 7 to 14 days. It is usually like a period. Some women have heavy bleeding, while others have light spotting.

The amount of bleeding that a woman has will be greater with medical abortion than with surgical abortion. Most women have cramps for several hours, and many pass blood clots as they are aborting. In some cases, the blood clots will be larger than the embryo and other tissue from the pregnancy which will also be passed, and the embryo will probably not be seen among the blood clots. For example, at 49 days LMP, the size of the embryo will be about one-fifth of an inch. In an earlier pregnancy, it might be much smaller than that. Cramps and bleeding usually begin to ease after the embryonic tissue has been passed, but bleeding may last for one to two weeks after medical abortion.

Some women report that their first regular menstrual period after a medical abortion is heavier, or longer, or in some other way different from normal for them. By the second period after the abortion, their cycles should be back to normal.

(in my opinion, the more bleeding, the more embryo coming out, I think, therefore it is faster) I guess)

--hope this helps :) Goodluck!

Hi there,

Yes, heavy bleeding after a medical abortion is normal. If it intensifies from what it is now, go to the doctor, or at least call the clinic and ask. It's possible to hemmorage and bleed too much, but that is very rare.

Best of luck.