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What will I see and what to do with the pregnancy tissue?

What you will see of the pregnancy, depends on how long you have been pregnant.

Up to 7 weeks, you probably won’t see anything other than blood and clots. You could see a small amount of white tissue like a piece of sponge, which is the pregnancy tissue. Starting around 9 weeks, you might see an embryo less than an inch long (about the length of a green grape or peanut).

After 12 weeks, the pregnancy is larger and more developed, so you will likely see something that looks more like a fetus.

At 12 weeks, the pregnancy is around 2 inches long, or about the size of a lime.

At 14 weeks, the pregnancy is around 3.5 inches long, or about the size of an orange.

Seeing the fetus can be upsetting for some people, so it’s good to be prepared and have a plan for how to dispose of the pregnancy tissue if it is too large to flush through the toilet. It is best not to put it in a garbage bin.

Some people wrap it in 2 plastic bags and  bury it deep in the ground or put it in 2 plastic bags with a heavy object and put it a large river, pond or lake.

At 20 weeks the fetus measures about 10 inches long and weighs about 0.5 to 0.75 of a pound.  Abortion medications should not be used alone at home after 20 weeks pregnancy. The fetus can live outside the uterus after 20 weeks gestation. After this period using the medications can result in the birth of a living baby.