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You may feel the symptoms of pregnancy subside. You can take a home pregnancy test 4 weeks after or have an ultrasound to know if the abortion pill worked.

Most people do not need psychological counseling after an abortion with pills, but in the US, there are some really great free counseling and support services.

Abortion pills do not affect your ability to conceive in the future. If you do not want to become pregnant, start using contraceptives again immediately.

You must go to a hospital or a doctor to have an ultrasound and to get treated if you have any of these signs of incomplete abortion after misoprostol.

Infections following the use of abortion pills are very rare. If you experience these signs of infection after abortion, you should seek medical attention.

If you show signs of pregnancy after using abortion pills, you may have a continuing pregnancy. Bleeding does not mean that you have had a successful abortion.

Abortion with pills after 14 weeks is safe and works well, but it takes longer, and you may have more bleeding and cramping. The fetus is bigger at this stage. You might see it when it passes, and this can be hard for some people. It's important to plan for how to handle the pregnancy tissue. Sometimes, you might need extra medical help afterward.

You should use the abortion pills in the presence of someone you trust who can go get medical help if there are medical abortion complications.

An ectopic pregnancy grows outside the womb, usually in a fallopian tube. It can be a life-threatening situation if left untreated.

When you take abortion pills you should be be within one hour of help in case you lose too much blood and need medical assistance.

To do an abortion with tablets until 14 weeks of pregnancy, you need 1 tablet of mifepristone and 12 tablets of misoprostol. Research has shown that the abortion is more often successful when repeating the misoprostol tablets instead of using 4 tablets of misoprostol only one time,

If you are more than 12 weeks pregnant and Rh negative you should get RhD immune globulin, commonly called Rhogam.
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