I'm pegnant and about to have a abortion. Is there anything I should know before going in?
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You are the only one who can make the decision about what is right for you.  Don't let those who are opposed influence your decision.  Their lives won't be affected, your life will.  It's so easy for the naysayers to be evil to you when they have nothing to do with your decision.\n\nThe main thing is to make sure that you are going to a clinic where they are concerned for your safety and health.  Follow their directions.  Also, to prevent this from happening again, use birth control in the future.  If you were on birth control and got pregnant, switch methods or double up on your contraceptives, for example, using pills and condoms.\n\nAnd finally, again, know that only you can make the decision that will affect your life.  You must do what is best for you.
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I'd be more concerned about the effect of the anesthesia you will be undergoing next week. Make sure you have a pregnancy test before the surgery - some anesthetics are known to cause severe problems for a fetus - and discuss this with the anesthetist a few days before the surgery. Also talk with your maxillofacial surgeon (the one pulling the teeth) to make sure he takes the necessary course of action.\n\nMost painkillers will have some contraindications on the package. If not, call the pharmacist to see if there is a risk to the fetus. I don't think there are problems with an analgesic (Tylenol, etc.). You may wish to look at topical compounds (direct application) as opposed to general compounds (attacks pain everywhere), and make sure you find something safe to take for AFTER your surgery, as the pain will not entirely go away.
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Possible consequences may include but are not limited to uterine puncture, infection, excessive bleeding, depression/mourning.  However, these do not usually occur.  Sometimes patients feel only a sense of relief.  There was a false claim that abortion increases one's risk of breast cancer.  This was based on a flawed study.\nIt is very important to consider one's own feelings and values when considering an abortion as well as possible pressures in one's family and community.  \nAdvantages include: safer than childbearing, may be easier on relationships, may allow more educational achievement, may allow one to postpone childbearing until one is emotionally and financially ready.  Also may save the life and/or health of the woman.\nDisadvantages: Risks listed above and possible regret.
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Don't have an abortion.\n\nIt will cause you much more pain than even the tremendous task of carrying the baby to term and caring for it.\n\nIf you don't have the means to care for the child, just give it up for adoption, maybe even to someone in your own family that wants to have a kid, or better yet, if you have a very supportive family especially grandparents, allow them to care for the baby.\n\nPray to God that he will give you the courage and the wisdom to treat your baby as a valuable human being and not a problem to be solved by killing it.
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There was a time when I was pro choice.  I gave my niece money for an abortion and, to this day, I cannot forgive myself.  I really thought that I was a liberal with regard to abortion until I became a part of it.  I hope that I can be forgiven for what I have done.
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If something goes wrong with the procedure your parents will have to know.  Are you sure that you want an abortion?   You will be left with a lot of emotional scars and may not be able to have other children.  Couldn't you carry your child to term and then put him/her up for adoption?  Maybe your parents would want to help you raise your baby.
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you can if you wish......if you stay awake, you'll get a shot in the cervix to numb the area.....If you're asking because you or someone you know is considering an abortion, you need to have all the facts....personally, you should opt for being asleep.
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Throughout history, women have had a deep understanding of when it is time to bring life into the world and when it isn't time.  It's a deeply personal decision and not open to speculation by the right wing or the left.  It is your choice.  Consider your situation.  The bringing of life should never be based on what a man is or isn't to you and your child.  The decision should be made on whether or not you want a child, period.  What kind of boyfriend do you have that you would consider abortion before you consider discussing the options with him?  The hardest decisions are never about the quickest solution but are instead about the right one.  I stand by this and for the record, I've had an abortion, I've given a child up for adoption and now, at 38, I'm in a good place and am raising a 7 yr. old daughter.  Having done all three, I am STILL not qualified to tell you what to do.  Your soul, your heart, your intellect will need to speak for you.  Good luck!
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I am pro-choice too but if it's not your choice then it's not the same. You can't let him make you feel pushed into this. It's a big decision. OK there's a risk that it will be still born of miscarry. But if there is any chance that you will have a perfectly healthy baby then You should do what you feel in your heart is right. Sit him down and explain how you feel and maybe he'll see where your coming from. You need top think about yourself and that little child inside you. If you do abort it, you'll always be wondering if it might have been OK.After all you have already got one perfectly healthy child, who's to say you can't have another? Just don't make any rash decisions. There's too much at stake.
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As much as i agree with the girl above me i will have to say to her... please, consider that sometimes abortions are things that happen naturally and are not at all murder in that case. Saying that to a person that have gone through this terrible experience is rather cruel.
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He did not "Make" you do anything... you chose to have sex, knowing that sex could get you pregnant. When you became pregnant, he may have exerted a great deal of pressure and influence, but YOU signed the consent forms to have the procedure.\n To terminate a pregnancy is a very painful choice and I'm very, very sorry that it's a decision you were faced with but you cannot make your boyfriend bear all the blame.\nCall the doctor who did the procedure and ask for a referral to a counselor who specializes in helping with the issues of post-abortion depression... even women who know without any doubt that their choice was right often have trouble dealing with the physical and emotional aftermath.\nPlease seek help instead of seeking revenge.
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Wow!!  Either you're really brave, or a pot stirrer!!!  I like that! ;) I think you really opened a can of worms, though.  \nI believe in the right to choose, and also that the soul enters whenever it is ready... I lost a baby between my two kids, and it broke my heart. And, no, I didn't abort it, it miscarried.  I guess that the soul who would have used that vehicle chose not to come into this world at that time.  The whole idea that the body is the whole of a person, that the death of a body equals death of a soul, is absurd.  We come here to learn whatever lessons our soul has charted out, and sometimes we aren't quite ready when the body, or embryo, that we thought would provide us with the best opportunity for learning those lessons is ready for us.  At that point there is either a spontaneous death, or, sometimes, the mother's soul and the incoming soul have agreed that an abortion is part of the experience for each. If a soul is meant to be incarnated at a given point in time, there will be a vehicle ready to facilitate that incarnation.  No soul has to go without just because someone decided that she wasn't, for whatever reason, able to play the role of mother at that time.  \nThose who judge others should be very careful that they don't set themselves up to prove that they would truly do a "more virtuous" job with the same set of circumstances.  I get so sick of people who say, "well, if I were you, I'd do it differently."  Wow, don't quite realize the absurdity of that, do you?  If you were me, you'd have all my past experiences, and all my reasons, and you'd make  precisely the same choice I did, because you would then cease to be you.   \n  And just a word  or two to the man who feels that "such a woman" shouldn't be allowed to ever be a mother.....you aren't ever going to be allowed to be a mother, either...maybe that's because you're no more qualified than those you are judging.  And maybe next time you come back here to learn lessons, you'll decide to experience for yourself what it feels like to be faced with such a hideous decision.  Have you ever held the hand of a heartbroken woman who feels that she has no other choice, and felt your own heart break because you couldn't help her come to some sort of peace with the gut-wrenching guilt, and self-loathing that followed?  Have you ever thought about how horribly difficult such a decision must be, and what awful straits a person would have to be in, to even consider that as an option?  \nThe Cherokee say that a man should not judge until he has walked a thousand miles in another's mocassins.  Do you qualify?  I think not, or you would have learned compassion.  And if you are a Christian, do you really think Jesus would be as beligerant and vicious as you are showing yourself to be?  I thought the goal of christianity was for people to emulate Jesus, and that includes having the same loving, compassionate, non-judging attitudes he has.  All of you who judge should re-think the place where you are standing.  If you were utterly without sin, then you would be utterly compassionate.  If He isn't judging, how can you justify doing it in His place?
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Stick a banana up there, if it comes out whole your not pregnant, if it comes back eaten up you know your about to give birth to a monkey. LOL \n\nJUST WAIT FOR YOUR PERIOD OR TAKE A TEST
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Actually, abortion is a safer option for the woman's health than is pregnancy, especially if she's a teenager. Any licensed provider or Planned Parenthood affiliate can provide you with a safe abortion. There is also mifepristone, or RU486, a chemical means of inducing abortion.\n\nWhatever you do about your abortion, do it safely! Do not try to do it yourself at home! Countless women died before the era of safe, legal abortion; don't be a statistic.
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Which side are you taking?\n\nOh, and do your own research.  There's so much information out there about abortion, and if this is for a school project, I don't think your teacher would approve of you just asking the Yahoo! answers community.  Do some work.
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Well, I did ...\n\nIf you don't use protection, there is a chance that you may become pregnant, if so the D & C will perform an automatic abortion.\n\nIf that idea upsets you, then you should get an early-warning pregnancy test done before the D & C, which your doctor or the hospital can arrange.\n\nIf you get pregnant then that means the D & C can't be performed until after the baby is born, which may lead to medical complications.\n\nIf the D & C is for the purposes of abortion (mine wasn't btw) then  that won't be an issue, as you can't get more pregnant and won't need protection.
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You need to be 18 but some abortion clinics will allow you to go to get court permission and your parents don't need to know. Call your local abortion clinic and ask them. They might have better advice to give you then you could find in here. Also, don't let anyone in here judge you. We have all done things that other people may not agree with. That doesn't make it right or wrong. You are not a horrible person but just make sure you discuss every option (and there are alot out there) with your doctor and the baby's father but don't let anyone force your decision. Good luck.