Your baby can also hear external noises like your voice. Your baby will now be able to grasp with its hands. The suction abortion is preferred by most doctors because it is faster and easier. Most abortionists will not perform and abortion until the woman is 6 to 8 weeks along. At that point in the pregnancy the baby is big enough that the doctor can distinguish each limb to make sure all of the child has been evacuated from the uterus.
Dilation occurs in all abortions and it is done by two methods.
One method is done just prior to the procedure. The doctor administers some local anesthetic to the cervix. The doctor the begins to dilate the ring muscles around the cervix by prying them open using rods in the cervix. The doctor will begin with a slender rod and gradually work up to thicker rods until the cervix is wide enough for the instrument that will be used in the abortion. Dilation can cause bleeding and laceration.