At that time you will have another pregnancy test and an ultrasound. A small number of women , even if they have had bleeding, may need to use more misoprostol or wait several more days or rarely, a few weeks for the abortion to be complete. If the pregnancy is still growing, surgical abortion is strongly advised because the medicine can cause birth defects. The doctor or counselor will talk to you about birth control methods to use once your abortion is complete The most common side effects of medical abortion are caused by misoprostol, the medication taken after the Mifrprex. 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. 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 a week or more after medical abortion.