Please call the Clinic Administrator for more information. Birth Control Pills are available at a reduced rate Early Abortion After medical history forms, labwork, and counseling are completed, you will be escorted into the procedure room. A mild sedation may be given to eliminate anxiety. The abortion method used is non-traumatic vacuum aspiration. It's hard to say what the abortion will feel like since it's different for each person.
Some women compare it to menstrual cramps.
But, because we use the simplest procedures, discomfort is kept to a minimum. Afterwards, you are closely monitored for approximately 1 hour in a comfortable recovery room under the supervision of the nursing staff. These abortions performed after the 12th week of pregnancy are similar to first trimester procedures, but because the pregnancy is more advanced, more time, greater physician skills, more medications, and more recovery time are required. Procedures past the 16th week are 2-day procedures and require insertion of laminaria the first day, then the procedure is performed the second day. Abortion Information Click here for more detailed information on abortion procedures Patient Instructions Shower or bathe on the morning of your appointment.