If a girl has an abortion and 2-3 days later a home pregnancy test is still positive and she still shows signs of pregnancy, is it normal? Or a sign that the procedure wasn’t done correctly?
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February 12th, 2010 at 12:38 AM
It could be a continued pregnancy with is very possible with a medical abortion. If you had a surgical abortion you should be fine, because the doctor will physically see the pregnancy pass. But if you had a medical abortion where they have you take the pills at home that induce a miscarriage then you may want to go to the doctor and they can do an ultrasound to see if there is still a pregnancy. It could just be that your hormones are still a little crazy right now too. Just keep your doctor informed, they will know what to do, and what is normal! Good Luck!
February 12th, 2010 at 1:43 AM
if you are on birth-control it generally gives a positive test because birth control tricks your body into thinking its pregnant. also you might still have the hormones from the baby in your body.
there is no way the child is still alive inside you.
and abortion is just that.
theres practically nill chance of survival.
you know how they do it.
so dont be worried. and you should have a check up wth a doctor anyways after an abortion to ensure everything is okay in there and its still possible for you to hae children in the future.
i would just like to note that anyone who critisises you doesnt understand and are ***** for being rude to you. **above user with a cowboy hat**. you have a right to your own body to make your own choices. and all people have different views and dont understand or know your circumstances. also noone can define when there is an actual life inside you. good luck in the future.
February 12th, 2010 at 7:38 AM
That’s normal. It takes a while for the body to readjust itself — the hormone that is produced during pregnancy doesn’t disappear overnight, it make take a few weeks to disappear completely. Think of it this way — it took several weeks to work up to that point, it will take several weeks to go away completely.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Its the hormones…
2-3 days is NOTHING. Why’d you take a pregnancy test after an abortion anyway? Girl, the baby is GONE.
Edit: wtf stop with all the “baby killer” comments! A woman has a right to choose, in any situation! Esp. if your raped or very young!! Abortion will never become illegal, and do you seriously think people wouldn’t kill their babies? They’d use coat hangers or something- seriously wouldn’t you rather do it in a doctor’s office
February 12th, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Yeah, it’s your hormones in your body, if it continues, you may wish to call the clinic, certain procedures like RU486 and saline abortions (i din’t even think they do those often) can VERY rarely result in a continued pregnancy, if so you may need to have a D&C to remove the remaining parts, even so what’s left will probably just be a placenta. oh, yeah and you are not a baby-killer some people *cough*Violet Hope *cough* don’t know anything and you did choose life: your life
February 12th, 2010 at 10:16 PM
The HCG levels are going to remain high in your system. They should have given you birth control pills of some sort …those weren’t just for the obvious reason they are also to help with the hormone levels. THe home pregnancy tests don’t tell you how high the levels are just that they are present. This is the same after a miscarriage. No worries.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:35 PM
It might be normal. A preg test is detecting high levels of a hormone that comes with pregnancy. She may still have high levels of the hormone since she WAS pregnant. Wait 7 days and then take a preg test again or have a follow up visit with a OBGYN.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:05 AM
No, no sweetie, I’d say that’s normal. It takes a while for the hormone the test is detecting to disappear completely. Good luck.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:58 AM
It’s just the natural hormones, no baby is still alive inside of you after all of that.
February 13th, 2010 at 8:22 AM
pregnancy hormones are still high in your body. the same thing happens after a miscarriage.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:18 AM
No, no. The hormones from pregnancy just take a while to work their way out of her system. She’s not pregnant, she’s fine.
February 13th, 2010 at 3:38 PM
abortion is bad and should be illegal.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:45 PM
The hormones should still be in your body, it’s normal.
February 14th, 2010 at 12:46 AM
Just call and ask a clinic or come in maybe they might need to do tests on you.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:03 AM
It could be that it was not done correctly. Contact the doctor and let them know.
February 14th, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Its normal its the hgc in ur body from the pregnancy!!!!