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I had an abortion about 3 weeks ago and I was about 6 weeks pregnant how long should I experience breast pain? My breast were feeling normal after surgery but then a few days ago they started hurting again and they are pretty sore off and on and I have not had sex since my surgery is this normal
Dear Marie,
Your pregnancy symptoms should be completely gone in a month. It is a little concerning that the symptoms were gone and then the symptoms came back. Check a pregnancy test, just to be 100% sure that everything is fine. It should be negative or faint negative by now. If that is the case, everything is normal. If it is positive, write me back.
I hope this is helpful,
Doctor Joan
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| Comment | Thanks alot I am going to take another pregnancy test to make sure all my other symptoms have gone away so I think I will be fine I already had a follow up and got cleaned out again so I will give it another week | ||
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Doctor Early Options
Expertise
We are a group of family doctors who provide abortion care for over a decade. We can answer any health or medical related questions about early abortion, including the aspiration procedure, the abortion pill (RU486), or surgical abortion. We run a practice called Early Options, located in New York City: http://www.EarlyAbortionOptions.com. The practice is dedicated to making early abortion part of mainstream medical care. There are other family doctors around the United States who practice a similar approach to early abortion care: see http://www.EarlyAbortion.com. Please do not ask "private" questions so that other women can learn from your experience. Please tell me what country you are from so that we can better help you.
Experience
Experience in the area: We are all board certified family doctors who have special training in early abortion and reproductive health. Dr. Joan Fleischman is the founder of Early Options (earlyabortionoptions.com) dedicated to making early abortion part of mainstream medical care.
Organizations:
National Abortion Federation
American Association of Family Physicians
Education/Credentials
Dr. Joan Fleischman, Founder
M.D., Harvard Medical School
M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government
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