AboutDoctor Joan Expertise I am a family doctor who has provided abortion care for over a decade. I can answer any health or medical related questions about early abortion, including the aspiration procedure, the abortion pill (RU486), or surgical abortion. I run a practice called Early Options, located in New York City: 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 earlyabortion.com.
Experience Experience in the area: I am a board certified family doctor who has been providing abortion services for 12 years. I am the founder of Early Options (earlyabortion.com) dedicated to making early abortion part of mainstream medical care.
Organizations:
National Abortion Federation
American Association of Family Physicians
Education/Credentials: Harvard Medical School
Expert: Doctor Joan Date: 7/4/2008 Subject: abortion bleeding after 2 months
Question its been 2 months and im still bleeding. its very heavy and a lot of pain. and its been constant for 2 months. i had a check up a couple weeks ago but they said i was fine. but its been a month since then. it doesnt seem like its going to stop anytime soon. is there something wrong? should i go get checked out again?
Answer Dear Jenn,
I assume you had a surgical abortion, not the abortion pill? It is not normal to have persistent heavy bleeding and pain for two months after an abortion. The pain might indicate an infection, but I assume they ruled that out when they examined you. More than likely there is some retained tissue that is causing both the pain and the bleeding. The good news is that retained products are not harmful. Eventually the tissue will release on its own. If you go to the doctor and they determine that you have retained tissue, they will repeat a procedure, and that should immediately resolve the problem. I would recommend that you call them and tell them you are still having these symptoms, and they can help you decide what to do.
I hope this is helpful,
Doctor Joan
Earlyabortion.com
New York City
