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: 7/2/2008 Subject: abortion could i be still pregnant
Question hi,
i have had an abortion two days ago.i was six weeks and four days pregnant but I'm regretting this already ,,, my question could i still be pregnant cuz i still have sore or tender breast just like pregnancy and feeling very tired , crying alot, back and abdominal pain,,
Please tell me when can i take the exam , i really want to be pregnant.
Answer Dear Kajhal,
Symptoms of pregnancy do not go away for 1-2 weeks after an abortion. It is unlikely that you are still pregnant, unless the doctor who did the procedure told you they were concerned and drew blood tests. However, you should not be having abdominal pain at this stage, and you should call the doctor and describe your symptoms to them.
If you made a mistake, the only thing to do is to move forward and learn what you can from the mistake. Maybe you learned that you really do want to be pregnant, or maybe you learned something about the person you are in a relationship with. Maybe there are things you need to put in place in your life before you can be excited about having a baby. The good news is that early abortion does not affect fertility, and if you really want to be pregnant, you can wait a month and start trying.
I hope this is helpful,
Doctor Joan
Earlyabortion.com
Earlyabortionoptions.com
New York City
