Expert: Dr. Harriet Johnson - 9/2/2009

Question
my friends wife was 3months pregnant when they commited abortion. after a week when they took cytotec they check a PT and had a + result. after taking the pills his wife had a strong bleeding for a day and mild bleeding for the next days.until the 4th day but still the test was positive. now a week after the pills the girl is having white discharge. pls let us know what is the indications of these symptoms. and what are they suppose to do.

Answer
Hi Narby,

The reason for the positive tests is because she will still have HCG levels in her body which means her body still thinks she is pregnant even though she is not. The bleeding is caused by cytotec which will have terminated the pregnancy, that is the reason for the bleeding. The discharge is also normal. With what you have described to me, I would say the abortion was successful and everything she is experiencing is the side effects. None of you need to worry.