Expert: Pat G - 3/30/2011

Question
I had sex before the two weeks after my abortion............ I've been trying to have a baby since is there any possible way I could of messed my body up, you know made myself fertile??? I mean that was my 3rd one so it wasn't hard for me to get pregnant until I did what I wasn't suppose to do now I been trying and cant get pregnant... Whats wrong with me??

Answer
Hello, Katrina,

With three abortions, you sure did mess up your body! One abortion will do it. A woman who has three surgical abortions only has a 50% chance of ever conceiving another child. At this point, nobody knows what effect pill abortions have on a woman's ability to conceive in the future. But if a woman gets an infection from a pill abortion (very likely), that could prevent her from ever getting pregnant again.

You didn't say what kind of abortions you had.

I can't hold out any hope that you will get pregnant in the future. You will have to wait and see. If you haven't gotten pregnant within a year, you can reasonably go to a doctor to find out why. I don't know what else to tell you. I hope for the best for you. But you have to stop attacking your body this way, because lack of ability to get pregnant is not the only problem you might face. If you have had a surgical abortion, you are also in danger of harm to your future children. Again, nobody knows what a pill abortion will do to a woman's future children.

If you would like to know more about the other risks you face, and some possible remedies. please let me know. Take care.