Persistent Bleeding After MTP Kit Use: What to Do?

Question
m 25 yrs old nd was 5 week pregnant. i used mtp kit at home and started bleeding on 6th may. now after 9 days also m still bleeding. altough it is not severe and it does not happen during night. i really cant c d doc for medication for some sort of complexity. can only do something at home. plz help

Answer
Hello, anuradha,

There are a couple of problems with your request. First, you took some powerful and poisonous medicines without consulting a doctor. No doctor who is truly ethical and cares about you would have told you to take those pills. Second, you never asked yourself whether you had the resources to handle a complication. You now want help without consulting a doctor. No powerful and poisonous medications should ever be taken without a doctor's supervision. There are thousands of women dying in India each year after doing exactly what you did.

I can't tell you that you can handle it at home safely. I can make a recommendation which may or may not work. You could start bleeding heavily at any time. You can expect to bleed for weeks. Eventually, that amount of bleeding seriously weakens a woman.

I recommend you eat foods with red hot peppers in them regularly until the bleeding stops completely. Note that this MAY not help, but it's all you can do that I know of. You can also seek the help of an Ayurvedic practitioner. If he comes up with a recommendation that works, please let me know what he told you to do.

But even though a lot of women get away with what you did, it doesn't mean there is any guarantee that you will. If you can't bring the bleeding under control, you will have to seek medical help one way or another.

Please don't ever take those pills again. They are very dangerous and they can kill you. You also need to spend a lot of time in the sun with bare skin, or take Vitamin D3 supplements the rest of your life. You have increased your chance of getting a deadly form of breast cancer. There are also other serious medical problems you can develop. You deserve better. If you are not married, you need to stop having sex. If you don't, you will end up right where you were at the beginning of the month. You shouldn't be living in fear of pregnancy. Please take care of yourself, and don't do this again.