QuestionQUESTION: I had had an abortion about two weeks ago and than i had sex when the doctor had given me the okay that I could. During sex the condom had broken and he wound up cumin in me. I had gone the next morning to get plan B from the pharmacist and i was wondering if i had done the right thing. I have a scheduled appointment to get birth control this week but until i go back to the doctor what should i do. I am getting alot of discharge and clots that are dark brown, auburn in color, as well as grey. My flow has also increased since having sex and taking the pill. should i be worried that something is wrong?
ANSWER: Hello, j,
First of all, what kind of abortion did you have? This is important. If you took pills, how did you take them?
It is unlikely you were fertile only two weeks after your abortion. Plan B is dangerous and can cause you medical harm, and you don't even know if you "needed" it. Birth control is also not safe, and it's not totally reliable.
Abortion disrupts a woman's hormones. Since you took Plan B, your body's hormonal system is further disrupted. Having different color discharge and clots like that isn't something anyone has told me they had before. This concerns me. A lot depends on what kind of abortion you had, and if you had a pill abortion, how you took the pills. The situation may be a medical emergency. You might not have much time to prevent serious damage to yourself. So please let me know the answers to my questions as soon as possible.
You should also stop having sex. Condoms don't work, as you have discovered the hard way. There are several reasons not to have sex right now. And one of the other reasons is disease. And you run the risk of facing the very same situation that caused you to have an abortion. I am assuming that you are not married to your partner. If you are, then you should learn to tell when you are fertile. But that will take awhile, for your body to settle down so that you can observe the symptoms of fertility. In the meantime, you shouldn't be having sex, because it's possible to get pregnant before you start having regular periods. If you are married and want the specifics, let me know. But if you aren't, you really deserve better. The momentary pleasure you may experience isn't worth the worry and the risk. He is enjoying your body at your expense, and he won't be paying any of the medical price; you will.
Start to think of your future. What do you ultimately want out of life? What do you want for your children, if you have any? Do you want to be the plaything of a man who will probably either coerce you into abortion (and may have already done so) or just use your body for his own gratification, or do you want someone who will respect and cherish you?
So right now, please let me know the answers to my questions, and if it looks like there is a risk of a medical emergency, I will tell you what to do about it. Please take care, and don't take any more chances.
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QUESTION: I had had the pill abortion. I had taken one by mouth and 4 inserted inside of me the following day.
I am getting married in the next year or so we are setting the date, so the situation i am in is not of a young child that has been coerced into an abortion. we had the situation based on the facts of our lives and having a child at this moment was not the best of ideas.
SO taking plan b was the wrong thing to do? I shouldnt have done it? I mean it was about 2 -2 1/2 weeks after the abortion and the docotr had told me that i had a great risk of becoming pregnant again within the next 2 months or so and that I need to go on birth control to help prevent this.
If taking plan b was a bad idea should i make an emergency appointment with the doctor to get things checked out. i know i asking about the discharge i am having but is normal to be this color. And if it is when will it stop.
AnswerHello, j,
That's what I was afraid of. You have a potential life-threatening emergency. You need to be tested IMMEDIATELY for Clostridium sordellii. If you have it in your body, you need IMMEDIATE aggressive treatment, because this can kill within hours. The discharge is NOT normal. Clostridium sordellii causes toxic shock syndrome, and one of the "symptoms" is lack of a fever. A woman's body doesn't fight back. The drugs you took cause this problem. Don't go to the person who gave you these and instructed you on how to use them. He committed malpractice. It is against the law in the United States to get a woman to use Cytotec vaginally, and the manufacturer says it should never be given to a pregnant woman AT ALL.
You shouldn't have taken plan B, and you shouldn't have had the abortion. It is unlikely you were fertile at 2 1/2 weeks. But the doctor is right. You are at risk. And as long as you are giving off discharge, there is the danger of infection. It's entirely possible that you have an infection of some kind, whether it was Clostridium sordellii or something else. Birth control also makes a woman much more susceptible to disease.
Coercion comes in many forms, and grown women experience it. Failure to try to protect his child is abandonment. That's a factor. Allowing you to risk your life is also abandonment.
And again, the discharge is NOT normal, and nobody knows when it will stop. You are still at risk of bleeding to death as well.
So get yourself a decent doctor IMMEDIATELY and see him TODAY. I'm dead serious. The doctors who work with the pregnancy organizations are more likely to be aware of the problem with Clostridium sordellii, so find an organization near you and get a recommendation. They'll be listed in the Yellow Pages under Abortion Alternatives, or you can find one near you by going to this web site: http://www.pregnancycenters.org/ They can also talk to you by phone so you can get some immediate action. If you can't do that, go to the emergency room. Don't let go until they test you for Clostridium sordellii. So get going. Please! Let me know how you do.
