QuestionQUESTION: Doctor,i had an abortion on the 14th of november 2009 and the next day i started bleeding and i bleed from november 15th 2009 till december 19th 2009.and some of this days that i bleed,i bleed heavily and after it stoped on the 19th of december,it started again on the 2nd of january 2010,at first 2nd and 3rd was just stains but on the 4th and 5th of january 2010 was heavy.on the fourth i went to see a doctor that gave me some prescription.that is ERGOT is to stop the bleeding and CLOMID to help me get pregnant quickly cos i told him that i want to get pregnant again.so on the 6th of january 2010 the bleeding stoped.i had sex with my man on that night and the next day being 7th of january 2010 i had sex with him again.after he released he then asked me to be on top,whiled i was riding him,i notice i had blood stains on the bed and i look,it was coming from me.
Doctor pls what can i do to stop the bleeding?Thank you
ANSWER: Hello, janet,
First, please know I am not a doctor. I am just a person who has done a lot of research, and talked to a lot of people.
You didn't say what kind of abortion you had. That's important. If you had a surgical abortion, that much bleeding indicates that you were probably injured in some way. The doctor should look for injuries to your uterus and cervix. If you had a pill abortion, then unfortunately, this heavy bleeding is all too common. You are aware that this much bleeding isn't good for you, and it is good to want to put a stop to it. You also will need to eat very well to rebuild your strength. Be sure and eat plenty of protein and vegetables, especially vegetables that are raw or not cooked very much.
If you aren't already doing this, perhaps the best remedy for bleeding is to eat foods with Scotch bonnet chili peppers in it, on a regular basis. Let me know if this helps. Taking Ergot seems like a risky thing to do, because it can also cause bleeding, and it can also restrict circulation enough to cause gangrene in the limbs. So I'm not sure why the doctor gave you that.
Also, having sex CAN start the bleeding up again, if the problems aren't resolved. It causes both physical and hormonal stimulation.
I'm also puzzled as to why you want to get pregnant again. Evidently, you were unable to handle a pregnancy in the recent past. You may face the very same issues that caused you to seek an abortion in the first place, and end up having another abortion. You may be experiencing something some people call "replacement baby syndrome", where you seek to replace the baby you lost. This is something to be careful about, because if your situation hasn't improved, it will just make your problems greater. You are probably dealing with regrets, and I just want you to know I am here for you if you want to talk about it, and I can also help you find an organization that has counseling for this problem. Please know that emotional healing is possible, and do take care of yourself.
I also don't recommend taking Clomid. You could conceive twins or more, and with your already weakened system from all that bleeding, this would be very unwise. The sooner you get your body back to normal, the better, and Clomid will just prolong the abnormality. Instead, you should learn to tell when you are ovulating. A woman would find it difficult to know for sure when she is ovulating, but we can tell when we have fertile mucus. Fertile mucus is necessary for sperm to reach your egg. To know what your cycle is, and when you are likely to conceive, you will need to chart faithfully, and you can't be using any hormones. So you really should stop the Clomid and anything else like that, and then start watching. You can get more information here:
http://www.fertilityuk.org/
It may also be that the abortion will have injured you in a way that will make normal pregnancy impossible, so you wouldn't want to jump to conclusions that taking Clomid will fix everything.
But give this some serious thought. Don't try to get pregnant while your body is so weak. It won't be good for either of you. Also, if you are not married to your man, you might want to give it some serious thought as well, because a baby does best when his or her parents are married to each other and cherish each other. Sex has deeper meaning, and few people ever experience that unless they are married. This is especially true of women, who commit to their man, but often their man doesn't have the same commitment. We have hormones that help us. Men don't.
If you have any questions, or if something I said isn't clear, please feel free to ask. Please take good care of yourself and give your body a chance to heal. Let me know how you do.
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QUESTION: Thank you.but i did scan and they said that there was nothing wrong with my womb or uterus.so i really dont know why i'm bleeding.as for the aspect of me getting pregnant again is that myself and my man had agreed on that and we are getting married very soon.before i got pregnant,the first day of my last menstral period was on the 28 of august 2009 and it lasted until the 2nd of september.before i had the surgical abortion,the pregnancy was ten weeks and five days.you said something about clomid that i could conceive twins or more because of the clomid.and again i really don't have appetite to eat.is it that if i get pregnant now am putting myself at risk?because i really want to get pregnant now.thank you
AnswerHello, janet,
You're welcome.
I do have some additional thoughts. Would you be willing to tell me why you had the abortion? It could be important.
Lack of appetite can be an emotional consequence of an abortion. I do encourage you to get some counseling, especially if you realize that this is the case, or if you felt coerced in any way. I have known women who were very certain they wanted an abortion, but afterwards, the emotions were almost too much for them. I have stood by their side and watched this. At ten weeks, you are already very much hormonally and physically bonded to your baby, and an abortion disrupts that. The fact that you want to get pregnant right now so badly that you are willing to take Clomid worries me. You are undoubtedly weakened not only by the abortion itself, but also all that bleeding. So I think that it is possible that you would not only put yourself at risk, but your babies, too, or even if you conceive only one, you could put that baby at risk.
Chances are that if you give yourself a chance to heal, and wait until you get married, you won't need Clomid. The current stress you are experiencing could be interfering, and you really need to be in a stable relationship. You need to get your problem with lack of appetite resolved, so that you will eat healthy. Also, although supposedly Clomid won't cause problems for babies conceived because a woman took it, I am personally rather skeptical. It should only be taken when a woman simply isn't ovulating. (That's why learning to tell when you are fertile is important.) One should never take a drug casually. The information I have is that you also should not take it if you are having abnormal bleeding, and you are. The doctor should look for neoplastic lesions. Your hormones should also be tested. So soon after an abortion, it's not clear that they'll even have settled into a pattern, and at the very least, the bleeding would tend to indicate otherwise. You also shouldn't take it if you have become pregnant, because it can cause birth defects, so for that reason, you should be tested for pregnancy each month, before taking it that month. You can get more information about Clomid here:
http://www.drugs.com/pro/clomid.html
Notice this sentence in particular: "Clomid is contraindicated in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding of undetermined origin" As long as you don't know WHY you are bleeding abnormally, you shouldn't be taking Clomid.
Raising a child means learning patience. I'm wondering about the apparent lack of patience you are showing. Please give this some serious thought. Unless you have some kind of abnormality that means you're not ovulating, you should be patient. With the bleeding, you could be not ovulating simply because your body hasn't settled back into a good rhythm.
Please take care, and let me know how you do.
