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What to expect during and after a medication abortion
After taking the second medication abortion tablet at home, you may experience the following:
- nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, dizziness, headache and fever
- pain – usually within half an hour and generally much stronger than period pain
- bleeding one to four hours later – heavier than a period and there may be large clots
- after two to six hours the bleeding usually settles to the level of your normal period
- bleeding is usually similar to a normal period for another three to seven days
- unpredictable, irregular or prolonged bleeding can last for up to four weeks after a medication abortion.
Note: The timing of the pain and bleeding is unpredictable. It occasionally starts before taking the second medication, but may take up to 24 hours to start.
