Caring For Your Health After Your Abortion

CARING FOR YOUR HEALTH AFTER YOUR ABORTION ABORTION FACTS MORE THAN 1/3 OF WOMEN IN THE U.S. HAVE AN ABORTION BEFORE AGE 45 x10 ABORTION IS 10 TIMES SAFER THAN CHILDBIRTH 97% OF WOMEN REPORT NO 2.5% 97% 2.5% COMPLICATIONS HAVE MINOR AFTER AN COMPLICATIONS ABORTION HEALTH CONCERNS · ABDOMINAL CRAMPING • DIARRHEA • NAUSEA/VOMITING • SPOTTING 'F FOLLOW-UP CARE • COMPLETE FULL COURSE OF PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS · AVOID USING TAMPONS/DOUCHES/SIMILAR ITEMS • TAKE SHOWERS AND AVOID BATHS REGNANCY AFTER ABORTION WOMEN CAN BECOME PREGNANT WITHIN 2 WEEKS AFTER PROCEDURE WEEKS AVOID VAGINAL SEX FOR 2-3 WEEKS IN ORDER TO HEAL PERIOD RETURNS IN 4-6 WEEKS POPULAR CONTRACEPTIVES DEPO-PROVERA INJECTION Method: HORMONAL 97% 97% EFFECTIVE PILL 92% Method: HORMONAL 92% EFFECTIVE PATCH Method: HORMONAL 92% 92% EFFECTIVE CONDOM 85% Method: BARRIER 85% EFFECTIVE DIAPHRAGM Method: BARRIER 84% 84% EFFECTIVE TUBAL LIGATION 100% Method: SURGICAL STERILIZATION NEARLY 100% EFFECTIVE IMPLANT Method: HORMONAL 100% NEARLY 100% EFFECTIVE INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY WASHINGTON SURGICAL CLINIC http://www.abortionclinicdc.com/ ASHINGTON SURGICLINIC SOURCES http://www.prochoice.org/pregnant/common/myths.html http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/why-cant-woman-have-sex-few-weeks-after-abortion http://americanpregnancy.org/unplannedpregnancy/abortionfollowupcare.html http://www.fpa.org.uk/helpandadvice/unplannedpregnancy/abortion#uZqM http://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/ss/slideshow-birth-control-options http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/facts/safety_of_abortion.html