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Spontaneous abortion or miscarriage occurs naturally without medical intervention or other procedures. On an average, about 20-25 percent of the pregnancies result in miscarriages. Among these, more than 90 percent cases occur in the first three months or 12 weeks of pregnancy, which is also referred to as first trimester. In some cases, it takes place so early that the gravida was not aware of pregnancy.

In majority of the cases, miscarriage takes place due to health complications of the gravida during pregnancy or accidental trauma. In addition, miscarriages may also result from the chromosomal abnormalities. The symptoms of spontaneous abortion vary depending upon the time in which the miscarriage occurs. For example; a 10th week miscarriage causes heavy bleeding, similar to a heavy menstrual period, whereas miscarriage after the completion of the first trimester (12th week) resembles a mild version of labor pain. Spontaneous abortion is called incomplete, if the uterus retains a part or whole of placenta.

Young women who are under 17 years or older women who are above 35 years are at a higher risk of miscarriage than other women. Beside this, women who have had two or more previous miscarriages and the couples having difficulty in conceiving are susceptible to spontaneous abortion. It is biologically safer to conceive the first baby when a woman is between 22 to 28 years. The risk of spontaneous abortion is low after the 10th week of conception.

Induced Abortion

In induced type, abortion is carried out by the administration of pills or surgical procedures. If the induced abortion is for the wellness of the gravida, then it is known as therapeutic abortion. On the contrary, induced abortion performed for any other purposes is called elective abortion. Before undergoing abortion, one can opt for medical counseling about the pros and cons of abortion. The procedure of induced abortion is performed under the medical supervision of a licensed physician.

Speaking about the methods of induced abortion, there are several types, which are applied based on the particular stage of pregnancy. Some of the popular methods are

•Early Medical Abortion (9 weeks) – This method involves administration of two different medicines, one for inhibiting the hormones and another for breaking down the womb lining and/or expellable of the embryo.
•Vacuum aspiration or suction termination (7-15 weeks) – It is a procedure for removing the embryo from the uterus by gentle suctioning. This method lasts for about 10 minutes.
•Late medical abortion (13 weeks) – Similar to early medical abortion. However, it usually requires extra medication doses.
•Surgical dilation and evacuation (15 weeks) – First, the cervix is opened or dilated, which is then followed by insertion of forceps and suction tube for removing the fetus.
If abortion is performed between 20-24 weeks of pregnancy, then it is called late abortion. This can be achieved by two-stage surgical procedure or medical induced method. In the former case, the heartbeat of the fetus is stopped first. Then the cervix is loosened and the fetus is removed by surgical dilation and evacuation (D&E ) process. In medical induced method, medication is injected in the uterus and the fetus is removed by D&E procedure.

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