Increasing numbers of women are asking for a medical abortion or the abortion pill, when they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant, often because they don't wish to undergo an anaesthetic and it is an alternative to surgical abortion. The abortion pill can be offered to women up to 9 weeks gestation, ie up to 9 weeks into the pregnancy.
You will be seen for initial consultation and counselling at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, Chelsea, where you will have a scan, an infection screen and blood tests. If you decide to proceed, you will then be given the abortion pill called mefipristone. This is a half-hour visit and is required, by law, to be undertaken in a licensed hospital. Two days later, you will need to take vaginal pessaries (further tablets) in order to expel the tissue. The pessary is called misoprostol. You can either be admitted to hospital for this or have the pessary administered in hospital and then go home to miscarry the pregnancy. You will be given a full explanation of what to do in either case.
The abortion starts approximately 2 hours after taking the pessaries and should be completed within 2 hours although sometimes it can take a little longer. During this time you may experience cramping and heavy bleeding.
Your Consultant Gynaecologist will be Mr Michael Stafford, who has over 20 years experience in dealing with this sensitive issue. Mr Stafford will be readily available for advice before, during and after the procedure.
The fee for the procedure is tailored to an individual's needs and a package price can be arranged if requested. The cost, however, is significantly less than packages offered at comparable central London hospitals. A follow-up visit is included in the price.
The medical abortion pill is not available for women with a suspected ectopic pregnancy (when the pregnancy has grown outside the womb) or who have a medical history of heart / liver / kidney disease or suffer from bowel disease.
You will be seen for initial consultation and counselling at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, Chelsea, where you will have a scan, an infection screen and blood tests. If you decide to proceed, you will then be given the abortion pill called mefipristone. This is a half-hour visit and is required, by law, to be undertaken in a licensed hospital. Two days later, you will need to take vaginal pessaries (further tablets) in order to expel the tissue. The pessary is called misoprostol. You can either be admitted to hospital for this or have the pessary administered in hospital and then go home to miscarry the pregnancy. You will be given a full explanation of what to do in either case.
The abortion starts approximately 2 hours after taking the pessaries and should be completed within 2 hours although sometimes it can take a little longer. During this time you may experience cramping and heavy bleeding.
Your Consultant Gynaecologist will be Mr Michael Stafford, who has over 20 years experience in dealing with this sensitive issue. Mr Stafford will be readily available for advice before, during and after the procedure.
The fee for the procedure is tailored to an individual's needs and a package price can be arranged if requested. The cost, however, is significantly less than packages offered at comparable central London hospitals. A follow-up visit is included in the price.
The medical abortion pill is not available for women with a suspected ectopic pregnancy (when the pregnancy has grown outside the womb) or who have a medical history of heart / liver / kidney disease or suffer from bowel disease.
If you are considering having a medical termination of pregnancy, prior to you being administered any medication you will have a consultation with the doctor. The doctor will take a medical history and conduct an ultrasound to determine the site of the pregnancy and to make sure it corresponds with dates. It is particularly important that you are less than 7 weeks pregnant.
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