Mifepristone..."The Abortion Pill": The Facts

After reading all of these awful stories, I had to post my experience. I have had 4 abortions. I had two surgical abortions in college. I then got married and had three children and had 2 abortions by pill. I was in a very abusive relationship with the same guy this whole time and each time I got pregnant I felt like I would never have a way out if I kept having children. I wasn't thinking clearly at all during that time. I believe I was wrong and will pay for my decisions, but I do not judge anyone else because I am not one to judge at all. I did not like the surgical abortions. They were not that painful but I just hated the experience and I hated having to be in that place for that many hours. I had no problems with the pill both times I took it. I was very nauseous, and bled A LOT. DO NOT try to go to work after inserting the medicine. You will be bleeding way heavier than a period and it will come on fast. I did not look in the toilet and examine what was coming out. I had already beat myself up and cursed myself enough. I bled heavy for one or two days and then it was like a normal period. There is a lot less bleeding with surgical abortion. I havee gone through childbirth 3 times and I did not think the pill was bad at all. I did it in the privacy of my own home. I cried to myself. No one had to be with me and share the blame with me. When I got my checkup I was fine both times. Even though I have given my life to God and changed my thinking on abortion, I am careful to never judge other people.

I wanted to write about my experience with the abortion pill. I had read up on a lot of reviews to prepare myself for what might happen, and I think I scared myself into the worst.

I was about 6 weeks and I had had a lot of morning sickness. So much that I thought I might have Hyperemesis Gravidarum. I hadn't been able to keep any food or liquids down. When I had made my decision with my husband, I made my appointment for the clinic on a Friday, and was told it'd take about 2 hours. I asked not to see the ultrasound, took the Mifeprex in front of the clinician and came home with a brown bag of the Cytotec pills (4), Phenergan for the nausea, an antibiotic, and a prescription for Tylenol 3 because I'm allergic to Vicodin. It was the longest 24 hours of my life after that. I still couldn't keep any food or water down, I was so desperately hungry but felt like I hadn't eaten in 2 days. The Phenergan didn't help with the nausea either. I was in bed the entire time because every time I got up, I had to throw up. (I'm 5'3" and 108 lbs, my body doesn't do too well with meds, and I expected this...I can only take half a Tylenol 3 without getting sick, and can't even take a whole Centrum vitamin without throwing up)

When the 24 hours rolled around, I had just awoke from a nap, so I went upstairs and took the 4 Cytotec pills - put two on either side of my cheek and let them dissolve. Because I couldn't keep anything down and was pretty much dehydrated, I didn't have any saliva to dissolve the pills. I kept drinking Gatorade to help dissolve the pills. And they are really chalky. Think Tums, but 5x's worse. For the first 2 hours, I didn't bleed. I felt the cramps coming on, and I could tell something was happening, but no blood. I waited for the 'contractions' that I had read from some comments - nothing. I must have sat on the toilet for an hour until I realized that nothing was going to happen. I sat in bed scared that I'd be those few where the pill didn't work. I put on a pad, went downstairs and got a heating pad and came back upstairs and actually fell asleep. When I woke up, the cramps got worse. It was like a really really bad period. I only took half a Tylenol 3 to get the pain under control.

I went to sit on the toilet as a precaution, and then I started to bleed - while I was vomiting into the trash. Be sure to have the trash right next to you, because you will throw up EVERYTHING...and when there's nothing left to throw up, your body will still want you to throw up - bile and everything. I know, it sounds gross, but prepare yourself. I never had the huge blood clots, I never had the gray tissue matter as described by other commenters, I never had lemon sized clots. It was more like when you're on your period, and you go pee, and sometimes you pass clots. It lasted for another 2 hours and then the cramps went away. After the cramps started to die down, I was finally able to eat (I had taken the second pills at 2:30 pm, and the cramps stopped at about 7 pm). My first meal in almost 3 days where I didn't throw it up. I slept all through the night.

I woke up this morning, and I feel a whole lot better. No nausea, I ate three meals in a span of 4 hours, I could do chores around the house.

Every woman will react differently to the pill, but, it is safe to prepare yourself for the worst. I was afraid of having the feeling of childbirth and bleeding to death, but like I said, I scared myself. Do not scare yourself by reading these comments. Be sure you have someone there with you when you take the second set of pills, make sure you have pain killers, have a trash can next to you in the bathroom, get a heating pad or fill an empty 2-liter soda bottle full of hot water to use as a heating pad...And take everything you read with a pinch of salt. Good luck to you and the choice you make.

When I say this is the worst feeling to ever deal with. First I must say I am heart broken but, it was the best thing for me. So I just got the MTP Kit online it was only $45 plus $15 for shipping. I didn't think it was going to work but it shocked the hell out of me. but anyways I received the pills [March.8th.2011] in the mail I took the [Mifepristone at 3:38 pm] & I inserted the [Misoprostol vaginally at 9:00 pm] I had a lil cramping at first..&bout 30 minutes later it started cramping a lil more. So I got up to use the bath room. &still nothing happened. I kelp using it& some clear stuff like water started coming out. I layed back down&i just starting cramping really bad. I wanted to cry I was feeling real hot&started sweating I could barely walk back to the bath room. I had gas..I ran some water&sat in the tub cause the pain was killing me&i started throwing up when I got out the tub and the bleeding got heavier I was on the toilet throwing up&doing the number 2. Ugh; it was terrible I felt a contraction and the next thing you know a lot of blood started coming out and I seen feet&i tried to pull it out I almost passed out from all the blood and seeing those feet so I had another contraction come through and I pushed and the head and cord came on out. I thought it was over but the after birth was waiting. So I pushed and it slid right on out. I didn't think it was going to be like that. But man.. Be careful guys and rap it up cause I have learned my lesson I'm not trying to scare u guys cause everybody pain was totally different.

I had the abortion pill over a month ago. And I posted my story.after I went for my checkup. The pill have done its job and I was sent home . A week after my check up I began bleeding more than I ever had. Blood was juss drippin with huge blood clots.like they were about 4 inches big. I freaked out call my doc. Told them and they asked me to come Immediaty to the clinic. Once I got there they put me in for a dilation and curette procedure. After that I woke up in the recovery room. I spotted for a couple of days. And now I guess im ok. This experience has bin awful for me. I'm so sorry for my actions. Im a sinner. Please think it thru. A child is gods gift. When god ask you "wheres that gift I sent you?" What are you going to respond to our father. I ask my god for forgiveness. I wish all you a safe n happy life. Email me for any questions yu may have...kushlova951@gmail.com

I have had an abortion the medical way, i took the tablets the way i was told in the clinic, no pain at all and not much bleeding just felt sick...hope this helps as lots of the stories on here are a load of crap!!!

Who gives a F... if the father isn't there, or immature or your not ready or etc. Im sorry but stop being selfish and give that little one a chance at least. Go for adoption. I did and I thank God every day he did'nt let me make such a horrible gruesome decision. Get your tube tied if you dont want any children and if you do then why abort them? My friend had an abortion and when she was finally ready to have a child she found out she was no longer able to.. Dont let you crazy pregnancy hormones get to you ladies. Seriously theres other alternatives and this one is sick and selfish..

I'm 18, at university, and found out a week ago I was pregnant. I don't know how it happened - I have always used contraception, and when i went for the ultrasound appt, the doctor told me I was six weeks and six days. This meant I had mangaged to get pregnant the day after I came off my period - unlucky or what? I still think now that the condom must have split, there's no other reason.

Anyway, my GP referred me to my local hospital (I live in the UK so i am lucky enough to have the NHS to provide free healthcare). I had an appt 2 days later, where they took my blood pressure, weighed and measured me, and did an ultrasound. The pregnancy didn't show up using the external scan, so i had to have an internal one: my doctor was very good, she lubed up the probe so i was comfortable and made me feel relaxed enough for her to get a decent view of the foetus.

After this, me and my boyfriend were shown into another room where they took a blood sample and explained what the procedure was going to be - the nurses were lovely, very sympathetic and reassuring and made sure i was certain of my decision.

I came back again another 2 days after that to swallow the first tablet of Mifepristone in the presence of a nurse. I was then informed that because my blood type turned out to be rhesus negative - only 15% of the population are negative, the other 85% are positive - I had to have an injection on my next appt of Anti-D, which means that because my blood type is negative, I don't have the layer of protein in my blood that positive blood types do. If my partner turned out to be positive, then the cells in my body would react to this 'invasion' of new cells and begin to harm the baby as an alien substance in my body - this is where 'blue babies' originated from, babies that were stillborn. Normal pregnancies that are negative carriers are required to have this injection at 24 and 32 weeks, I think it is.

So I went home after that feeling fine, I was warned there may be some blood passing. I felt well enough to go to work (I work in a bar) and towards the end of my shift, about 4am, I began to start bleeding. I rushed home, but it was managable... I just had stomach cramps. I slept all day after the long night I'd had.

When I woke in the afternoon I was still bleeding. But as soon as it hit 8pm, blood clots started gushing from me, really heavily. It was overflowing my sanitary towel there was so much, literally pouring out. This went on for a couple of hours and to be honest, I was quite scared - I wasn't told I would bleed this much and considered going to ER. At one point, I rushed back to the toilet as I could feel the clots begin to slip out again and a greyish, oval-shaped thing that looked like liver came out of me into the sanitary towel so I got a good view - I'm pretty certain now it was the placenta. The bleeding everntually calmed down enough for me to try and sleep.

This morning, the day after this had all happened, I had my next appt for the 4 tablets of Misoprostol to be inserted into my vagina. I was shown into my own room with a bed, and its own attached toilet and asked to insert them myself. I told the nurse about my heavy bleeding the day before and the grey thing I had expelled - she explained that I may have already passed the pregnancy, but to be sure, I had to carry on with these tablets. So i did, and nothing happened all day. I was just bleeding steadily, like a heavy period, no clots. About 5pm, I began to get quite bad stomach cramps so a nurse came and gave me painkillers, and gave me a light dinner as well. At half 7, the nurse saw I had nothing to show for my time there and told me I could go but to be careful as there was a chance I could still the pass the pregnancy any time in the next 14 days.

Earlier on in the day, I was given my anti-d injection in the bum (it was actually okay) and a nice doctor came into to ask about future contraception - i told her i was going on the pill, and she gave me a 3 month supply, and when it runs out, i can go to my GP for a repeat prescription.

Just before leaving the ward however, I passed one quite large clot - but that was it. I carried on bleeding when I got home (as i had) but a couple of hours later i felt a small clot coming so went to the toilet: and in amongst the blood clot was an entire small tablet I had inserted earlier - it hadn't dissolved at all.

So now I am mystified - have i passed the pregnancy or not? why haven't the tablets dissolved? or at least, that one tablet?
I'm phoning the clinic tomorrow for advice. Fingers crossed.

I'm supposed to have a follow-up appt 3 weeks from now anyway to do a test just to make sure I'm not pregnant. Hope it all gets sorted.

I took the pill 10 days ago being 6 1/2 weeks pregnant. I will leave out the reasons as i don't want to turn it into a confession story, but want to tell the facts.

Once you decide that abortion in the way, you'll give a call to schedule an appt. There are certain clinics that do this and you can't go to your regular obgyn clinic. I live in a midwest state. I called through Planned parenthood on a wednesday an was scheduled for appointment only 10 days after on a Saturday. The final clinic appointment confirmation is contingent to a phone call from a doctor that needs to reach you. The doctor calls within scheduled hours on a certain date that you agree upon at your first call. They usually schedule the doctor's call in the evening and they will let you know ahead that the caller id is inactive and how will they identify themselves. If you are not able to take the call as scheduled you need to go over again with the appointment process. The doctor really just recites some state required notes and the lets you ask any questions if you have any.

Then i went to the clinic. I was warned that protestors might be around st the entrance of the building but was assured that will be protected by escorts from the car to may way into the building. There were some protestors, honestly i didn't had the guts to look any of them in the eyes and i pretty much shut my ears. Once i entered, my husband and I have presented our id's, went through a secured door an let in into the waiting room. From there the nurses gave me forms to fill out and an informational package about what to expect on various methods of abortion, contraception methods, help lines if you'll need help. I also handed my insurance card, though i didn't have the chance to confirm ahead of time if i am covered for "eligible abortion". At the initial call i was asked what is the household weekly gross income in order to calculate if i qualify for a discount of the total cost, total undiscounted standard cost I was told was around $950. To this day i still don't know how much had costed me and how much if any the insurance will cover. I will update the post once i know.
Then in the waiting room, you just wait for your name to be called. By ghe time i was done, the room was packed with couples and even teens with parents. I was called 4 times until done and the stay at the clinic took about 5 hrs. 1 st time for a blood draw and test if blood is negative or positive, 2nd call for the ultrasound, 3rd call for "education" -if you hadn't have all the questions answered from reading the materials, this is the time to ask more. Also discussion about contraception methods. 4 th and final, i got the 1st pill in the presence of a doctor and signed another form + the bag with other 4 pills, antibiotics, med prescription for antinausea and pain relief. The instructions were to take the second set of abortion pills after 24-48 hrs. I didn't feel anything different after the first one. The second day, as per instructions i have taken one of the prescribed antinausea pills one hour ahead of the abortion pills, then a pain relief pill 30 minutes before. Then i have taken the 4 pills, put and dissolved slowly for half hour on the sides of my cheeks. I was warned from the information kit that i might throw up, but not to worry bc the drugs would have already carried into the the blood through the cheeks. I didn't feel nauseated and didn't throw up. I felt very very sleepy and dizzy, i slept with some interruptions for going to bathroom, from 3 pm to 7am (16 hrs!). The bleeding started in an hour after i took the 4 pills. Had some mild cramps, but nothing notable. The blood though is very red and liquid at the beginning, not like an ordinary menstruation. After first 2hrs while on the toilette seat i have eliminated what i think was the embryo, it wasn't different than a bigger blood clot. Now after 10 day i am still bleeding lesser and lesser by the day, though now are more like blood clots and experienced a little stronger cramps in day 3 and 4.After a week i went to a local clinic for a follow up visit, where a nurse draws blood and send it to the lab to compare the level of pregnancy hormones form the first sample before the abortion. If significantly decreased, than the pill did the job.

I wish you all good luck and strength to live with your decisions.

I am 23 years old and I have a 3 year old and because of my last pregnancy I developed hyperthyroidism so my doctor advised me not to have anymore children because they can come out retarded. After being in denial for a month I finally decided to tell my husband I was pregnant but I had to. My husband and I decided the best thing is to abort the baby so we decided to keep it private. I went into the clinic not knowing how far along I was but I was just prepared to do the surgical abortion. After finding out I was 8 weeks pregnant I decided to take the abortion pill because the girl that was talking to me was basically telling me it was my best option, thinking back after reading all these stories which I should have done before taking the pill I think they make more money and if they can they push the pill like its the best thing and with less complications. Anyway I took the pill in the clinic went home and felt nothing the next day at work I had dark brown bleeding, after work I went home and at 730pm inserted the 4 pills in my vagina, I did not feel any pain because I had taken Ibuprofen 30 before. I had so much bleeding I though I was going to die it would soak through four pads and my underwear and onto the bed. At 12pm I woke up from my nap due to the bleeding and went in the bathroom I felt the contractions it hurt but was not excruciating so I decided to take a shower I bend down and had the hot water run down my back. After half an hour on the bathroom I decided I was going to push every time I had contraction I would squat down and push then plop it fell it was the size of a mango I don't know if it was suppose to be that big but it was and all I did was wondering what am i going to do I was in shock. I went back to bed and passed another clot the size of a lemon. And soon after my periods were light.I took the pill on Friday on Saturday I inserted the four other pills on Sunday I went back to work and had like a regular period and today Monday I have less bleeding but I still cramps on and off. I have my follow up appointment next Monday hoping everything went well, and hopefully the cramps disappear by then. If I had a choice I would choose a surgical abortion less graphic and traumatizing your less connected.

Hi, my fiance and I collectively have two children & we are in a horrible position to have another child. However, we made a bad decision by not using protection a few times, so of course I got pregnant. I am totally against abortion, but I knew I had to do it. I decided to opt for the abortion pill, since I read that some women cope by telling themselves it's just a miscarriage. I looked up what people go through when it comes to miscarriages, because research on the pill has only told me scientific information. When I actually had to take the four pills, 30 minutes later I felt exruciating pain! I had already had a son through natural birth and that was NO cramping like that packet said. That felt like real contractions! Also, I was bleeding like crazy, but I was already warned of this. When I sat on the toilet and the blood clots came out, it felt really weird. I wondered if I would know when the pregnancy passed.. Next day, I was completely fine, just still bleeding. But the day after THAT (2 days after the pills), I was with my fiance and we were taking a shower. I was bleeding still, but then i saw what I thought was a huge clot coming through. I actually had to take my hands and pull it out. When I realized what was hanging from the string of blood in my hands, I dropped it quickly and freaked out. It was my 8 week old baby. Look up what an 8 week old baby in utero looks like. Now, once you look that up, imagine it smushed up and covered in blood. That is what was laying in the bottom of our tub. I couldn't look at it and my poor fiance even had a melt-down, crying, trying to scoop it up. Now what? Do we just toss it in the toilet and flush it?? It just didn't seem right. Seeing it just made it 10x more real what we were doing. Nobody, NOBODY, warned me that I would actually see it! My fiance and I are now totally traumatized. We still know we had to get an abortion, but we have made a promise that we will prevent getting pregnant until we are ready so that we will NEVER have to go through this again!