A medical abortion is only up to the 9th week. After that a surgical.
Every abortion should be done under medical supervision since there are risks involved. Over the counter there's only Cytotec (if it is over the counter where you are). Doctors can prescribe it too. RU486 works better though.
A miscarriage is a premature expulsion (complete or incomplete) generally in the first or second trimester of pregnancy.
Yes. It is called vanishing twin syndrome. The remaining twin does best if the miscarriage is in the first trimester. In the second and third trimester the risk to the remaining twin increases.
Yes. A woman can miscarry late in the first trimester or second trimester when hCG levels are at peak at over 250,000.
It depend on what trimester you are in. If it is the first trimester, your body will feel okay in about a week. If you have a miscarriage in the second trimester or later, you are likely to experience abdominal pain and really heavy bleeding. The body may take up to a month to heal.
1/3 pregnancies end in miscarriage.
The traditional designations are: During the first trimester - abortion (spontaneous abortion, if you want to avoid ambiguity) During the second trimester - miscarriage During the third trimester - stillbirth
in the second
Changes are greatest in the first trimester. Six weeks is well within the first trimester. But it does depend on a lot of factors.
Technically, a second-trimester miscarriage is a loss that happens between 12 and 20 weeks. A pregnancy loss after 20 weeks would be classified as a stillbirth or a neonatal death.A number of factors can lead to second-trimester miscarriage. Some miscarriages diagnosed in early in the second trimester might have actually occurred in the first trimester but were not detected immediately (these would be called missed miscarriages).Losses that occur after 12 weeks can be due to chromosomal abnormalities, which are a major culprit in almost all forms of pregnancy loss. But second-trimester miscarriages have a much greater likelihood than first-trimester miscarriages to be caused by other factors. Some of these are:Cervical insufficiency or very early preterm laborInfectionsAbdominal traumaCongenital birth defects, such as heart malformations in the babyThrombophilia disordersProblems with the placenta (such as placental abruption)Unknown causesWomen who have had second-trimester pregnancy losses should consult with a doctor early in their next pregnancies in case extra monitoring is needed.
It either happens naturally (usually in the first trimester) or you have an induced miscarriage aka abortion. You have to go to a doctor for that.
I believe the it is most common for a miscarriage to occur between the 6th and 13th weeks of pregnancy.
It might separate from the wall of the uterus causing a miscarriage.