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Abortion - procedure: when to get help

Go through these in order and stop at the first one that applies. If you are reading this for someone else, answer for them.

  1. 1

    Is any of this happening now?

    Call 911

    Seek emergency care now if you:

    • Are soaking pads rapidly or passing repeated large clots
    • Faint, feel severely weak, or cannot stand safely
    • Have severe or rapidly worsening abdominal pain
    • Have trouble breathing, chest pain, confusion, or a severe allergic reaction

    Follow your facility’s specific emergency thresholds because they know the details of your procedure.

    Other emergency signs, for anyone
    • Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
    • Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
    • Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
    • Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
    • Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
    • Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
    • Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
    • Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
  2. 2

    Is any of this happening?

    Be seen today

    Contact your abortion provider promptly if you have bleeding that is becoming heavier, pain that does not improve with recommended medicine, fever, chills, unpleasant-smelling discharge, ongoing pregnancy symptoms, or a recovery that does not match your instructions.

Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Abortion - procedure. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.