How soon after abortion can you get pregnant?
My sister had a medical abortion when she was 5 weeks pregnant. She started using birth control pills one week after the abortion. Two weeks after the abortion she had sex. She took plan B about 60 hours after. It’s been a month since the abortion (4 weeks exactly) and she hasn’t gotten her period? She bled lightly for a few hours, but that’s it. Could she be pregnant? How soon after a medical abortion do HCG levels disappear?
Yes she could.Why not use a condom until after the BC has totally kicked in?
As far as the HCG:
“How long it takes for you the HCG levels to reside depends on at what point in the pregnancy you had the termination, HCG levels are higher at certain points, and so therefore would take longer to come back down. 6-12 weeks are times of high HCG.
your fertility is very high immediately following an abortion, however, if you have been very careful, you are probably fine.
also, HCG levels can take longer to come down if tissue was left behind during the procedure…if this was the case you would develop symptoms of infection such as a fever, cold sweats, fatigue, abdominal pain, etc.. and should see your doc right away.
additionally, if you are really concerned, your doc can draw a blood serum test and see what exactly the HCG levels are and probably tell if they are lingering from the previous pregnancy or you are preg. again. if they suspect you are preg. they can do an ultrasound, which im sure u already know.”
“It depends on how far along you were when you had the abortion. If the abortion was at 8-10 weeks when the HCG level may be as high as 150,000 mIU, then 2 weeks after the abortion the HCG level may be as high as 1,500 mIU. High enough that sensitive HCG tests will remain positive for a long as 40 days after a first trimester abortion. After a full-term delivery the level will have dropped to less than 50 mIU within 2 weeks and undetectable within 3-4 weeks.”
No she’s probably not pregnant. You don’t get your period until 6-8 weeks after an abortion, and you probably wouldn’t get pregnant until your cycle starts again 2-4 weeks after the abortion.
The greatest myth about birth control is that it prevents pregnancy. It doesn’t. 1 in 33 women on the pill get pregnant in a year. Condoms fail 25% of the time. Birth control only reduces your chances of getting pregnant. So if your sister stays sexually active, she will get pregnant eventually, say 3 or 4 years, because every cycle is that goes by gives you one more chance to get pregnant. It’s like spinning the wheel on wheel of fortue, keep spinning it and spinning it and eventually you’ll loose a turn.
Also, think about the emotional effects of being sexually active. Unmarried women can feel like a guy only loves them for their body when they are active and there is an element of truth to this feeling. If a guy really loved her he would legally declare his love for only her by getting married. Anything less than that, he doesn’t love her quite that much.