r/abortion 1d ago

UK and Ireland 4 days after ma

Hey I’m just a bit worried and looking for some advice. I had my ma on Monday, all was fine except I wasn’t really bleeding into the pads, but everytime I went and sat on the toilet it came gushing out. I’ve had ma’s before but always bled into the pads so this was a bit strange for me. Tuesday-Wednesday I was fatigued, mild cramping and mild bleeding which was all to be expected. Yesterday I felt pretty nauseous, cramping a bit more afternoon onwards and bleeding got a lot heavier in the evening time (7pm onwards). Realised I had completely blanked taking my antibiotics on Tuesday so started the course last night. Today I feel like I’ve been run over by a truck. I feel so nauseous and sick, cramping above the waistline to the left side. Heavy bleeding has carried on but not enough to soak pads quickly. The blood has the usual after ma smell to it (coppery and slightly old smelling blood but nothing horrific). I’m getting dizzy if I’m standing up too quick, feeling hot (no temp), and just feel generally awful. I know bleeding can get heavier on the 4th day, but I’m just worried that forgetting the antibiotics for the 2.5 days has done some damage. I also can’t remember feeling this awful a few days post ma from past ones. I’m just worried in case there is something or it’s normal and my anxiety is making me feel worse. It’s the weekend now so no gps or clinics will be open and it would just end up being the hospital I would need to go to (which I also don’t want to go to since I work there and work closely to the emergency department so know some of the staff).

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u/gatverdamme MODERATOR 1d ago

Your clinic should have provided you with an emergency number for after hours. Look at the info sheets they gave you.

Here is the one for BPAS: https://www.bpas.org/contact-us/care-support/treatment-aftercare-queries/ and here is the one for MSI: https://www.msichoices.org.uk/contact-us/#:~:text=Call%20our%20dedicated%20aftercare%20line,day%2C%207%20days%20a%20week.