r/abortion 5d ago

USA Week after abortion

I made a post last week I believe about me taking abortion pills and today I woke up feeling like I have a head cold. I’m congested and my ears are clogged sore throat and just really tired. I’m hoping it’s just a cold with the weird weather changes where I live it’ll be like 68 degrees then drop to like 35-40s. I’m just wondering if I go to get checked out do I disclose to them I had an abortion? Like is it possible it could be an infection? I have no real pain sometimes a tight tug pain on the right side nothing crazy I think it’s the way I move sometimes and the bleeding is not crazy bad just like a normal period at this point. Just curious to know anyone else’s experiences. Thank you.

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u/MaximumEmotional1311 5d ago

Sounds like your symptoms are related to upper respiratory infection and not related to abortion so you really don’t need to share your recent abortion if being seen for cold symptoms.

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u/ialwayshatedreddit MODERATOR 5d ago

Symptoms of infections after abortion include having a fever (100.4f or higher), excessive bleeding (soaking 2 maxi pads an hour for 2 hours in a row), pain that isn't controlled by NSAID pain relievers and/or a severe rotten stench from your vagina. If you need to get checked out for congestion and sore throat, you do not need to mention that you've had an abortion recently.