Patient's question:
Living with my boyfriend, I got pregnant. Now I'm 42 days pregnant. I want to have a medication abortion, but I have a habit of smoking. Can I not have a medication abortion because I smoke?Doctor's answer:
There is no significant relationship between taking medication for a miscarriage and smoking. Generally, medication for a miscarriage mainly meets two conditions: first, the number of days since the last menstrual period must be at least 49 days; second, an ultrasound examination must confirm that the pregnancy is intrauterine. Your current pregnancy duration meets the criteria for medication-induced miscarriage. You will need to go to the hospital for an ultrasound examination. As long as a gestational sac can be seen in the uterine cavity, medication-induced miscarriage can be used under the guidance of a doctor to terminate an early pregnancy. There is a possibility of incomplete miscarriage with medication-induced abortion, so it is necessary to re-examine promptly after medication-induced abortion to rule out residual tissue in the uterine cavity.