There is nothing scarier than an unplanned pregnancy. It leaves you confused and anxious especially when you believe you put your best effort into preventing its occurrence.
Whether you used a preventive method or not, pregnancies can creep up on you as silently as a mouse, or it could show you all the signs, and you’d mistake it for something else.
What makes this so scary is the fact that you could be one, two or three months pregnant and not know it. If a baby is not in the works for you at the time or in the immediate future, it would be better to find out earlier on.
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Finding out you are pregnant earlier (preferably before the ninth week of not seeing your period) gives you a chance to terminate it without the need for an in-house abortion safely. Some medicines could be prescribed and used for pregnancies of less than nine weeks.
However, if you should be more than nine weeks pregnant, that means you are officially rounding up your trimester. Therefore, stopping the pregnancy will require a more invasive tactic.
Can you terminate a pregnancy after three months?
Yes, it is quite possible to do that, but there is only one way. No home remedies or pills can get rid of a pregnancy of more than nine months. Any medicinal attempts will only risk the child having deformities.
How to stop pregnancy after 3 months
Once your pregnancy surpasses the first trimester, which is nine to twelve weeks, the only way you can terminate the pregnancy is through an in-clinic abortion.
However, this situation can be pretty dicey. Many countries, as well as states, have laws that prohibit abortion after the 11th week of pregnancy. Therefore, your options are pretty slim. This is why it is encouraged that you do a pregnancy test once in a while if you are sexually active. That way, you can find and terminate your pregnancy on time if you do not plan on keeping the child.
The first step to take for any abortion is to consult a doctor. Based on their advice, you should know the options available to you.
What to do if abortion is not an option.
If the laws of your state do not permit your abortion, there are only two options left to you: either you go the parenting route or you consider adoption.
Parenting is a wonderful idea, but this should only be your choice if you know that you can handle both the responsibility and the finances. If you cannot handle this, then the best option for both you and the child would be adoption. Giving up the child for adoption ensures that the child is properly cared for. There are often misconceptions about adopting, equating it to not caring, but that is not at all true. Frankly, keeping a child you cannot take proper care of is a real injustice.
Pregnancies can only be terminated medicinally before the completion of the first trimester. Past the trimester, a clinical abortion will be required.
Disclaimer
A medical professional did not write this article. If you would like to terminate a pregnancy, please consult your doctor.
