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Labor induction - Mayo Clinic

Overview

Labor induction — also known as inducing labor — is prompting the uterus to contract during pregnancy before labor begins on its own for a vaginal birth.

A health care provider might recommend inducing labor for various reasons, primarily when there's concern for the mother's or baby's health. An important factor in predicting whether an induction will succeed is how soft and expanded the cervix is (cervical ripening). The gestational age of the baby as confirmed by early, regular ultrasounds also is important.

If a health care provider recommends labor induction, it's typically because the benefits outweigh the risks. If you're pregnant, understanding why and how labor induction is done can help you prepare.

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Why it's done

To determine if labor induction is necessary, a health care provider will likely evaluate several factors. These include the mother's health and the status of the cervix. They also include the baby's health, gestational age, weight, size and position in the uterus. Reasons to induce labor include:

Nearing 1 to 2 weeks beyond the due date without labor starting (postterm pregnancy).
When labor doesn't begin after the water breaks (prelabor rupture of membranes).
An infection in the uterus (chorioamnionitis).
When the baby's estimated weight is less than the 10th percentile for gestational age (fetal growth restriction).
When there's not enough amniotic fluid surrounding the baby (oligohydramnios).
Possibly when diabetes develops during pregnancy (gestational diabetes), or diabetes exists before pregnancy.
Developing high blood pressure in combination with signs of damage to another organ system (preeclampsia) during pregnancy. Or having high blood pressure before pregnancy, developing it before 20 weeks of pregnancy (chronic high blood pressure) or developing the condition after 20 weeks of pregnancy (gestational hypertension).
When the placenta peels away from the inner wall of the uterus before delivery — either partially or completely (placental abruption).
Having certain medical conditions. These include heart, lung or kidney disease and obesity.

Elective labor induction is the starting of labor for convenience when there's no medical need. It can be useful for women who live far from the hospital or birthing center or who have a history of fast deliveries.

A scheduled induction might help avoid delivery without help. In such cases, a health care provider will confirm that the baby's gestational age is at least 39 weeks or older before induction to reduce the risk of health problems for the baby.

As a result of recent studies, women with low-risk pregnancies are being offered labor induction at 39 to 40 weeks. Research shows that inducing labor at this time reduces several risks, including having a stillbirth, having a large baby and developing high blood pressure as the pregnancy goes on. It's important that women and their providers share in decisions to induce labor at 39 to 40 weeks.

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Risks

Uterine incisions used during C-sections

A C-section includes an abdominal incision and a uterine incision. After the abdominal incision, the health care provider will make an incision in the uterus. Low transverse incisions are the most common (top left).

Labor induction carries various risks, including:

Failed induction. An induction might be considered failed if the methods used don't result in a vaginal delivery after 24 or more hours. In such cases, a C-section might be necessary.
Low fetal heart rate. The medications used to induce labor — oxytocin or a prostaglandin — might cause the uterus to contract too much, which can lessen the baby's oxygen supply and lower the baby's heart rate.
Infection. Some methods of labor induction, such as rupturing the membranes, might increase the risk of infection for both mother and baby. The longer the time between membrane rupture and labor, the higher the risk of an infection.
Uterine rupture. This is a rare but serious complication in which the uterus tears along the scar line from a prior C-section or major uterine surgery. Rarely, uterine rupture can also occur in women who have not had previous uterine surgery.

An emergency C-section is needed to prevent life-threatening complications. The uterus might need to be removed.
Bleeding after delivery. Labor induction increases the risk that the uterine muscles won't properly contract after giving birth, which can lead to serious bleeding after delivery.

Labor induction isn't for everyone. It might not be an option if:

You've had a C-section with a classical incision or major uterine surgery
The placenta is blocking the cervix (placenta previa)
Your baby is lying buttocks first (breech) or sideways (transverse lie)
You have an active genital herpes infection
The umbilical cord slips into the vagina before delivery (umbilical cord prolapse)

If you have had a C-section and have labor induced, your health care provider is likely to avoid certain medications to reduce the risk of uterine rupture.

How you prepare

Labor induction is typically done in a hospital or birthing center. That's because mother and baby can be monitored there, and labor and delivery services are readily available.

What you can expect

During the procedure

There are various ways of inducing labor. Depending on the circumstances, the health care provider might use one of the following ways or a combination of them. The provider might:

Ripen the cervix. Sometimes prostaglandins, versions of chemicals the body naturally produces, are placed inside the vagina or taken by mouth to thin or soften (ripen) the cervix. After prostaglandin use, the contractions and the baby's heart rate are monitored.

In other cases, a small tube (catheter) with an inflatable balloon on the end is inserted into the cervix. Filling the balloon with saline and resting it against the inside of the cervix helps ripen the cervix.
Sweep the membranes of the amniotic sac. With this technique, also known as stripping the membranes, the health care provider sweeps a gloved finger over the covering of the amniotic sac near the fetus. This separates the sac from the cervix and the lower uterine wall, which might help start labor.
Rupture the amniotic sac. With this technique, also known as an amniotomy, the health care provider makes a small opening in the amniotic sac. The hole causes the water to break, which might help labor go forward.

An amniotomy is done only if the cervix is partially dilated and thinned, and the baby's head is deep in the pelvis. The baby's heart rate is monitored before and after the procedure.
Inject a medication into a vein. In the hospital, a health care provider might inject a version of oxytocin (Pitocin) — a hormone that causes the uterus to contract — into a vein. Oxytocin is more effective at speeding up labor that has already begun than it is as at cervical ripening. The provider monitors contractions and the baby's heart rate.

How long it takes for labor to start depends on how ripe the cervix is when the induction starts, the induction techniques used and how the body responds to them. It can take minutes to hours.

After the procedure

In most cases, labor induction leads to a vaginal birth. A failed induction, one in which the procedure doesn't lead to a vaginal birth, might require another induction or a C-section.

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What Is Labor Induction?

If your doctor or midwife has concerns about your health or your baby's health toward the end of your pregnancy, they might suggest speeding up the process. This is called inducing labor, or induction. Instead of waiting for labor to start naturally, your doctor or midwife will use drugs or a procedure to start it sooner.

Induction can be the right choice for some women, but it has risks. And it doesn’t always work. If it doesn’t, you may need another induction or a c-section. Most experts say it's best to let labor begin on its own and progress naturally unless there's a clear medical reason.

Why Is Labor Induced?

Induction is very common -- 1 out of 4 women in the U.S. starts labor with induction. Many times it's done for medical reasons, but it can be elective.

Why do some women need to have labor induced?

You’re 1-2 weeks past your due date. Studies show that inducing labor at 39 weeks doesn’t raise the risk for having a C-section or birth complications for the baby. After 41 weeks, you and your baby are at greater risk for complications. Being a little "late" isn’t a reason to induce. You also don’t want to be induced too early. Babies born before 39 weeks are more likely to have health problems, longer hospital stays, and time in neonatal intensive care.
Your water breaks but labor doesn’t start. Once your water breaks, you and your baby have a higher risk of infection. You might not need induction right away, though. Check with your doctor or midwife. Sometimes it's still safe to let labor begin on its own. After your water breaks, your doctor will limit the number of vaginal exams performed because of the potential for infection.
A problem puts you or your baby’s health at risk. Examples are infection (chorioamnionitis), too little amniotic fluid (oligohydramnios), and placental abruption. If you have conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, preeclampsia, or eclampsia, your doctor or midwife might want to induce labor.
If your baby isn’t growing as it should be, or has an abnormal heart rate, your doctor or midwife might want to induce labor.

Some doctors recommend "elective" inductions for non-medical reasons. Maybe you live far from the hospital and your doctor worries that you won't get there in time. Or maybe your doctor asks you to accommodate their schedule. Experts say you should reconsider, though. Because induction poses some risks, experts say that women shouldn't be induced unless it's medically necessary.

Reasons Not to Induce

You doctor shouldn’t induce if:

You had C-section before that involved a classical incision or major surgery
The placenta is covering the cervix (placenta previa)
Your baby is in the wrong position (sideways or feet-first)

How Is Labor Induced?

There are a few ways a doctor or midwife can induce your labor, including:

Stripping the membranes. In this procedure, your doctor or midwife will use a gloved finger to gently separate the amniotic sac from the wall of the uterus at the cervix. This releases hormones that can trigger contractions. You can get it done in your doctor's or midwife's office. It can be uncomfortable. Afterward, you’ll probably go home to wait for contractions. You might have cramping and spotting.Studies disagree about how well membrane stripping works. Considering that and the discomfort it causes, talk over the pros and cons with your doctor or midwife beforehand.
Hormones. At the hospital, your doctor will give you hormones called prostaglandins to open the cervix and trigger contractions. If you’ve had a C-section in the past, your doctor won’t use this treatment, because it raises the risk of uterine rupture.
Mechanical dilation. Another way your doctor or midwife triggers labor is with a balloon catheter. At the hospital, your doctor inserts a thin tube through your vagina into your cervical opening. Then the doctor uses water to inflate the balloon at the end of the tube, causing your cervix to expand.
Medications. The medicine Pitocin (oxytocin) can start contractions. You get this at the hospital through an IV tube in your arm. Your doctor or midwife starts with a small dose and gradually increases it until your contractions are strong and frequent enough for your baby to be born.

Some women go into labor and deliver within a few hours after induction. Others take 1 or 2 days to start labor. If none of these methods starts your labor, and staying the course isn’t a good option, you'll most likely need a C-section, especially if your water has broken.

What Are the Risks of Inducing Labor?

Induction doesn’t work for everyone, and every pregnant mom’s body reacts differently to induction technique. Generally, inducing labor is safe, but there are risks:

Longer hospital stay. If you're induced, you may be in the hospital longer during labor and delivery. If you wind up needing a C-section after induction, your time in the hospital will be even longer.
Increased need for pain medicine. Inducing labor might cause contractions to come on stronger and more often than they would naturally. You're more likely to need an epidural or another medicine to manage the pain.
Increased risk of infection. Breaking the amniotic sac can lead to infection if you don't deliver within a day or two after induction.
Health problems for your baby. Women who are induced before the 39th week for medical reasons may deliver a baby who has problems with breathing. These babies have a higher risk of long-term developmental problems.
Complications during delivery. Induction, especially with medications, might not be safe for women who’ve had a previous C-section or other surgery to the uterus. They have a higher risk of uterine rupture. Intense contractions also cause the placenta to detach from the wall of the uterus, called placental abruption. Both of these conditions are serious but rare, even with induction.

If your doctor or midwife recommends induction, ask questions. You want to be absolutely sure that it's the best decision for your health and your baby's health.

Can I Induce Labor Myself?

Tales abound of home remedies that supposedly bring on labor, but there is no scientific evidence to back them up. These methods include:

Having sex
Gently stimulating your nipples
Herbal remedies including blue or black cohosh (some herbs can be dangerous if you don’t use them properly)
Drinking small amounts of castor oil (Recent, well-controlled studies say it’s safe during late pregnancy but castor oil can have unpleasant side effects, like diarrhea. )
Walking

Don’t try any of these methods without first talking to your doctor or midwife. Some can cause side effects or pose risks.

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Anna Starobinets on how late pregnancy terminations work in Russia

If an unborn baby is diagnosed with a diagnosis that is incompatible with life, his mother is faced with a “heartbreaking choice” - to have a late abortion or to inform the child, knowing that he unlikely to live even a couple of seconds after birth. "Gazeta.Ru" publishes a chapter from the autobiographical book by Anna Starobinets "Look at him", coming out soon by Corpus publishing house.

I am registered in the antenatal clinic, but I was observed for all sixteen weeks at the Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology named after VF Snegirev, on Elansky Street, next to Bolshaya Pirogovka. Watched for a fee. And she was going to give birth in the same place and also for a fee. I thought it would be more reliable. In the first pregnancy, I had a feeling that there, inside, everything rests on snot. They constantly wrote to me: “threat of miscarriage”, I was lying on saving. Badger Jr. was born on time, however, but I decided that the second time I would approach the matter wisely. Consultation - what is a consultation? There are queues, everyone is irritated, stupid. Better paid. More qualified doctors, better equipment and all that. In this second pregnancy, I had a pulse over 120, but there was no threat of interruption. Badger Senior also joked that this child grabbed me tightly and would not go anywhere.

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Now we know what's going to happen. Such children, if they do not die in the womb, are born with huge bellies. Their bellies are made up mostly of kidneys. And the kidneys are from cysts. Their bellies are so large that they prevent them from moving through the birth canal and require a caesarean section. Their lungs are underdeveloped due to the pressure of the kidneys and due to the compression associated with the lack of water. They cannot breathe. They live from several minutes to several months on a respirator. They have high blood pressure. They have a "Potter face" - not to be confused with their favorite hero. Potter's face is formed as a result of the absence of water. A flattened nose, wide-spaced narrow eyes, deformed auricles.

But our daughter is so beautiful. She is very beautiful.

I call the doctor who consulted me at the V.F. Snegirev. I talk about huge kidneys and about polycystic disease. And about the fact that I may have to terminate the pregnancy.

“This is a very serious diagnosis,” he says. - And interruption is a serious procedure.
- Yes, I know. What should I do? When should I come to you?
— I don't see much point in coming to me now. You could consult perinatologists. For example, in the Filatov hospital. But in general, if the diagnosis is confirmed, then the prognosis for life is unfavorable. I would advise you to contact the antenatal clinic as soon as possible. Now time is working against you. The term is big. The antenatal clinic gives permission for the interruption.
- If I get this permission, will I be able to terminate the pregnancy in your clinic?

So far he has spoken to me gently and compassionately. After that question, something in his tone changes. As if I suggested that he do something dirty and perverted with me.

— No, we don't do that. We don't do such things.

I call several more clinics and maternity hospitals with a good reputation, paid and free. They don't do those things either. “And what kind of“ such ”?” — “What kind? Long-term abortions!” - “But this is according to medical indications!” - "Here and contact the women's consultation." And still I ask, whether they conduct pregnancy with such vices. On a paid basis. If I, for example, decide to inform the child. But they don't do those things either. In one of the clinics they indignantly say to me:

— Are you a woman?! How do you imagine that? We have pregnant women here! Looking at you, they will worry!

They have pregnant women here. Pregnant women. They are here dealing with pregnant women and their bellies, and not any pathological abomination. They control their weight, and the composition of their blood, and the beating of their hearts. But if something goes wrong, if the work of the primary cilia in the cells of the epithelium of the renal tubules is disturbed, if the parenchyma degenerates into cysts, if the prognosis is unfavorable, if such children do not survive, then the bladder turns into a fetus with a defect, into a rotten pumpkin; the pregnant woman turns into a rat. All these clinics With balloons, with "Your Baby" magazines, with photographs of babies, with bras for expectant mothers. They are not for rats.

Have the rats leave through the back door. Let the rats crawl in the basement. Through the front door comes the one that is waiting for the baby. The expectant mother enters through the front door.

Mother-remother

Only a third of Muscovites admitted to successfully combining work with motherhood, 41% complained that they did not. ..

03 December 18:33

But I'm not waiting, I'm not waiting for anyone. I'm just a rat. And my future is spelled out in the instructions of the sanitary and epidemiological supervision.

The advantage of a pregnant journalist over a pregnant non-journalist is that a pregnant journalist can gather information quickly, even when he is completely desperate and covered in snot. In just a couple of hours of research, I find out that late termination of pregnancy is done in strictly specialized institutions for medical or social reasons. That these institutions are mainly obstetric and gynecological hospitals at certain hospitals. Pregnant and non-pregnant women, including those with viral infections, with purulent-septic lesions, with inflammatory diseases of the genital tract, with chronic urogenital infection, after undergoing clandestine abortions, are admitted to such hospitals, without registration, without an exchange card, without a fixed place of residence. Late abortion for social reasons is the case of women with drug addiction, alcoholism, mental disorders, financially unsecured, “without a breadwinner”. Late abortion for medical reasons is my case. Threat to the life of the mother or severe fetal malformations. You can get a referral to such an institution only in the antenatal clinic at the place of residence.

In Moscow, “such an institution” is, for example, an obstetric hospital at the 36th city hospital. It is located in the Sokolina Gora area. If you are a man or woman who has never been pregnant, you may not know that Falcon Mountain likes to scare negligent pregnant women. “Here you come irregularly, so we don’t fill out an exchange card for you, and you will give birth on Sokolina Gora with homeless people.” In the first pregnancy, they told me so in the antenatal clinic. True, in the second pregnancy, which needs to be terminated, they will tell me something completely different. What is there, in the hospital on Sokolina Gora, specially trained doctors, professionals and masters of their craft. They and only they are able to terminate a pregnancy for a long time. This requires real skill. After all, it's dangerous. All of a sudden it doesn't work. Bleeding. Or you will have to remove the uterus.

And of course, what a research without reading reviews and discussions on the forums. I have read hundreds or maybe thousands. This is the whole world.

These are the troops of the rat king who lost the battle. Mutilated, bleeding, retreating with a hiss and a cry into their underground burrows...

Lyolya According to the testimonies, Arnold Chiari Syndrome was found in my boy, I learned what PAIN is. When it's scary to close your eyes, when it's impossible to look at other children, you become like an open wound that constantly bleeds. I had a long period of 26 weeks, I was stimulated for 7 days, kelp was inserted, injections were pricked. the son was alive and kicked very hard. When the bubble was pierced and the waters broke, my stomach took its shape and I could feel the fetal heartbeat with my hand. Then I began to lose a lot of blood, I don’t know why, and the labor activity stopped completely, and then it was decided to carry out an abortion. He was cut alive inside me into pieces and removed.

Guest mothers who do such horrible things are just bitches……

Olga Thank God I didn't go through this horror, but I can say with confidence that a child should live as long as God gave him! not doctors. Let him live for 1 hour, 1 minute, but you will know that you did not kill him

From the article on the website "Women's Doctor": To interrupt, the hormone prostaglandin is taken, which causes contractions and slow opening of the cervix. This process is very long and painful. Much more often in the later stages, "artificial birth" is carried out using the drug mifepristone and a prostaglandin analogue. Another way of "artificial childbirth" is saline abortion, or "filling" *. Fluid is drained from the fetal bladder with a needle and a saline solution is injected. After some time, the fetus dies from a chemical burn and cerebral hemorrhage. Over the next two days, the dead body is removed from the woman's body. Sometimes it happens that a child is born alive, in which case he is given an injection of potassium chloride, which causes cardiac arrest.

* As far as I know, "filling" is not currently used in Russia - at least in large cities. Nevertheless, this is a very common “scarecrow” both on the net and in antenatal clinics.

From an article on Allwomans.ru : Doctors call such a fruit "lollipop", as the child's skin thins and becomes bright red under the influence of saline solution. The dead fetus is removed after 24-48 hours.

Maxim I would never agree to such a thing! Some women cannot have children, and someone does such atrocities! Poor children, not yet born, already exhausted and dead!

katya L. I was 20 years old and wanted to be pregnant. I don't drink, I don't smoke. malformations incompatible with life, spina bifida, fluid accumulates in the brain, a banana body, a bifurcation in the spinal sacral region, and something with one foot. I lost the meaning of life, went to the hospital, they put pills every 3 hours. They started at 9 am at 5 pm, unbearable pains began, they said to put candles in order to weaken the uterus, and they only carried me from the ward at 9:20 pm, they took me from the ward to give birth, pierced a bubble of water, departed and gave birth to a girl (she was dead) and the placenta itself was born, then anesthesia I don’t know why. God forbid someone survive this, I sit, read and roar, the psyche was very disturbed, I don’t want to communicate with anyone, I want to die.

“She also has a family, only a small one”

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05 February 12:04

olga The phrase runs like a red thread: “What I experienced…”, note the emphasis on the word I! You don't want to let your "inferior" child live, because you yourself don't want to experience suffering, to see and understand that he will die! But at the same time, even if it's hard, you agree with the decision to dissolve it inside yourself in a saline solution . .. You pity yourself, first of all!

Saturnina I cannot respect those who killed living children. Want more kids? And what kind of mothers will you be to them? With you there will be only condemnation and shame that killed your children.

For several hours I plunge headlong into this black obstetric-gynecological subspace. And even then, when I kind of emerge, I always pull back. Nothing in the world interests me more than these pathological reports from hell. The expression “read about horrors” even appears in our everyday vocabulary with the Senior.

Are you reading horror again?
- Yes.
— Why?
- To know.

I'm reading about the possible health consequences of "artificial birth" (it's a whole bunch, from infections and bleeding to complete loss of childbearing function in the future).

I'm reading about "cleansing," which is also called "scraping," both words are disgusting. Cleaning is done at the very end, under anesthesia, regardless of whether there are any fragments of the placenta left in the uterus, just in case. Cleaning is sometimes done several times, because they clean blindly with a curette, without ultrasound control, and something still remains. I'm afraid of drugs. I'm afraid of scraping. I'm afraid of the curette. I'm afraid of all these words. I don't want to be scraped and cleaned with a sharp curette.

I read about salt abortions and candy babies.

I read the stories of women who held the dead bodies of their bellies in their hands.

I read the stories of women whose families after "artificial childbirth" broke up.

I read the stories of women who never find peace.

I read the questions “why?”, and “how to live now?”, and “is it possible that this is a mistake of doctors?”.

I read condolence comments and angry rebuke comments.

I read confessions and sermons.

I don't know why I'm reading all this, because I already have a sea of information. Probably, I just want to constantly receive confirmation that I am not the only one. That there is a whole huge basement of rats like me, and they all squeal in pain and fear.

Trolls are imprisoned in the basement together with the rats. Those who write about infanticide, and about the brine barrel waiting in hell, and about God, who alone decides who lives and who dies.

In general, God in such forums exists in two persons. God punishing - the same one who will dip everyone for such things in due time in sodium chloride - and the God of the Expert Class. The God of the Expert Class (as well as his deputies - matronushka, father) is able to correct bad ultrasound results, heal chromosomal abnormalities and refute diagnoses.

Of course, in a situation where one can only hope for a miracle, turning to a higher authority is completely natural. Personally, I am an agnostic, but if I were a believer, if I did not doubt that someone upstairs could hear me, prayer would bring me relief. Belief in miracles is natural. Prayer is natural. It is unnatural when prayer and medicine, diagnosis and faith are interchangeable. When advice regarding fetal malformations comes from the priest. “Doctors send for interruption the child has no brain how to help the baby?” - "Do not listen to the doctors, go to the matronushka ..." This is the degree of despair and insanity that must be reached.

Guest Go to the priest and ask whether to terminate the pregnancy or not.

alfina screamed at the whole clinic that I would hang myself. I'm going to kill my child, myself! she was in pain, very painful. I didn’t feel her anymore ... I go to the gynecologist for an appointment and, oh GOD, not cleaning up, again hospital. cleaning. tears. no patience. just a walking corpse. then there will still be a cyst, but as I wanted? kill a child and all? live in peace?

Mikhailovna You are murderers, my girls. This is the same murder as walking up to a sick child, an old man on the street and nailing him - which suffers and infects others. Any alcoholic with many children is better than you. Instead of bringing your little blood, your pain, giving birth, doing everything possible to save the crumbs, baptizing, or, God forbid, closing his eyes and burying him in a Christian way, you give him to the organs and to anti-aging creams for aging ladies. No wonder nurses treat you with contempt. I would sterilize you. P.S. And you yourself will visit a barrel with salt brine. At the end of this life.

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05 April 18:27

What is again the peculiarity of a journalist with pregnancy pathology, and not, say, an artist - a Russian-language basement with rats is not enough for him, and to complete the picture, he also needs to get into an English-speaking one. I'm climbing.

…On the English forums, of course, there is also God, but he is a little different. Not punishing and not an expert, but something like a cozy warm cat - or, in extreme cases, mom. He is homely, he comforts and, by virtue of his abilities, takes care. You can even be offended or angry at him for the fact that he performed his functions poorly. In the forums devoted to malformations, there are even separate topics like "Our relationship with God after the loss."

In addition to God, there is also another character constantly appearing - a psychologist. As a matter of course for such a situation. And not as an extreme measure, which you resort to only if you finally move out of the coils.

In general, English-language thematic forums are much less like a basement. First of all, because an amazing order reigns there, all suffering, as well as mutations, are clearly laid out on the shelves. There is, for example, a popular site with a monstrous soap opera title A Heartbreaking Choice The left column contains a list of various developmental disorders: anencephaly, congenital brain defects, congenital heart defects, hydrocephalus, Potter's syndrome (including my case), spina bifida, trisomy 13, trisomy 18, trisomy 21 (down), etc. You click with the mouse in the right place - you read heartbreaking stories on the topic. There are a lot of sites devoted exclusively to one kind of violation. Do you want to "talk about it"? - go to the discussion section of the site. And you follow certain rituals and rules.

The main rule: if you, for example, are a religious fanatic, an Internet troll, or you just have your own personal opinion about the inadmissibility of a late abortion, or you accidentally discovered that there is a direct connection between abortion for medical reasons and hell fire, — you are politely warned in large print that you should not speak on the forum. Because here are gathered women who are experiencing loss and who are in pain, and they should not be upset. Because you will be immediately banned anyway - and at best, everything will be limited to this. In the worst case, you will be sued for psychological harm. Do you want to go to court? Create your own hellfire discussion club and enjoy life.

I have never met a single aggressive idiot with his opinion in the genre of "killer mothers" on any thematic English-language forum. Not because there are no aggressive idiots in the USA, Canada or Australia - there are no less of them than here - but because there are rules.

Therefore, "their" discussion of malformations and termination of pregnancy is a form of psychotherapy. And “ours” is a form of self-torture.

Well, about the rituals. One of the obligatory rituals in English-speaking forums: any personal outpourings in response to someone else's outpourings are preceded by one simple phrase: I am sorry for your loss. I sympathize with your loss.

Maybe you don't really sympathize with anyone. Maybe you only think about your head grief. But you still take and drive in a simple phrase. Just to not feel like a rat in the basement.

Harm of abortion. Is it better to give birth?

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First place in infanticide

Our country, unfortunately, ranks first in the world in terms of the number of abortions performed, in everyday life called simply abortion. This far from honorable place has been preserved for many years, and no work on family planning, no attempts to educate the people in terms of contraception have been able to change the situation so far. The harm of an abortion caused by medical intervention, the severe moral harm caused by women to themselves because of a subconscious feeling of guilt, as well as the further consequences of an abortion, if, of course, the patient remains alive, for some reason scare women much less than the birth of a child. But, unfortunately, many women do not know that no achievements in the field of medicine, modern medicines and equipment can significantly reduce the risk that a woman’s health is exposed to during an abortion and the harm that will be caused to her as a result of the operation. . So what exactly is the harm of abortion?

A powerful infectious complication

You can never be insured against infectious complications. If we recall the long and distant past, then until the 40s, before the discovery of antibiotics, women died during abortions precisely from infection - regardless of whether the operation was carried out in a medical institution or "underground". The harm of abortion in such cases is enormous. At different periods of the history of our state, abortions were either prohibited or allowed. Depending on this, most of them were carried out either in gynecological hospitals - officially, or somewhere in a place not quite suitable for this procedure. It’s just that in those days there were no good tools and antiseptics for treating the surgeon’s hands. In our time, all this is. There were even disposable curettes - the main tool for curettage of the uterine cavity. But the immunity of a woman can be so reduced that all medicines will be useless. And if the infection develops, then the harm of abortion will be inevitable. Infection can lead to both local inflammation of the mucosa - endometritis, and general blood poisoning - sepsis, which is treated in a hospital, although with difficulty. Those who decide on the "underground" option of abortion have practically no chance of surviving.

Infertility and ectopic pregnancy

Another way in which the harm of abortion can manifest itself is through subsequent infertility. Abortion is always accompanied by local inflammation, even if it occurs without fever and other signs of infection. Inflammation captures not only the uterus, but also the tubes, the ciliated epithelium can disappear in them - a special structure that allows the fertilized egg from the abdominal cavity to move through the tube towards the uterus. In this case, the patency of the tubes is disturbed up to their complete fusion, which causes infertility.

In case of incomplete fusion, another harm of abortion is possible, a very serious complication is an ectopic pregnancy, when the egg is attached in the tube itself with the impossibility of further movement. As the embryo grows, the tube swells and ruptures, which is accompanied by bleeding. This condition requires an emergency operation in which the tube is removed - which in itself makes it very difficult for a second pregnancy to occur. In addition, often the inability to stop the bleeding leads to amputation of the uterus - it makes no sense to talk about pregnancy.

The strongest hormonal failure

A woman's body adjusts to pregnancy for several weeks. Therefore, during an abortion, he is subjected to severe hormonal and general stress - because now he must "rebuild back." The harm of abortion here can manifest itself in severe hormonal disruptions. This can happen not only in the genital area, but also in the associated general system of internal secretion organs - in the adrenal glands, the thyroid gland. The ovaries themselves suffer the most - they are threatened with at least dysfunction, which, without persistent, long-term treatment, can also lead to the impossibility of conception.

Remnants of the fetus lead to cancer

Even experienced doctors working blindly in the uterus can leave a piece of embryonic tissue there. In large or paid clinics, abortions are now done under ultrasound guidance, but even this does not always guarantee success. Tissue "forgotten" in the uterus can lead to many troubles, and the harm of abortion in this case can be incredibly powerful. Everything can start with bleeding, often prolonged, because the uterus contracts well only when it is "empty". Then everything can reach inflammation of the membranes - the so-called endometritis - a condition that requires repeated curettage and treatment with strong antibiotics. Well, in the worst case, everything can end with the development of chorionepithelioma - a malignant tumor that grows just from the embryonic tissue. In this case, the harm of abortion can be fatal. This tumor is rare, but incredibly aggressive! It literally "eats" the surrounding tissues, growing through everything and in all directions - it is poorly diagnosed and even worse treated.

The uterus can be pierced

One should never forget such a purely technical complication of abortion as perforation (perforation) of the uterus. In other words, during the operation, the uterus can simply be pierced. This complication is rare, but it must be taken into account, because it can occur even with an experienced doctor. The harm of abortion here is the following. The mucous membrane of the pregnant uterus is loose, it is very easy to damage it, if you also take into account the above-mentioned "blind work". If in "underground" conditions this always leads to severe bleeding, peritonitis and, as a rule, death of the patient, then in the clinic it always leads to amputation of the uterus with the inability to become pregnant in the future even with the help of the so-called IVF, i.e. in vitro (artificial) fertilization.

The double danger of the medical method

Used in recent years, allegedly "completely harmless" medical abortion - with the help of several very strong pills - is devoid of the dangers associated with the technique of the operation, bleeding or infection, but produces such a powerful hormonal "storm" in the woman's body "that subsequently such a failure can occur in the entire endocrine system. The harm of this type of abortion can bring incredibly serious health problems to a woman.