If you took the abortion pill but your pregnancy is continuing, you may be wondering what happens now and what options are available to you.
Before deciding what to do next, it’s important to understand what is happening with your pregnancy. An ultrasound can determine whether your pregnancy is progressing and provide information to help you consider your next steps.
At Crossroads Life Center, we provide confidential, limited ultrasound referrals at no cost and can help you learn more about parenting, adoption, and the resources available to you.
Confirm What’s Happening
If you took a home pregnancy test after the abortion pill and it came back positive, that result can’t tell you what you need to know. Tests may stay positive for several weeks because hCG can remain in your body even after a pregnancy has ended. An ultrasound is the only reliable way to know whether your pregnancy is continuing.
A limited ultrasound can confirm three things:
- Whether your pregnancy is progressing, the abortion pill is not always effective. An ultrasound confirms that your pregnancy is viable and progressing by detecting a heartbeat.
- Gestational age: An ultrasound can determine how far along you are now. Time has passed since you took the abortion pill, and knowing your current gestational age gives you an accurate picture of your pregnancy.
- Pregnancy location: An ultrasound can confirm whether the pregnancy is located inside the uterus. The abortion pill does not end an ectopic pregnancy, which develops outside the uterus and can become life-threatening. Ruling out an ectopic pregnancy matters for your safety.
Once your pregnancy is confirmed, you can take the time you need to consider your options, including parenting and adoption.
If Your Pregnancy Is Continuing, You Have Options
Finding out that your pregnancy is continuing after taking abortion drugs may leave you with new questions. Now that you know more about your pregnancy, you can consider parenting and adoption and learn about the support available for each option.
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- Parenting: Many women who felt unprepared to parent discover that the obstacles in front of them are more manageable than they seemed. Crossroads Life Center offers parenting classes to help you gain the knowledge and skills of a confident parent, along with ongoing mentoring for you and anyone involved in your decision, whether that’s your partner or your family.
Our Baby Boutique also stocks essentials like diapers, wipes, clothing, blankets, and even furnishings, available at no cost to parents of children up to age 5.
- Adoption: Adoption allows you to place your child with a loving family you choose. Modern adoption puts you in control. You decide on the family and the level of ongoing contact you want, from regular updates and visits to a fully private arrangement.
Crossroads Life Center can provide adoption information and referrals to help you learn more and decide whether adoption is right for you.
If you felt rushed or pressured before taking the abortion pill, this is your opportunity to slow down. Ask the questions you didn’t get to ask. Take the time you weren’t given before.
Schedule a Follow-Up Appointment
At Crossroads Life Center, we offer no-cost, confidential follow-up appointments for women after the abortion pill. We can provide an ultrasound referral so you can confirm whether your pregnancy is continuing, then talk through parenting and adoption with someone who will listen without judgment.
Whether you need an ultrasound to confirm your pregnancy is continuing or want to talk through parenting and adoption with someone who will listen without judgment, we’re here.
Schedule your no-cost appointment today.