A viability ultrasound is one of the most critical tests you can have when considering abortion. It is the next step after a positive pregnancy test to determine your options. Ask the Women’s Clinics if a free viability ultrasound is right for you.
What Is a Viability Ultrasound?
All ultrasounds use high-frequency sound waves to gather information about your body. A licensed medical professional uses either an abdominal or transvaginal ultrasound during pregnancy.
In both processes, a transducer sends sound waves into your body, which bounce off internal structures, including your pregnancy. The echoes of those sound waves create pictures on a screen, providing the technician with real-time information.
A viability ultrasound focuses on whether your pregnancy continues to develop or if you have miscarried. Experts estimate that as many as 26% of all pregnancies end in a miscarriage.
Obviously, if your pregnancy ends in a miscarriage, there is no reason to take the abortion pill.
Isn’t a Positive Pregnancy Test Enough?
It is possible to get a false-positive pregnancy test result after a miscarriage. Because it takes a woman’s body time to return to pre-pregnancy hormone levels, you could get a positive test days or weeks after a miscarriage.
Are There Other Benefits of an Ultrasound?
An ultrasound provides additional information. You learn the exact number of days and weeks you have been pregnant. Since the FDA approves the use of the drugs in the abortion pill method through 10 weeks of gestation only, knowing that information is critical.
The further along you are in your pregnancy, the less effective the drugs are.
In addition, an ultrasound determines the location of your pregnancy. Although rare, some pregnancies form outside the uterus. These pregnancies are known as ectopic, which can be extremely dangerous.
Follow our Checklist Before an Abortion
We provide a step-by-step abortion checklist to protect your health and safety. Follow along closely:
- Take a free pregnancy test. The Women’s Clinic offers no-cost professional-grade pregnancy tests.
- Check to see if you should confirm your test result with a free viability ultrasound.
- Get tested for STDs.
- Get factual, medically based information about the abortion pill and other methods. The Women’s Clinics does not perform or refer for abortion.
- Learn about the possible side effects and potential physical and emotional risks.
- Determine the state’s abortion laws.
Talk With a Representative at the Women’s Clinics
If you have questions about whether you qualify for the abortion pill or need to get a viability ultrasound beforehand, please reach out to the nearest Women’s Clinics location to you. Our services are free and confidential.
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All abortion information sourced in this blog is based on accurate information at the time of writing.