Hi Doctor, I was about 7 days late with my period. I m not on a contraceptive, and my boyfriend and I aren t ready for a baby. His pharmacist friend suggested Cytotec. He gave me 4 pills. 200mg. At about 16.00 I inserted 1 vaginally and put one under my tongue. I started experiencing immense abdominal cramps. Severe period pains . No blood by 21.00. The boyfriend suggested I repeat what I did. So again, one under the tongue and one vaginally. I went to bed and woke up by 06.00. There was no blood, but a waterish discharge. By 08.00 I checked again and spotted light bleeding. Very light. I m still cramping but not as intolerable as last night. As soon as I saw the blood I took my first pill of the Minerva 35 contraceptive. Please let me know what I can do from here on out. Regards
Hello, I have gone through your query and understood the concern. In this scenario, I would ask you to see a specialist immediately for confirmation of the abortion if you confirmed pregnancy, or if you just self-medicated without confirming pregnancy, confirmation of the pregnancy followed by a trans-vaginal sonogram to see if the abortion was effective are mandatory. This done, if everything is fine, you can go ahead with the hormone contraception. Please remember that hormone disturbances and heavy bleeding with chances of infection are consequences of such self-medication, so please do not repeat such things in the future. Take care.