Protecting your reproductive health during pregnancy starts with an ultrasound. No matter what option you are considering—abortion, parenting, or adoption—you need to gather important health details about your pregnancy.
So why does an ultrasound matter so much? An ultrasound is the only way to look inside the uterus and learn essential facts that inform your next steps. The good news is that Palm Beach Women’s Clinic offers ultrasounds at no cost, so you can get the answers you need.
Schedule your no-cost appointment today to confirm your pregnancy and move forward. An ultrasound reveals three critical details; read more about them below.
#1. It Tells You Your Gestational Age
Gestational age is another term for describing how far along you are in your pregnancy. While many women use period trackers to try to determine how long they have been pregnant, an ultrasound is the only way to know with accuracy.
If a woman is beyond ten weeks in pregnancy, the FDA would no longer approve the abortion pill, which means it could come with more risks, such as a higher chance of an incomplete abortion.
The time restrictions are why ordering abortion pills online without having an ultrasound can be so dangerous. If you take the abortion pill without knowing how far along you are, you are putting yourself at risk for severe complications.
Also, if you get these drugs from overseas or illegal pharmacies, you won’t be able to know if you received the correct drugs in the proper dosages, which also risks your health.
#2. It Tells You the Location of Your Pregnancy
About 1 in 50 pregnancies are ectopic. This means the embryo has attached outside the uterus, and is growing in a place that cannot support a pregnancy until birth. This condition can lead to life-threatening bleeding if not treated soon enough.
An ultrasound will be able to tell whether the pregnancy is within your uterus or if it could be located somewhere else.
Ectopic pregnancies are non-viable, meaning we do not have the technology for these pregnancies to continue to term. An abortion would not be the proper treatment for ectopic pregnancy; there are other drugs and methods used to treat this condition.
#3. It Tells You Whether Your Pregnancy Is Progressing
As many as 10-20% of known pregnancies end on their own, which is called miscarriage. An ultrasound can detect a heartbeat and verify that the pregnancy is progressing and hasn’t ended.
Miscarriages will also trigger positive pregnancy tests, so only an ultrasound will be able to check the status of your pregnancy. Because the pregnancy has already ended, an abortion would not be the recommended treatment method.
Protect Your Health Before an Abortion
An abortion is not a procedure you would want to start without an ultrasound. You need an ultrasound to protect your long-term reproductive health.
Schedule a no-cost appointment at Palm Beach Women’s Clinic today to verify your pregnancy and learn critical health details.