Had MTP And Have Not Had Periods Since. Is It Normal?

Posted on Thu, 3 Oct 2013

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Thu, 3 Oct 2013 Answered on

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Question : Hi,

My wife had a MTP (Medical Termination of Pregnancy) during the month of XXXXXXX 2013. The foetus was less than 6 weeks old and the MTP was administered by a professional gynecologist.

After the MTP she has not had her periods for almost 3 months now. We read articles where it said that usually after MTP periods will be delayed by 8-10 weeks. Now we are worried. Kindly advice on how to go ahead.

Answered by Dr. Chetna Jain (4 hours later)

it's important to know if an ultrasound was done after medical abortion . if not please get a Transvaginalscan done and do blood pregnancy test. if scan is clear and beta hcg is negative you need to do blood FSH TSH and prolactin tests . there is a possibility of ongoing or a fresh pregnancy

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Chetna Jain (6 minutes later)

Hi,

We did a pregnancy test using an OTC kit and the result was negative.

I'll get a scan done. We are worried that it may affect our prospects of birthing a child in the future.

Please advise.

Thanks.

Answered by Dr. Chetna Jain (4 minutes later)

pl get the Transvaginal scan for retained products done and hope it's clear

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar