Surgical abortion experiences?

Question

I’ve heard so many stories about the pain experienced with the pill but nobody talks about how you feel after the surgical procedure. People only talk about the procedure itself and how they feel emotionally, and I already know I’m going to be an emotional wreck after but I just want to know more detail. 
Like are you in pain after and got how long does it last and how bad does it feel? How long do you bleed for after? Can you not do anything the day after?   
Is there anybody I can talk to about these things

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I had a surgical abortion May 19th if this year under the twilight anesthetic (still awake but groggy and can’t feel anything) along with the local anesthetic to dilate my cervix.
Procedure lasted about 3-5 minutes (I was only at 7 weeks, so the procedure time was cut short), I didn’t feel a thing except for the IV they hooked me up to a few moments before, so I didn’t have any pain. I didn’t have any pain for about 5 days after, and then the moderate cramping started (very tolerable, was able to take ibuprofen for it.) 
I bled for about a week after, passing a few clots. Stopped for 3 days, then started again for about 2-3 days. 
You basically can’t sit in water/submerge yourself in water for approx. two weeks because your cervix has been compromised and you could get a bacterial infection. You also can’t have sex during this time either because it can cause cramping/infection also! 
Also your body will still show hcG counts for about a month or so after, so if you take a pregnancy test a week following, it will still pop positive so there’s a little heads up. 
If you feel like you need any more info on the procedure itself, you can always go online on the planned parenthood site, too! 
I hope this helps 😊

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I had a surgical abortion without sedation. The procedure lasted 15-20 minutes. Mostly it was uncomfortable but not painful. However the cervical dilation was incredibly painful. That’s only a couple of minutes though. I would recommend sedation for that reason. Afterwards you have cramps (basically your uterus contracting and returning to its normal size). I had the abortion in the morning and spent the rest of the day on the couch with a heating pad. That was a Friday. I took the weekend kind of easy, but I felt normal physically the next day. I had very slight bleeding that first day. I returned to work feeling normal on Monday.

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I had a surgical abortion last year at 10-12 weeks. Tbh it's all really fast at least for me it was. I was told it would last 5 min and they would be done i wouldnt remember anything. But i do remember what the doctor and i were talking about (liquor🙄) before i completed faded away and i remember waking up while they were still doing the procedure and i literally felt the pain inside. After that i was gone again. Then i woke up in a chair w my pants on and i was saying some crazy stuff i wouldnt leave the clinic without a pic from the ultrasound then im in the car and they put the seatbelt on me and wrapped it around me several times. Next thing i know im home and just sleeping i woke up at night bc i needed to use the restroom and once i got up from the toilet i was on the floor, the sedative hadnt fully worn off. Theres alot more to it but thats all im willing to say for now. You can message me if you'd like, i never reallly spoken to anyone about this.

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I had a surgical abortion at 8weeks 2days. I wasn’t given any form of anesthesia or anything. I’m actually jealous of these ladies who did LOL I was given an ativan because my heart rate was 115-117 (I was an emotional disaster to say the least lol). It was painful but it was over very quickly. I had the abortion about 11am I was fine until about 5-6 that afternoon then the cramps hit. Similar to a heavy period. I did pass quite a few BIG clots. After a few days I was back to normal.. physically.

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you can talk to me about it, I feel more comfortable messaging about my experience though or texting.

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