Throughout your treatment, we’re here to support you.
If you don’t find the answer to your question in this guide, you can always send a Hey Jane provider a message, and you should get a response within 24 hours.
Check out our Resources page for many support options, including talk/text lines and websites for things like emotional support during/after an abortion and much more.
Serious complications from this treatment are rare, and most side effects can be managed from home. For urgent concerns, you can call our urgent phone line 24/7. If you experience any complications that are indicative of a medical emergency, you should go to your nearest emergency department.
Emergencies: When to urgently contact a provider
|
Symptom |
What to do |
| If you have any of the following at any time: |
- You soak more than 2 maxi pads an hour for more than 2 hours in a row |
Go to the emergency department immediately |
| - Belly pain or cramps that don’t get better with pain medicine or a heating pad
- Dizziness or vomiting lasting more than 4 hours
- Weakness, nausea, or diarrhea lasting more than 24 hours |
Call our urgent line |
| If you have any of these at least 24 hours after taking the misoprostol pills in Step 2: |
- Cramping or bleeding is not getting better
- You have a fever of 101 F or higher (fever is common during the first 24 hours) - always check your temperature with a thermometer |
Go to the emergency department immediately |
| - You have not had bleeding as heavy as a period
- Your belly pain is getting worse
- You start to feel very ill after the heavy cramping and bleeding is over |
Call our urgent line |
| One week after taking the pills, if you have any of the following: |
- You do not feel that you passed the pregnancy
- Your pregnancy symptoms (such as nausea and breast tenderness/soreness) are not getting better
- Cramping or bleeding is not getting better
- You have a fever of 101 F or higher (fever is common during the first 24 hours)
- Your belly pain is getting worse |
Call our urgent line |
