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| Repeated Abortion |  Many women are interested how many abortions are considered safe. They wonder will they be able to have children in the future.
It’s not easy to give absolute answer to this question. In fact, the more times the cervix undergoes stress – the more chances it may be injured. Such injury includes scarring of the cervix, or cervical stenosis, which can prevent menstrual blood from getting out and sperm from getting in. This can cause to a great risk of endometriosis or infertility.
There is one more possible complication – it is cervical incompetence. It means that the cervix is weakened and opens up inappropriately during pregnancy. This leads to miscarriage or premature delivery.
Repeated abortions may also leads to scarring inside the uterus. Physicians call this disorder Asherman's syndrome, and it can cause infertility and miscarriage. In case an abortion is complicated by an infection, then blockage of the fallopian tubes is another possibility. This may cause infertility, chronic pelvic pain or increased chance of an ectopic (tubal) pregnancy.
This is not to say that abortion is inherently a highly dangerous procedure. In fact, for many women, the potential damage from an abortion is far less than the physical and personal complications caused by an unplanned pregnancy. However, like any surgical procedure, abortion carries risks – and the more often you undergo the procedure, the more likely you are to suffer one of those risks. The result may be that you are unable to have a child when you want one.
That’s why women have to understand that abortion should not be used as a replacement for contraception. In addition to the complications that have been mentioned, another obvious concern is that exposure to pregnancy may go hand in hand with exposure to sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. In any case women should see a gynecologist to talk about contraceptive options appropriate for them.
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