Weeks of pregnancy are measured by the first day of your last period — not from the day of your missed period. ⤵️
kind of care than abortion), I had to wait for visual confirmation — so my abortion didn’t happen until 6.5 weeks along.
On to your next question: Is there really a “heartbeat” at this stage? Not in the literal sense. “What is meant by a ‘heartbeat’ is cardiac activity or a ‘flicker’ that is noted on ultrasound around six weeks,” says Meera Shah, MD, MPH, MS, Chief Medical Officer at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic. “The developing fetus does not have an anatomical heart [like] some people think.
“Cardiac activity is a milestone in development that may or may not be significant to the person carrying the pregnancy,” says Dr. Shah. And doctorsoften use this term with their patients. But overall Dr. Shah sees this language as “a way to distract people from the actual issue at hand — an individual has the right to choose the outcome of a pregnancy they are carrying.”
I recently started birth control pills and missed one day. What are the consequences for my menstrual cycle and fertility? What should I do? Go back as if nothing happened or wait for my period to start taking it again? What precautions should I have with my sex life?There’s probably not one birth control pill-taker on this Earth who hasn’t forgotten a pill here and there.
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