Each month the uterus builds up a lining to prepare for the implantation of an embryo. If a woman is not pregnant, she sheds the lining in a process commonly referred to as a menstrual period. When a woman is pregnant, she stops having this...
Medical abortion is a procedure that is available to women during the early weeks of the first trimester of pregnancy. This procedure requires the use of a combination of drugs to terminate the pregnancy. Women have to carry out the procedure...
According to the Mayo Clinic, approximately 20 out of 1,000 pregnancies are ectopic. Although there is no specific reason why ectopic pregnancies occur, the general cause is based around the egg being prevented from traveling to the uterus. As a...
Most pregnancies implant in the uterus, which has room for a fetus to grow during pregnancy. The Merck Manual reports that around 2 percent of pregnancies implant in the fallopian tubes, which connect the ovaries and the uterus. Due to limited...
Abortion, as defined by the Better Health Channel, is the deliberate induction of a miscarriage. Abortion procedures can be divided into procedures done during the first trimester (12 weeks) of pregnancy and procedures done after the first...
Electively terminating a pregnancy, called an abortion, can be done several different ways. The options for a woman depend on how far along she is in the pregnancy. Typically, the earlier the decision to abort the pregnancy is made, the more...
Methotrexate is a form of chemotherapy used to treat a wide array of conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn's disease and various cancers including leukemia, lymphoma and bone cancer. It is also employed in the treatment of...
The Fallopian tubes are organs in the female reproductive system that connect the uterus to the ovaries. The ovaries store eggs that are then released into the tubes during ovulation and then either fertilized or leave the body during...
During a normal, healthy pregnancy, the fertilized egg implants in the uterus. In an ectopic pregnancy, the fertilized egg gets stuck during its journey and instead implants elsewhere. These pregnancies are often called tubal or tubular because in...
During a normal, healthy pregnancy, the fertilized egg implants in the uterus. In an ectopic or tubal pregnancy, the fertilized egg does not reach its final destination and instead implants elsewhere. Most tubal pregnancies occur in a woman's...
An induced abortion is the planned expulsion of the fetus from a woman’s uterus in order to terminate a pregnancy. An estimated 1.3 million women in the United States elect to have an abortion every year, reports the American Congress of...
The decision to abort a pregnancy is a difficult one, regardless of the circumstances. The variety of choices available within the realm of a medical abortion often adds to the level of stress a woman goes through. A medical abortion is defined as...
Abortions in the United States are common. In fact, more than 1 in 3 American women have had an abortion by the time they are 45 years old, according to Planned Parenthood. Women who are planning to have an abortion should do so as early as...
One of 60 pregnancies is ectopic, or growing outside of the uterus. Vaginal bleeding is common in early pregnancy, occurring in 20 percent to 30 percent of all pregnancies, the American Pregnancy Association says. Vaginal bleeding in ectopic...
Methotrexate is FDA approved to treat severe psoriasis that does not respond to other treatments and for a type of cancer that occurs during pregnancy. According to the FDA drug label, methotrexate is also approved for certain adults with severe...
Approximately 1.3 million women in the United States have an abortion to terminate a pregnancy, according to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The abortion pill, also referred to as RU-486, is a combination of two...
The first trimester of pregnancy produces a whirl of varied emotions, including: excitement, hope, misgivings and fear. These are all normal, as is the desire to know what might go wrong during this time. The developing embryo is most fragile in...
Methotrexate, sold under the trade names Rheumatrex and Trexall, is classified as an antimetabolite medication. This means that it effectively interferes with the normal metabolism of cells. Methotrexate is effective in treating rheumatoid...
Methotrexate is a form of chemotherapy used to treat various cancers and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and Crohn's disease. Methotrexate is also valuable for managing ectopic pregnancies, whereby an embryo implants...
Symptoms of ectopic pregnancies. Learn about obstetrics from a doctor in this video on understanding pregnancy.
