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[anothrwomanlost.livejournal.com]

my cousin needs help, and i figured i'd ask you girls for advice.
she had sex with this guy last sunday... and he wasn't wearing a condom at first. after about two minutes, he pulled out and put one on, and they resumed.
anyway, he cheated on her, etc, and there's lots of drama. she's very worried that she'll be pregnant- she's due to bleed in 3-4 days.
she wanted to know if there was anything she could do NOW to induce her period. i looked and saw the bits about parsley and pennyroyal tea, and she's not sure if she can get her hands on it or anything...
anyway, what she's msot concerned about is that she WILL be knocked up, and she DOESN'T want to go through the whole abortion procedure. so... worst-case scenario, she's pregnant: what can she do, short of a surgical procedure, to get rid of it?

thanks so much for your time!

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[aristurtle.livejournal.com]

Pregnancy is not the only thing to worry about. Your friend should get tested for STDs as soon as possible.

Within the first 6 weeks or so, a pregnancy can be terminated via medical abortion-- an injection or pill is administered, and then another pill is taken the next day.

[fianna.livejournal.com]

Well, first off, if she had sex with him even for a little while without a condom on and you say that later he cheated on her then who knows who he had been with before her. That puts her at risk for STDs as well. I would definitely reccommend getting tested. As far as pregnancy goes, if he did not ejaculate inside her her chance of pregnancy is VERY low. Sure the chance is still there but very very low.

The first thing she needs to do if she wants to induce her period is to relax. Stress will delay a period for quite some time. The stress over being pregnant is especially good for that. So have her keep in mind that her risk for pregnancy is very low.

Then, as far as parsley tea goes you can use the kind you get in the spice section of the grocery store. Dried Parsley. That is what I have used every time and it works like a charm. Follow the instructions in the memories of this journal about how to make the tea and drink it. Drink the tea and relax. Wait for her period to come. That's the first step. No purpose in worrying over abortions yet because she will most likely get her period and everything will be fine.

[adrun.livejournal.com]

Vitamin C.
I dont have personal experience with this, but I've heard that if you take a small dose, several times a day, there is a good chance you will miscarry. (Small dose being as little as 10 mg).

More importantly, she needs to go to a doctor and get checked out for stds. They can also do a pregnancy test there and offer her further advice.

good luck!

[lizdefiance.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure exactly what you meant by saying that if she does get pregnant, she doesn't want to go through with the abortion procedure. if she tries any of the methods mentioned on here, and they fail, she is going to have a fetus growing in her that has brain damage, birth defects, etc. it probably won't live very long once she delivers it anyway, but if it does, it will almost certainly have serious problems. just FYI. if she's going to try a method like this, she needs to commit to aborting any potential fetus.

[macabre-grrl.livejournal.com]

Chug parseley tea, 3-4x a day. I have also heard that caraway seed tea will work. Maybe combine them, by adding crushed seeds to the parseley. Pennyroyal tea is actually safe. Pennyroyal oil is killer. They both increase circulation to the uterus, but pennyroyal oil is meant for a small dose to be massaged into the abdomen. Don't mess with that right now.

You should look at sister zeus (http://www.sisterzeus.com). But be really careful.

I really do think that she should get some emergency contraception and a check up too.