Age 21 – Post-Abortion
This is the cervix of a 21 year old woman, who had a vacuum aspiration at 12 weeks of pregnancy 4 weeks prior to beginning this photo series. A vacuum aspiration is also called a surgical abortion or suction abortion. During this type of abortion, the provider numbs the cervix and surrounding area with local anesthetic so they can dilate the cervix slightly by inserting rods of increasing size into the os, stretching it wider. The provider then inserts a small cannula (tube) into the os and the contents of the uterus are removed by suction.
She did not have a period during this photo series, but seems to have had an estrogen surge around days 42-49 post-aspiration, as indicated by the soft cervix, watery and egg-white cervical fluid, ans open os. It can take a few months for cycles to return to normal after the termination of a pregnancy. She reports she typically has irregular periods anyways, so this may already be a return to her baseline.
26 Days post-aspiration
Cramps, backache, cervical mucus like school glue
28 Days post-aspiration
Brown spotting; cramps
29 Days post-aspiration
Pink spotting
30 Days post-aspiration
No spotting; no cervical mucus felt; some spotting & cramps for the next few days (not photographed)
33 Days post-aspirtion
35 Days post-aspiration
37 Days post-aspiration
39 Days post-aspiration
40 Days post-aspiration
41 Days post-aspiration
42 Days post-aspiration
Watery cervical fluid; cervix felt soft to touch
46 Days post-aspiration
47 Days post-aspiration
Egg-white cervical fluid; os looks open, indicating estrogen surge
48 Days post-aspiration
Watery cervical fluid
49 Days post-aspiration
Watery cervical fluid with clumps of white cell slough
52 Days post-aspiration
School glue/sticky cervical fluid
55 Days post-aspiration
Sticky, glue-like cervical fluid
56 Days post-aspration
Sticky, glue-like cervical fluid
57 Days post-aspiration
Sticky, glue-like cervical fluid
58 Days post-aspiration
Sticky, glue-like cervical fluid
63 Days post-aspiration
Glue-like cervical fluid
64 Days post-aspiration
Sticky cervical fluid
65 Days post-aspiration
68 Days post-aspiration
69 Days post-aspiration
77 Days post-aspiration
Glue-like cervical fluid with pink tint
78 Days post-aspiration
Brown spotting
79 Days post-aspiration
Sticky, school-glue like cervical fluid
80 Days post-aspiration
Sticky, glue-like cervical fluid