If you’re facing an unexpected pregnancy, you may feel uncertain about what steps to take next. The best next step to protect your health and safety is a pregnancy confirmation ultrasound.
This simple scan verifies your pregnancy status and gathers essential details that will reveal all your pregnancy options.
If you think you might be pregnant, schedule a free, confidential appointment at one of Care Net Pregnancy Centers of Albuquerque’s four locations or through our mobile medical unit.
How an Ultrasound Reveals Your Options
An ultrasound provides information that directly impacts which choices are available to you:
Confirming the Pregnancy Is in the Uterus
If the pregnancy is not in the uterus (known as an ectopic pregnancy), it is a non-viable pregnancy that requires immediate medical care. An abortion cannot treat an ectopic pregnancy because it is outside the uterus.
Having this information early ensures you can get appropriate treatment immediately before any complications occur.
Showing if the Pregnancy Is Progressing
Sometimes, a pregnancy ends naturally in miscarriage, even after a positive test. Ultrasound can detect whether a heartbeat is present. If there isn’t one, abortion wouldn’t make sense because the pregnancy had already ended.
You would seek medical treatment to see if the miscarriage resolved on its own or if you need any treatment to prevent infection.
Determining Gestational Age
Knowing how far along you are helps clarify which options may be available. For example, the abortion pill is only FDA-approved up to 10 weeks. After ten weeks, another type of abortion might be considered safer.
Gestational age also matters for women considering adoption or parenting, since it provides an estimated due date and helps with planning ahead.
Why an Ultrasound Matters for Decision-Making
Without an ultrasound, it’s difficult to know what your real options are. You could be farther along than you realized, have already miscarried, or be experiencing an ectopic pregnancy. Each of these scenarios changes your options and next steps.
An ultrasound removes the guesswork and gives you a clearer picture so you can protect your health and safety and move forward with confidence.
Schedule Your Free Appointment
At Care Net Pregnancy Centers of Albuquerque, we provide free, limited ultrasounds at our four convenient locations and on our medical mobile unit. Our compassionate team is here to help answer your pregnancy questions and provide support.
Schedule your free appointment today to learn all your pregnancy options.