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The International Journal of Indian Psychology
ISSN 2348-5396 (Online) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (Print)
Volume 9, Issue 1, January- March, 2021
DIP: 18.01.046/20210901, DOI: 10.25215/0901.046
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Research Paper

Abortion and miscarriage: an understanding

Deepika1*, Pradeep Kumar2

ABSTRACT
Abortion is the removal or extraction from its mother of an incipient organism or embryo
weighing 500gm or less when it isn't fit for autonomous survival (1). A fetus removal that
occurs without intercession is called as a miscarriage. The aim of the study was to explore the
fact about miscarriage and abortion. Literature was searched on both electronic data base
such as pubmade and manually. Ultrasonography is useful in the determination of
unconstrained fetus removal, however other testing might be required if an ectopic pregnancy
can't be precluded. Ladies are at expanded danger for huge misery and uneasiness for as long
as one year after spontaneous abortion. Counselling as well as behavioural intention to
address in regarding feeling of guilt, the sorrow cycle, and how to adapt to loved ones should
be given. The findings of the study emphasized that during the intervention in these crisis
women’s, apart from medical and surgical intervention, doctors and professional should also
focus on behavioural intervention.

Keywords: Abortion, Miscarriage, Fetal, Mental Health, Depression

A
bortion keeps on being a significant general medical problem that summons social,
political, legitimate, strict assumptions and discussions in all social orders. This is
especially so in nations with prohibitive fetus removal laws. Abortion is the one of
major cause of maternal death. As compared with developed and developing countries,
where different laws with different restrictions are present, the actual rates are greater in the
developing countries.

Abortion is the removal or extraction from its mother of an incipient organism or embryo
weighing 500gm or less when it isn't fit for autonomous survival.[1] A fetus removal that
occurs without intercession is called as a miscarriage and happens in roughly 30% to half of
pregnancies. Miscarriage is a better recommended term than abortion.[2] A septic or illegal
abortion is the end of a pregnancy by individuals coming up short on the vital aptitudes, or
in a place lacking insignificant clinical norms, or both.[3] A unsafe abortion is so dangerous
that may be life threatening. It incorporates self-prompted premature births, premature births
in insanitary conditions, and premature births performed by a clinical expert who doesn't

1
Senior Resident, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences,
Rohtak, Haryana, India.
2
Consultant, Psychiatric Social Work, State Institute of Mental Health, Pt BD Sharma University of Health
Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
*Responding Author
Received: December 12, 2020; Revision Received: February 19, 2021; Accepted: March 10, 2021
© 2021, Deepika & Kumar P.; licensee IJIP. This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the
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give proper post-fetus removal attention.[4] About 25 million dangerous premature births
happen a year, of which most happen in the creating world.[5]

Around the world, mostly pregnancy is unplanned and around 50% of these ends in
abortion.[6] According to some ladies, the cause for picking abortion over appropriation or
parenthood are unpredictable. Normal subjects incorporate a comprehension of the
obligations of parenthood, monetary limitations, and absence of accomplice support.[6]
Adolescent girls, monetarily burdened ladies, and the ladies who didn't presume they were
pregnant or who face boundaries to administrations are bound to go through abortion in the
second trimester. [7,8]

A little yet significant extent of abortions is carried out for mother’s life endanger condition
or fetal anomalies. Generally, abortions for fetal inconsistency or fetal anomaly are
performed before the attainment of viability. In rarely conditions, they are performed after
the attainment of viability.

Etiology: Fetal factors are chromosomal abnormalities, hydropic degeneration of villi and
multiple pregnancies. Maternal factors involve maternal infections like TORCH & malaria,
medical disorders like chronic renal diseases & haemoglobinopathies, environmental factors
like alcohol & radiation exposure, immunological causes like antiphospholipid antibody
syndrome, Uterine factors like cervical incompetence or Mullerian anomalies, trauma.
Paternal factors are chromosomal translocation of sperm. Unexplained: There are
approximately 40% causes are unexplained.

Types of Abortion: Spontaneous Abortion is also termed as a “miscarriage”, it means the

kind of pregnancy loss at less than 20 weeks of gestation in the absence of elective medical
or surgical measuresto terminate the pregnancy. Induced Abortion is the type of abortion
which is performed for some purpose, in this drugs are given and surgical intervention is
done. Induced abortion is further classified into two types :- (a) Therapeutic Abortion is
carried out when continuation of pregnancy might endanger the mother‘s life or risk of the
child being born with serious physical or mental abnormality.(b) Elective Abortion is the
kind which is carried out for any other reason, other than the ones mentioned above.

Laws Regarding Abortions: There are basically two main laws related to abortion.(a) The
Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 :The IPC( 1860) taking into consideration the social,
emotional and medical implications of abortion, declares induced abortion as illegal all
throughout India. Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 spells out abortion as “causing
miscarriage”. It applies to a woman who carries out miscarriage on purpose. However, the
word “abortion” is nowhere used in this section. Abortion would give “miscarriage” an
essence of “intention”. Miscarriage technically would mean spontaneous abortion, whereas,
voluntarily causing miscarriage, which is criminalised under Section 312, will stand for
criminal abortion. A cleardivision among the two is lacking. However, the same section
declares Therapeutic abortion as legal. In case there is danger pertaining to the life of the
mother, the pregnancy can be discontinued. The unborn child in the womb must not be
destroyed unless the destruction is for the sole purpose to preserve the life of the
mother.Another important act is (b)Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTPA) 1971.
The MTPA ,1971[9] highlights about the situations where a therapeutic abortion can be
carried out by a registered medical practitioner. The act emphasizing what situations can a
pregnancy be terminated, the stipulated time such a pregnancy will beterminated, in what
place will this termination take place, and who is authorised to conduct such a termination.
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According to the act, a pregnancy can only be terminated under a few circumstances, such
as,in situations where the continuation of a pregnancy would involve risks to the life of the
mother, or involve grave physical or mental injury to the woman.[10] The act also spells out
voidable pregnancies such as in case of a lunatic woman or rape. Further, the act specifies
who is a registered medical practitioner and in what place will the termination of the
pregnancy be carried on. The act also states that the pregnancy can be terminated in 12
weeks of pregnancy and the opinion of two or more medical practitioners is required if the
abortion is done between 12-20 weeks for various reasons.[11]

Medical Assessment:The initial step, which can be finished by an overall professional

whenever counseled, pregnancy is confirmed by history of amenorrhoea and early
pregnancy indications, for example, morning sickness, breast soreness, and weariness or by
recording a positive urine pregnancy test. Further clinical assessment by the specialist
should more on gestation period ,whether or not any contraindications to choice of method
or sedation exist, and if the fetus removal should be acted in emergency center.

Ultrasound measures the exact duration of pregnancy, if easily available.[12] The date of the
last menstrual period and a pelvic assessment are adequate as a rule, if there is an error
between the last menstrual period and uterine size or if ectopic pregnancy is suspected, then
ultrasound is fundamental. Another important area of assessment are the clinical history
about the general physical examinations; observations; height and weight; allergies; obstetric
and gynecological history, including previous ectopic pregnancy and sexually transmitted
infections; and a history of relevant medical conditions and drugs. Signs for therapy in clinic
incorporate conditions that require delayed or serious checking, for example, extreme
cardiopulmonary sickness, and those that place the lady at high danger of haemorrhage, for
example, placenta accreta or coagulopathy. A few conditions, for example, stoutness or
uterine conditions including huge fibroids, can make careful fetus removal additionally
testing so earlier information is valuable for strategy arranging.

All routine blood investigations are not essential for abortion. Measuring hemoglobin or
haematocrit levels might be helpful if there is a chance of bleeding. Blood grouping should
be tested where possible.[13] According to some studies and research little proof for
isoimmunisation at the hour of first trimester abortion. [14] Thusly, most administrations in
high asset settings acquire proof of rhesus (D) antigen status paying little mind to period of
gestation and give injection Anti- D to Rh negative women. [13,15]

METHODS OF ABORTION
These are the methods of abortion
(a)MEDICAL METHODS: The improvement of basic profoundly viable medication
regimens for fetus removal has changed abortion care in the previous 30 years. The
following dugs can be used for abortion (i) Utilization of the progesterone antagonist RU-
486 (presently known as mifepristone) 200mg orally followed by misoprostol after 24-48
hrs. 800µgmoral,sublingual and vaginal[16]is the most adequate, very much endured, and
practical routine in the first and second trimesters.[17,18].(ii) Misoprostol can be utilized
alone however is less powerful.(iii)Methotrexate 50mg/m2 and misoprostol 800µgm 7 days
later may be used.(iv)Tamoxifen and Misoprostol may be used.

Contraindications to the utilization of mifepristone-misoprostol incorporate ongoing adrenal

failure, inherited porphyria, past hypersensitive response to mifepristone or misoprostol, and
known or suspected ectopic pregnancy. Since mifepristone is additionally an ant
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glucocorticoid, alert and clinical judgment are required for ladies utilizing corticosteroids
long haul. Mifepristone blocks negative feedback systems that control cortisol emission.
Accordingly, in ladies with adrenocorticotrophin-adrenal concealment, presentation to
mifepristone may lessen the adequacy of corticosteroids or meddle with steroid the
executives of intensifications—for instance, in ladies with serious ineffectively controlled
asthma. [19]

(b)SURGICAL METHODS: Surgical methods of abortion are (i) Vacuum aspiration is the
suggested technique for first trimester surgical fetus removal on account of its better
proficiency, viability, and safety as compared to other methods[13,15] Either an electric or
manual vacuum gadget can be utilized; manual gadgets utilize a valve and securing
unclogger a 60 mL handheld needle.[20](ii) Administration of 400 µg of the misoprostol
sublingually for two hours or vaginally for three hours before medical procedure relax and
enlarges the cervix.[21] (iii) Dilatation and evacuation is performed from 14-15 weeks'
development. The cervix is prepared a couple of hours to in any event one days before
specific forceps are used to take out the undeveloped organism and placenta. Misoprostol
can be used for cervical ripening, though a Cochrane review of randomized primers found
that osmotic dilators give unmatched cervical dilatation over the long-haul trimester and a
more unmistakable lessening in strategy time in the early second trimester. [22] Two types
of osmotic dilators are accessible: laminaria made of compressed seaweed and Dilapan-S
made of polyacrylate based hydrogel. After inclusion into the cervical canal, these gadgets
swell to cause extension of the os. They increase the release of prostaglandins and leads to
cervical ripening. (iv)Hysterotomy and hysterectomy are rarely used methods, not used now
a days. These methods are used only when large tumor obstruction present on cervix.

(c)PREFERABLE METHODS: The determinants of inclination for an individual lady are

not in every case clear. Some favor surgical strategies since they are fast, can be performed
with an overall sedative, and have a generally safe of confusions. Others lean toward clinical
abortion since it doesn't include surgical instrumentation or sedation and is seen to be more
common. The modest number of randomized preliminaries accessible found that clinical
abortion was less satisfactory than surgical fetus removal for the more pain and heavy
bleeding. [23,24] Nonetheless, partner considers have demonstrated that adequacy and
fulfillment with either strategy is most noteworthy when ladies can get the kind of abortion
they need. [25]

Pain Management During Abortion

Pain control options for vacuum aspiration incorporate general sedation and close by
cervical anaesthesia, without or with oral or intravenous analgesics and tranquilizers. In
mostly cases of second trimester abortion general anaesthesia given. Advantages of nearby
anaesthesia encompass lower cost; quicker restoration; a greater feel of manage for the
woman; and a discount in procedural risks, including haemorrhage and cervical
laceration.[26] Pain is an element of first and second trimester clinical abortion. [27]
Numerous clinicians substitute a delicate oral opiate with non-steroidal calming drugs or use
parenteral opiates, especially in the ensuing trimester. The couple of randomized starters
available show that ibuprofen is more remarkable than paracetamol for decline in pain with
early clinical fetus removal, [28] and that diclofenac given with the main portion of
misoprostol somewhere in the range of 13 and 22 weeks of gestation doesn't interfere with
the activity of the misoprostol and lessens the requirement for narcotic injections.[29]

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Complications: Significant inconveniences happen in 0.7 per 1000 first trimester vacuum
aspirations, [30] and emergency clinic admission or blood transfusions are required in four
of each 1000 ladies going through early clinical abortion. [31] Rates of complications are
increased when gestation age increased. Around 1/100 second trimester clinical or surgical
abortions are related with a significant complication [32,33]. Following complications may
occurs: Failure of procedure, Incomplete abortion, Haemorrhage, Infection, Uterine
perforation, Cervical injury, Cervical incompetence

Follow Up: According to World Health Organization recommendations normal follow up

isn't required when mifepristone-misoprostol is utilized for fetus removal as long as 63 days'
period of gestation on account of its high efficacy [15].. However, in numerous settings or
where misoprostol is utilized alone, the lady is approached to restore seven to 14 days after
treatment to affirm that she is not, at this point pregnant. Recognition of a progressing
pregnancy is normally by ultrasound assessment.

Contraceptives
After 8-14 days of abortion ovulation may occur. [34] Therefore, ladies who wish to utilize a
preventative technique should begin as quickly as time permits after the strategy. The act of
giving long-acting reversible contraception, mainly intrauterine gadgets, following fetus
removal has pulled in massive consideration due to its excessive adequacy and potential to
forestall ensuing unintended pregnancy and abortion. [35,36] Hormonal strategies, including
an injection or implant, can be used on the same day when surgical procedure was carried
out. Also, hormonal contraceptives can be started even just after the first pill of medical
abortion regimen.

Mental health issue and abortion/miscarriage

An investigation has been completed having long haul post-fetus removal encounters of
ladies and found that a large portion of them disguised their premature birth in view of
disgrace or dread of unfriendly responses from family and friends.[37] In another study, it
has seen that in any event 33% of the respondents have encountered mental results. The
predominant mental results of premature birth among the respondents were Depression,
agonizing over not having the option to conceive again and unusual eating practices.
Decreased self-esteem, nightmare, guilt, and regret with 43.7%, 39.5%, 37.5%, and 33.3%
prevalence rates have been placed in the lower status, respectively (Pourreza, A., and Batebi,
A., 2011).[38] In teenagers, sensations of being forced into abortion and lower fulfillment
with the fetus removal choice were altogether connected with burdensome side effects and
lower Quality of Life (QoL). It has likewise observed that lower uphold from the mother
was additionally connected with lower QoL. As to grown-up ladies, lower fulfillment with
the fetus removal choice was fundamentally connected with burdensome symptoms [39].

Lisa Roseman Shusterman emphasized that new abortion female is mostly young and
unmarried. They are not in a social situation to endure and think about a kid. They will in
general end their pregnancies for social and monetary reasons. Additionally, they are either
not mindful of or not worried about the danger of getting pregnant during the intercourse, or
they have a preventative disappointment. At long last, the mental outcomes of fetus removal
on solicitation have all the earmarks of being mostly favorable.

There were sensational changes in psychological well-being in ladies who had a fetus
removal. The ones who had a fetus removal were 81 percent bound to encounter
psychological wellness struggles. The ladies who were at first denied an abortion announced
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more noteworthy nervousness, lower confidence, low life satisfaction.[40] Feelings of guilt
and shame ten days after a pregnancy termination predicted high avoidance scores (Impact
of Event Score) two years later.[41] It has referenced that the ones who had premature
deliveries indicated anticipated that reactions should a horrendous and pitiful occasion [42].

CONCLUSION
Abortion and miscarriage are a universal truth. Ultrasonography is the main tool for the
diagnosis of spontaneous abortion, yet other testing might be required if an ectopic
pregnancy can't be precluded. Approx. 50% of spontaneous abortion occurred due to
chromosomal anomalies and multiple other factors may also responsible. Individual with a
finished unconstrained fetus removal infrequently require clinical intervention or surgical
instrumentation. For ladies with incomplete spontaneous abortion, eager administration for
as long as about fourteen days for the most part is effective, and clinical treatment gives
minimal extra advantage. Eager administration of missed abortion has variable achievement
rates, however clinical treatment with intra-vaginal misoprostol has an 80 percent
achievement rate. Specialist and experts should know about mental issues identified with
premature birth and unsuccessful labor. Ladies are at expanded danger for huge sadness and
nervousness for as long as one year after spontaneous abortion Counselling as well as
behavioural intention to address regarding feelings of guilt, the grief process, and how to
cope with friends and family should be provided. Further exploration with respect to hazard
components, and markers distinguishing when fetus removal might be destined to create the
advantages looked for by ladies without negative outcomes, can and should be directed
through major longitudinal prospective studies.

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Acknowledgement
The author appreciates all those who participated in the study and helped to facilitate the
research process.

Conflict of Interest
The author declared no conflict of interest.

How to cite this article: Deepika & Kumar P. (2021). Abortion and miscarriage: an understanding.
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