I had a medical abortion 6 years ago, when I was 19, still in college, and totally unprepared to become a mother. At the time, I had been with my boyfriend for only about 6 months, and thankfully he was very supportive during the whole experience. Little did I know he would later become my husband! As far as I know, my experience went fairly smoothly and other than the typical bleeding, awful cramping, vomiting, etc....we made it through. I still have many lingering regrets and emotions from time to time ... but my husband and I look forward to starting a family some day in the coming years.

My question is about the potential long term affects of an abortion? Back when I went through all of this, I wasn't thinking about starting a family or ever wanting to be pregnant again. For the last 2 years or so I have had severe pain in my lower right side, right over my ovaries. I have had UltraSounds (all came back normal), a CT Scan of my abdomen (also normal) and next week I am having a Colonoscopy to see if this is related to my colon/intestine at all (I do have bowel issues as well, so I am ruling out a few other possibilities like Crohn's). However...I have never mentioned my abortion to any of my doctors. Not my Gyno, my main doctor, or the GI Specialist I was recently referred to. I am just wondering if there is anything abortion related I could be missing....and if women who have had medical abortions were successfully able to become pregnant later in life? I was 1 month along when I had mine.