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However, majority 276 (66.3%) of respondents had abortion in the first trimester period.
Seventy-six (18.2%) of respondents had induced abortion during the early second trimester period between the gestational age of 13 and 20 weeks whereas the remaining four (1%) were terminated between 21 and 28 weeks during late second trimester period.
Moreover, different delaying factors may affect the women not to seek early abortion care in the first trimester period.
Further qualitative investigation is needed on underlying factors why women make late decision to terminate their pregnancy in the second trimester period.
Women who did not plan their pregnancy had mentioned different reasons why they did not seek early abortion service in the first trimester period.
In sub-Saharan Africa from overall unsafe abortion complications, 2/3 of them are attributable to the second trimester period [ 11].
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Gestational length was used to calculate the pregnancy trimester periods.
sFLT-1 levels did not change significantly in placental extracts between early and late first-trimester periods, Placental extract contained very low concentrations of free VEGF and they did not change with advancing gestational age (figure 3d).
Most exposures documented here occurred in the periconception and first-trimester periods, a critical time for the fetus because first-trimester exposure is generally associated with an increased rate of occurrence of malformations [ 18].
In addition, women who use mefloquine prophylaxis may experience unplanned pregnancy and need advice on the safety of the prescribed antimalarial drug, particularly with regard to its teratogenic potential in the periconception and first-trimester periods, and information on fetal loss (spontaneous abortion and stillbirth).
Some women choose to stay off antidepressants during the first trimester, the period of fetal organ formation, although many will relapse before the end of the trimester.
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