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Pain, Sedation and Anesthesia - Frequently Asked Questions At the Women's Center, we believe that each and every patient deserves to have their choice of being as comfortable as possible as they undergo their abortion procedure. We find that the majority of patients do very well with minimal to no sedation. Especially if they have minimal fear or anxiety. For those patients who do not want to remember very much about the procedure we offer regular IV sedation. For patients who do not want to have any pain or a pain free procedure, we offer either Deep IV Sedation or General Anesthesia. The latter two are not offered at all of our offices and General Anesthesia is only offered certain days of the week at one or two of our facilities. Our standard regular IV Sedation is included in the surgical abortion fee. It not only helps you not remember the procedure, but it relieves anxiety and allows patients to be comfortable and relaxed as the abortion procedure is being performed. Patients respond differently to our regular IV Sedation in that some people will feel some or all of the procedure, but it will help with discomfort. For an additional fee, we offer technologically advanced IV sedation that allows patients to recover within 45 minutes to an hour and are able to drive themselves home instead of having to have an escort come with them to the office. The medications are stronger, faster acting IV sedation medications and are used to reduce pain and anxiety. This option is for patients who want to be discrete and private and not have to discuss with anyone about their termination procedure. This advanced IV sedation is usually enough to reduce anxiety, stress, and the discomfort that patients have during the surgical procedure. Over 50 percent of the patients do not recall any part of the abortion procedure.Have a Question? Dr. Pendergraft is available to answer your sexual health related question by
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