Coming to Early Options is the lowest-risk medical experience available to you. We are highly diligent about preventing infection at our office. We disinfect the entire office, including the private exam rooms between each patient.

We screen our patients before they visit us and you do not see any other patients or people aside from Dr. Fleischman. It is strictly one-on-one care.

You will need to come to the Early Options office unless you're eligible for the research study. If you qualify, the pills may be mailed to you.

Please be aware that this requires significantly more administrative work and follow up. 

You will need to come to the Early Options office unless you're eligible for the research study. If you qualify we can mail the pills to you.

Please be aware that this requires significantly more administrative work and follow up's.

Yes.

If you are under 10 weeks pregnant the bleeding is manageable. Urgent bleeding issues are extremely rare. If there is any ongoing heavy bleeding you would come into the office for evaluation.

We're on call 24/7. It is extremely rare that you would require any emergency assistance while going through the miscarriage process. If you're having unusual bleeding or the doctor feels you need evaluation we expect that you would come to Early Options. If it is a true emergency she would recommend you go to the emergency room. Most issues are not urgent, and evaluation at Early Options is strongly preferred.

• If your periods aren't regular
• You are not sure of the first day of your last normal period
• You're nearing 10 weeks' pregnant
• You are experiencing pain and/or bleeding

Early pregnancy is defined as less than 12 weeks pregnant.  If you have missed only one or two periods, it is likely that you are early.   

You can know how far along you are by calculating the number of days from the first day of your last normal period to today.

For example, if the first day of your last normal period was 42 days ago, medically you would be 6 weeks pregnant.

SofTouch® is a 2-5 minute procedure specifically designed for women seeking to end an early pregnancy, which is a pregnancy at 12 weeks or less.  

It's done on a regular exam table (like a Pap test) and you can have a companion by your side.

This noninvasive method involves a small, hand-held device that quietly brings a natural release of your menstrual flow.

It's not surgery, so you can eat and drink normally before and after the procedure.  It only takes about 20 minutes until you are recovered and ready to go about your day.  

SofTouch can also be used to treat an early miscarriage, or to treat an incomplete surgical abortion.

SofTouch® is the Early Options brand of a Manual Vacuum Aspiration Procedure (MVA).

Both the Abortion Pill and MVA are recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the safest early abortion options.

You can get the SofTouch procedure the first week you miss your period, but it is best to wait until one week after you miss your period.  If it's completed too early it often requires follow up blood tests to know that it's complete.  

We highly recommend doing SofTouch between 5-12 weeks so that you have a   a clear resolution when you leave our office.

You will meet with Dr. Fleischman in person or via video chat.  She will review your medical concerns and personal situation and together you will come up with the option that best fits you.

You can take the Abortion Pills as early as when you have a positive pregnancy test.  However,  if you are choosing the no test option,  it's helpful to have pregnancy symptoms before taking them. The decrease of symptoms indicates a successful abortion and no follow up will be required.

Dr. Fleischman will review this with you during your consultation. If you're a good candidate for the research study the pills can be mailed to you.   Please be aware that this options requires a significant amount of additional administrative work and follow up.

We understand everybody's concerns, but we can assure you that our building is safe and our office has the lowest contagion risk. There is little to no traffic coming in and out of the building and there is parking available nearby.