Hi there, I had an abortion in 2009. After 2 weeks, I was supposed to go back to the clinic for 2 week check-up which I skipped for some personal reason. It s been 3 years now and I have not had any sexual check-up or have seen any gyno after that abortion. But recently I found out that the follow-up checkup is quite important which I have pasted below: WWW.WWWW.WW How important is that 2 week check-up afterwards? It s VERY important! Why? It s important that a doctor check you out, and make sure there is no infection in your uterus . It s important to see if you are healing properly It s important to see that your cervix has closed completely - this takes two weeks or longer after an abortion. Once your cervix has returned to it s normal closed state,then it is safe for you to swim, take a bath, have intercourse, ect. When your cervix is still open , there is a chance that bacteria can get up into your uterus, and cause painful and possibly damaging infections. It s important to make sure that the abortion was complete . Sometimes there are cases where tissue is still retained - it can be called a missed abortion , or an incomplete abortion . This is serious if it does happen, and usually requires you to immediately undergo another D&C to remove the remaining tissue. Don t avoid the checkup, it could lead to serious pain and complications later! Well, so far I haven t had any side effects, pain or unexplained bleeding except maybe decline in my lust and irregular period which doesn t seem too much of a problem to me. My question is that:Will it affect me in my future if I wanna conceive? Will I be able to conceive at all? And as I don t seem to have any problems, does it mean my cervix is properly closed? Also, my current partner has no idea about it and I wanna keep it that way, so if I visit a gyno or some doctor will they instantly know that I have had abortion? Please give me some answer, I will really appreciate it.Thanks.