Advice about tubal ligation please?!
Question: I am considering a tubal ligation as I am now 36 and definitely don't want to have more children (I have 2). What is the surgery and pain like afterwards? How did it affect your life otherwise? Thank you!
Answers: I am considering a tubal ligation as I am now 36 and definitely don't want to have more children (I have 2). What is the surgery and pain like afterwards? How did it affect your life otherwise? Thank you!
The surgery requires only about 3 stitches, usually in your belly button, and you go home the same day, I have never had a patient complain of severe post-op pain, you may require strong pain meds for only a day or two. But, please consider this, a large percentage of women who have tubal ligation end up with horrible, irregular, painful, heavy, etc. periods after their surgery. Then you end up having to take birth control pills to lighten and regulate your period, or you might end up with a hysterectomy if the pill doesn't work. Don't know about you, but I thought most women who get a tubal do so so that they don't have to take a pill everyday! So, you pay tons of $ for the tubal surgery, and still end up on birth control pills! The Dr. I work for has stopped doing that surgery because a vast majority of our patients ended up having to have a hyst. due to the problems with their periods(and it's not got anything to do with the way she performed the procedure) even patients that come in as new patients with a prior tubal done by another Dr. have needed a hyst for bleeding. There are many Dr.'s who refer to it as "Tubal Ligation Syndrome" you night find more info about it on the internet.
I had laproscopic (sp?) and was all better after a few weeks. It has been AWESOME to have the freedom of not worrying about birth control!! I highly recommend the procedure.
hello....i just had my tubal about a month ago.post-op pain was very tolerable for me,slight cramping,a little bloating from the gas they use in your belly.i was out of the hospital the same day.you need to use protection/birth control for a few months following a tubal.i am a BABY when it comes to the slightest pain,but i was only slightly uncomfortable post-op.good luck!
I had a tubal ligation and 6 years later got pregnant. When my daughter was born, the doctors from Cleveland Clinic were amazed to see that the procedure was still in tact and I was holding a baby girl! Just remember that if God wants you to have more children, He can arrange it! My son was 18 1/2 years old when she was born! He was going in the Marines.