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Hello, vulva-loving superstars!
Inspired by a member suggestion, we've decided to create a directory of health care providers who are "sterilization friendly," in the style of our already-existent waxing and gynecologist directories.
Because folks seeking to become sterilized can encounter significant opposition and resistance, we thought it would be helpful for them to have access to a directory of health care providers who will consider their wishes respectfully, responsibly, and with an open mind. The plan is for this directory to be linked in the permanent procedures section of our Vulvapedia entry on non-hormonal birth control so that it can serve as a lasting and easily findable resource in the community.
So if you (by yourself or in a relationship) have had a positive experience with tubal ligation, Essure, or vasectomy and a health care provider, please share your story in a comment to this post.
For ease of browsing, please put your city (or metro area) and state/province/country in your subject line. This will let folks find local recommendations more quickly.
We'd also appreciate such details as:
1) Name of the individual or clinic.
2) How he/she/it can be contacted: website, phone number, etc.
3) The specific procedure you had: Some people are only interested in specific sterilization procedures, and regardless, it just helps to know.
4) "Bedside Manner:" How did the consultation(s) go? How comfortable -- physically and mentally -- is a visit to this person? Friendly? Professional?
5) How did you present your reasons for wanting to be sterilized? How did your doctor respond?
6) Age at the time of the consultation & procedure: This info can be especially helpful to younger people seeking such docs.
Of course, you don't have to tell us anything you're not comfortable sharing. And if you'd like to tell us something that's not listed above, you're still very welcome to do so. :)
Thanks!
Tori
For the VP Team
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**Standard Legal Disclaimer: Having this post on LJ or on our website does not constitute VP's official endorsement of any/all of the establishments listed. As with everything else VP-related, please use this resource responsibly and with your own discretion!
Inspired by a member suggestion, we've decided to create a directory of health care providers who are "sterilization friendly," in the style of our already-existent waxing and gynecologist directories.
Because folks seeking to become sterilized can encounter significant opposition and resistance, we thought it would be helpful for them to have access to a directory of health care providers who will consider their wishes respectfully, responsibly, and with an open mind. The plan is for this directory to be linked in the permanent procedures section of our Vulvapedia entry on non-hormonal birth control so that it can serve as a lasting and easily findable resource in the community.
So if you (by yourself or in a relationship) have had a positive experience with tubal ligation, Essure, or vasectomy and a health care provider, please share your story in a comment to this post.
For ease of browsing, please put your city (or metro area) and state/province/country in your subject line. This will let folks find local recommendations more quickly.
We'd also appreciate such details as:
1) Name of the individual or clinic.
2) How he/she/it can be contacted: website, phone number, etc.
3) The specific procedure you had: Some people are only interested in specific sterilization procedures, and regardless, it just helps to know.
4) "Bedside Manner:" How did the consultation(s) go? How comfortable -- physically and mentally -- is a visit to this person? Friendly? Professional?
5) How did you present your reasons for wanting to be sterilized? How did your doctor respond?
6) Age at the time of the consultation & procedure: This info can be especially helpful to younger people seeking such docs.
Of course, you don't have to tell us anything you're not comfortable sharing. And if you'd like to tell us something that's not listed above, you're still very welcome to do so. :)
Thanks!
Tori
For the VP Team
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South Bend, IN, USA
Date: 2008-01-07 11:42 pm (UTC)2. http://www.southbendclinic.com/services.aspx?id=29&locationID=29
3. Vasectomy
4. Totally disinterested; professional.
5. "I don't want children." Fine with that. (Note: two months after marriage, in case that's relevant, but I'm not sure they ever asked him.)
Re: South Bend, IN, USA
Date: 2008-01-08 12:10 am (UTC)Can I ask, if you're comfortable sharing, how old your husband (I'm assuming, yes?) was at the time of the consultation & procedure?
It's sometimes relevant, especially for younger people seeking sterilization... and, now that I think about it, it's something that I should probably edit the original post to include.
Re: South Bend, IN, USA
Date: 2008-01-08 12:17 am (UTC)Re: South Bend, IN, USA
Date: 2008-01-08 12:33 am (UTC)Sterilization Query
Date: 2008-01-08 01:05 am (UTC)Re: Sterilization Query
Date: 2008-01-08 01:46 am (UTC)Re: Sterilization Query
Date: 2008-01-08 01:56 am (UTC)Re: Sterilization Query
Date: 2008-01-08 02:53 am (UTC)And the NovaSure (http://www.novasure.com/irregular-period/heavy-bleeding.cfm) (one type of ablation procedure) website cautions:
Sorry for the novel; I loves me my Internet research. ;)
Morgantown, WV, USA
Date: 2008-01-08 01:23 am (UTC)2. http://www.womenshealthwv.com/partners.html
3. Tubal ligation
4. Friendly, but professional.
5. I told him that I'd been to many GYNs, and no one took me seriously. I told him that I'd explored other avenues of birth control, and that I did not at any time in my life want children, and he was more than all right with that.
6. 25 years old. I'm sure he would have done it earlier if I'd known about him. Only took a month from initial consult to surgery date.
Specific questions are more than welcome- contact at dreadpirateshel at gmail dot com
Re: Morgantown, WV, USA
Date: 2008-01-08 03:04 am (UTC)Lafayette, Louisiana
Date: 2008-01-08 03:06 pm (UTC)2) 337-216-0000
3) Tubal Ligation
4) He has AMAZING bedside manner. He's young-ish. He delivered both of my children also.
5) I asked for a tubal ligation to be done while I was in the hospital after the delivery of my second child, but he couldn't do it at that time. There's a 30 day waiting period after you sign the consent forms, and I had her too early. I had it done a few months later.
6) I was 22 at the time of the sterilization, but I signed the consent form at age 21.
Fredericksburg, VA
Date: 2008-08-16 04:52 am (UTC)2. (540) 374-3100
3. tubal ligation (She is Essure-certified for those interested in that procedure instead.)
4. She is very professional and knowledgeable.
5. I have never wanted children. As a vegan I have too many ethical issues with most other forms of birth control, I don't trust the FAM, and condoms alone aren't enough. Also, I'm uncomfortable with the idea of having all those synthetic hormones in my body.
6. Consultation: 24; Procedure: 25 (a little over a month between the two)
no subject
Date: 2009-07-30 12:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-30 04:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-18 06:34 am (UTC)Mary Mahoney, Riverside in Minneapolis.
2) How he/she/it can be contacted: website, phone number, etc.
612-273-7111
3) The specific procedure you had: Some people are only interested in specific sterilization procedures, and regardless, it just helps to know.
Single-port laparoscopy.
4) "Bedside Manner:" How did the consultation(s) go? How comfortable -- physically and mentally -- is a visit to this person? Friendly? Professional?
She was far and away the single most respectful doctor I talked to about sterilization. She did try to make sure I was serious, but she told me right away that she will certainly perform the sterilization for me.
5) How did you present your reasons for wanting to be sterilized? How did your doctor respond?
I told her I had known for a long time that I never wanted children. I also informed her that I'd had serious reactions to hormonal birth control, and I had been deemed a bad candidate for a copper IUD.
6) Age at the time of the consultation & procedure: This info can be especially helpful to younger people seeking such docs.
23 years old and childfree.