[identity profile] frolicnaked.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] vaginapagina
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!

South Bend, IN, USA

Date: 2008-01-07 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] x-hypatia-x.livejournal.com
1. South Bend Clinic
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.)

Sterilization Query

Date: 2008-01-08 01:05 am (UTC)
marlinkhylacat: Screenshot of Marin smiling in the sky, from the secret ending of Link's Awakening. (Girl Genius {Gilgamesh is curious....})
From: [personal profile] marlinkhylacat
This is a wonderful idea! I notice you've listed three sterilization procedures--is there a reason why ablation isn't included? (If it doesn't already fall into one of these categories....I don't know much about it myself, not having had it done, but I've heard of quite a few people using it for sterilization.)

Re: Sterilization Query

Date: 2008-01-08 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] h0rsegurrrl.livejournal.com
Ablation can lessen the possibility of pregnancy, but it is not a sterilization procedure in and of itself. Pregnancy isn't usually safe after an ablation, so it's done if a patient is already sterilized (sometimes the procedures are done at the same time), but it isn't terribly effective at preventing pregnancy by itself. It's used to lessen blood loss and/or stop periods.

Re: Sterilization Query

Date: 2008-01-08 01:56 am (UTC)
marlinkhylacat: Screenshot of Marin smiling in the sky, from the secret ending of Link's Awakening. (Discworld {Politically-...sorta-close?})
From: [personal profile] marlinkhylacat
Ah, thanks! That's exactly what I wondered!

Morgantown, WV, USA

Date: 2008-01-08 01:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreadpirateshel.livejournal.com
1. Dr. Tom Harman, Partners in Women's Health Care
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

Lafayette, Louisiana

Date: 2008-01-08 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gooeytummy03.livejournal.com
1) Dr. Frank Caillet
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)
From: [identity profile] herbivore613.livejournal.com
1. Dr. Leslie Meyer, Rappahannock Women's Health Center
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)

Date: 2009-07-30 12:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kat144.livejournal.com
Is it possible to post here anonymously? I want to share, I just don't relish the idea of posting my location and names of my personal doctors on the public 'net...but would gladly do so without my user name attached.

Date: 2012-08-18 06:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilin-unite.livejournal.com
1) Name of the individual or clinic.
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.

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