I had one after my third child was born -- I was supposed to have one after my second, but my place of employment went out of business just before, completely screwing me for insurance. It's been eight years now, and I have to say that while I don't regret the choice, it was absolutely the right one at the time, sometimes I've been a little wistful at the way things turned out.
I also have to warn you that my periods got ever more erratic as time went on, and my Planned Parenthood wound up putting me on hormonal birth control for awhile to straighten them out. Seems that a large number of women who have tubals wind up having hysterectomies within ten years to solve the menstruation problems the tubals introduce. Had I known that, it wouldn't have changed my choice, but it would have given me pause.
That said, tubals are, depending on how they're done, reversible. If they only put in clamps, those can be removed and the blockage either removed or cleared. If they cut the tubes and cauterised them, which is less common now, they can be re-cut and sewn back together.
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Date: 2008-02-07 07:27 pm (UTC)I also have to warn you that my periods got ever more erratic as time went on, and my Planned Parenthood wound up putting me on hormonal birth control for awhile to straighten them out. Seems that a large number of women who have tubals wind up having hysterectomies within ten years to solve the menstruation problems the tubals introduce. Had I known that, it wouldn't have changed my choice, but it would have given me pause.
That said, tubals are, depending on how they're done, reversible. If they only put in clamps, those can be removed and the blockage either removed or cleared. If they cut the tubes and cauterised them, which is less common now, they can be re-cut and sewn back together.