since you mentioned a vasectomy being less invasive, i was wondering if you've heard of Essure? it's a permanent BC for women where they insert [what looks like] a ball-point pen spring in your tubes and scar tissue forms over them, closing them up. it involves no surgery and is done right in your dr's office. takes a few minutes and there is no "recovery times" since there's nothing to recover from. this is already practiced overseas and Australia (where many BC methods have already been approved, though acceptance tends to lag here in the states). they've submitted their application to the FDA and are expected to be approved by the turn of the year. if you feel like waiting a until it's available here, maybe it's something to consider? or you could always take a nice trip down under and visit the croc hunter on a little sterilization trip -=]
here are some links: http://www1.mydr.com.au/default.asp?article=3223 http://www.shinesa.org.au/shine/article_detail.stm?ref_id=242&ban_id=2 (have to scroll a bit)
the homepage (http://www.essure.com.au/static/what.html) offers excellent info on all three PBC options, along with a thorough FAQs section (http://www.essure.com.au/static/faq.html).
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Date: 2002-08-22 09:59 pm (UTC)here are some links:
http://www1.mydr.com.au/default.asp?article=3223
http://www.shinesa.org.au/shine/article_detail.stm?ref_id=242&ban_id=2 (have to scroll a bit)
the homepage (http://www.essure.com.au/static/what.html) offers excellent info on all three PBC options, along with a thorough FAQs section (http://www.essure.com.au/static/faq.html).
good luck.