Sterilisation- any age limit for private?

Happydaze

Have you considered mirena coil as an alternative? I went to gynea clinic when I was 32 (with 2 kids) with the intention of sterilisation but after lots of discussion & reading decided this was a better option than sterilisation and haven't looked back since then!!
Perhaps you could use a coil for a couple of years then if you are still sure about sterilisation it could be an option a couple of years down the line.

pboae

ceridwen wrote: »

I'm a bit confused by that comment "the more damage they do" - in order to do the operation at a younger age???

I was under 30 at the time and it all seemed very straightforward to me - I was shown 2 clips (much the same length as hairgrips - but a bit thicker) and told "we will be clipping your tubes with 2 of these".

There are 3 main methods, Filshie Clips, wich you had, cutting and tying, or burning and sealing electrically. There is also a 4th method, essure, but that's quite new. The clips is the easiest to reverse.

Using any one method is more likely to fail in a younger woman than an older one. So some clinics try to avoid that by doubling up, for example burning and clipping, or burning a much larger portion of the fallopian tube.

In under 30's the failure rate of sterilisation is virtually the same as IUD, impant or injection.

ceridwen

pboae wrote: »

There are 3 main methods, Filshie Clips, wich you had, cutting and tying, or burning and sealing electrically. There is also a 4th method, essure, but that's quite new. The clips is the easiest to reverse.

Using any one method is more likely to fail in a younger woman than an older one. So some clinics try to avoid that by doubling up, for example burning and clipping, or burning a much larger portion of the fallopian tube.

In under 30's the failure rate of sterilisation is virtually the same as IUD, impant or injection.

Ah...I remember them telling me that the failure rate was 0.1% as I recall (and, as I was on the Pill at the time, where I had been told the failure rate was 1% - I thought that was a good deal). They also told me that if I was the one that came up on that 0.1% failure rate - then they would put matters right free of charge - ie do the abortion and then re-do the sterilisation. Well - it worked perfectly - so there was no question of a "re-visit" anyway - and I come from a very "fertile" family. I have no doubt at all that I would have had my two children and LOTS more as well if I had let Nature "take its course" - NO CHANCE:eek:

I always knew that I basically had two choices:
Either totally effective contraception (backed up by an abortion if I had ever needed it - which I didnt)
OR
- live the life of a nun

Otherwise I would have ended up with those hordes of children - ill/fat/broke and furious...