Quick q on sterilisation

neneromanova

When you all talk about sterilization, do you mean scooping out the womb or just chopping the tubes? I'd be all for a hysterectomy so I don't have any more periods I really want to be sterilized but I've been told its a really big operation and there could be complications.

GoldenShadow

I think it will depend on where you live/your GP and your age a little too. Best bet is to speak to the GP. You could always try your Health Visitor too, she might know someone who felt similar and asked their GP etc.

Pollycat wrote: »

I'm just wondering why the OP asked the question on here instead of asking her GP.

I appreciate the thread was started on a Saturday evening at 7:44pm so she wouldn't have been able to ask her GP there and then - but it's hardly something that just occurs to you whilst sitting watching BGT.

Some people really worry about wasting a GP's time. My GP has told me to go back in two weeks many times and I never make the appointment because I feel bad taking up his time. Maybe OP thought everyone would say NO WAY would your GP say that's even possible and therefore not bother taking time out/someone to watch the baby to go. There is always talk of people 'wasting' NHS resources, I daresay that resonates for some.

bylromarha

Thanks all for your responses. It's clear there is no one size fits all answer and that's what I needed to know.

Thanks.

Savvy_Sue

neneromanova wrote: »

When you all talk about sterilization, do you mean scooping out the womb or just chopping the tubes? I'd be all for a hysterectomy so I don't have any more periods I really want to be sterilized but I've been told its a really big operation and there could be complications.

By sterilisation, I mean clipping the tubes, which is really simple in the grand scheme of things. Mine should have been a day job, but I always throw up after a general anaesthetic, and they wouldn't let me home until I stopped, so DH had to bring DS3 into hospital to stay the night as he was still breastfeeding at night.

There are easier ways of stopping heavy periods than having a hysterectomy, which is much more major surgery and can take a long time to get over. After sterilisation I had a Mirena coil fitted because I had a polyps which was causing very heavy periods. If it had been a fibroid they could have removed it. That's not the only option, there's a whole page of stuff here, I'd have a read of that and head back to the GP to ask for the next stage of treatment.

Pollycat wrote: »

I'm just wondering why the OP asked the question on here instead of asking her GP.

I appreciate the thread was started on a Saturday evening at 7:44pm so she wouldn't have been able to ask her GP there and then - but it's hardly something that just occurs to you whilst sitting watching BGT.

GoldenShadow wrote: »

Some people really worry about wasting a GP's time. My GP has told me to go back in two weeks many times and I never make the appointment because I feel bad taking up his time. Maybe OP thought everyone would say NO WAY would your GP say that's even possible and therefore not bother taking time out/someone to watch the baby to go. There is always talk of people 'wasting' NHS resources, I daresay that resonates for some.

I don't think the OP is asking for herself. Could be wrong ...

meritaten

neneromanova wrote: »

When you all talk about sterilization, do you mean scooping out the womb or just chopping the tubes? I'd be all for a hysterectomy so I don't have any more periods I really want to be sterilized but I've been told its a really big operation and there could be complications.

then nener - you could ask for a thermal ablation. if its just the period which you don't want.

gettingtheresometime

I was told many moons ago that I wouldn't be allowed to be sterilised as I only had one child and 'might' change my mind.

20 odd years later I still only have the one child

onlyroz

bylromarha wrote: »

If someone goes to the GPs 5 months after their first baby is born requesting a sterilsation, will the surgery act on that immediately or tell her to wait until baby is at least a year old?

I enquired about sterilisation and I was told that in my area they don't usually do it for women - because the male equivalent operation is so much simpler, and there are also a number of highly effective long-term contraceptive options available.

VfM4meplse

peachyprice wrote: »

Some women actually enjoy sex.

Some of us enjoy deprivating men of rations in some-or-other-fashion more

raven83

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Some of us enjoy deprivating men of rations in some-or-other-fashion more

Then don't cry when he goes elsewhere!;)