Tubal ligation & side effects

vraiblonde · Apr 25, 2007

kwillia said:
Cute story. A lady I worked with gifted herself with tubal ligation for her 40th birthday. She went to her doc at the age of 42 with "female troubles" and was thinking early menopause. Instead she ended up hearing she was pregnant... oopsie... she gave birth to a baby girl just before her 43rd birthday.

That is NOT a cute story :bonk:

kwillia · Apr 25, 2007

vraiblonde said:
That is NOT a cute story

I know! But didn't it grab ya! :killingme

It's really a freaking nightmare, but it's true just the same she has two 20-something sons and now she's approaching 45 and has a toddler. :faint:

bcp · Apr 25, 2007

vraiblonde said:
That is NOT a cute story

was it an unfortunate looking child?

BadGirl · Apr 25, 2007

vraiblonde said:
That is NOT a cute story

I think it is. :blushing:

cattitude · Apr 25, 2007

I had it done 22 years ago..no muss/no fuss. HOWEVER, ended up with awful endometriosis 10 years later and had to have a hysterectomy because the lesions were so bad. There is a connection. All in all, not a bad experience. The hysterectomy was a breeze. BUT, for 3 years prior to the hysterectomy, I was in agony most of the time.

BadGirl · Apr 25, 2007

kwillia said:
I know! But didn't it grab ya! It's really a freaking nightmare, but it's true just the same she has two 20-something sons and now she's approaching 45 and has a toddler.

And just what is wrong with that? :tap:

Wenchy · Apr 25, 2007

BadGirl said:
And just what is wrong with that?

Nothing. You didn't have any earlier in life.

If I got preggers now, I would ask my daughter if she wanted to adopt it.

kwillia · Apr 25, 2007

BadGirl said:
And just what is wrong with that?

Your case varies because you hadn't raised any kids yet and therefore didn't reach a point in life where you knew you didn't want to do it ever again thus think you were permanently preventing it from happening only to find out you were now part of the 1% failure rate statistic. :faint:

As for the approaching 45 with a toddler on your hands part... :jameo:

nicole_M · Apr 25, 2007

I had my tubal ligation done after my twins were born via c-section.

They just turned 2 on Saturday and about a year ago is when I stopped having the sharp shooting pains. About 6 weeks after they did it, when I started getting my period again, it was pretty painful....Like shooting pains, that quickly came and went. Happened every month for a little over a year but honestly I cannot say I have felt any pain in awhile.

Good Luck tomorrow! :huggy:

I have had no other side affects from it besides that. I am still in my 20's so I don't know if/when it will ever affect me in any other way.

bcp · Apr 25, 2007

I almost had it done once.
but then they realized that they were in the wrong room and it was the women in the next room over.

bet that would have messed with the surgeon that opened me up.

crabcake · Apr 25, 2007

bcp said:
I almost had it done once.
but then they realized that they were in the wrong room and it was the women in the next room over.

bet that would have messed with the surgeon that opened me up.

HERMAPHRODITE!

crabcake · Apr 25, 2007

Thanks to everyone for their input. I know this is something I've been wanting to do ... I just can't see me "starting over" with a newborn at this point with DQ turning 9 this summer. :nono:

So I appreciate all the experiences and info.

Just curious ... has anyone waited a period of time after having their kid/s to have one? In other words, not in conjunction with delivery?

cattitude · Apr 25, 2007

Yeah, my youngest was two when I had it done.

kwillia · Apr 25, 2007

crabcake said:
Thanks to everyone for their input. I know this is something I've been wanting to do ... I just can't see me "starting over" with a newborn at this point with DQ turning 9 this summer. So I appreciate all the experiences and info.

Just curious ... has anyone waited a period of time after having their kid/s to have one? In other words, not in conjunction with delivery?

My youngest was approaching two when I decided to have it done as outpatient surgery.

Nickel · Apr 25, 2007

crabcake said:
Thanks to everyone for their input. I know this is something I've been wanting to do ... I just can't see me "starting over" with a newborn at this point with DQ turning 9 this summer. So I appreciate all the experiences and info.

Just curious ... has anyone waited a period of time after having their kid/s to have one? In other words, not in conjunction with delivery?

Not me, obviously, but my mom had it done when the baby of the family was 7. She was fine, no complications at all. That was 5 years ago.

morganj614 · Apr 25, 2007

My youngest was 3 when I had it done but like Catt, I had scarring, endometriosis and fibroids that ended in a hysterectomy 4 years later.

The only thing better than a tubal is ending the bleeding :lol:

cattitude · Apr 25, 2007

morganj614 said:
My youngest was 3 when I had it done but like Catt, I had scarring, endometriosis and fibroids that ended in a hysterectomy 4 years later.

The only thing better than a tubal is ending the bleeding

Exactly my issues. Woke up one morning and it looked like the horsehead scene in the Godfather..minus the horsehead. :dead:

Seriously, CC..you should read up on the endometriosis connection. From the time I was 15, I skated through periods..never a cramp..pms..nada until AFTER the tubal.

CMC122 · Apr 25, 2007

I was advised against having it done because I had such bad menses and permenopause crap when I had #3 4 years ago. Although "studies" say it doesn't change your menses for alot of women it does. It may or MAY NOT increase cramps and flow.

My problems(adenomiosis, perimenopause, fibroids and thickening of the epithealial lining) got so bad that I had a hysterctomy 12 days ago :diva:

And most of the problems and pain that I had been living with for the last 2 years is gone :getdown:

I can't wait to get released to do things so I can get back to the old me :banana:

crabcake · Apr 25, 2007

cattitude said:
Exactly my issues. Woke up one morning and it looked like the horsehead scene in the Godfather..minus the horsehead.

Seriously, CC..you should read up on the endometriosis connection. From the time I was 15, I skated through periods..never a cramp..pms..nada until AFTER the tubal.

I'll definately look into that. One article I read had a LOT of women who complained about excessive bleeding/cramping after their TL that went on for months (hell, that's why I got the IUD taken out). But then again, the article/forum solicited input from women who experienced problems with bleeding post-TL. I don't expect those who didn't have problems to respond. :ohwell:

cattitude · Apr 25, 2007

crabcake said:
I'll definately look into that. One article I read had a LOT of women who complained about excessive bleeding/cramping after their TL that went on for months (hell, that's why I got the IUD taken out). But then again, the article/forum solicited input from women who experienced problems with bleeding post-TL. I don't expect those who didn't have problems to respond.

I never connected the two until I went to a specialist who did the hysterecomy. He was at Hopkins..now he runs the Womens Center at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. He was one of the few ob/gyns that was doing the laparoscopic hysterectomy. He was awesome and he was the one who clued me into the side effects of the tubal...side effects that a lot of women dismiss as just getting older.

http://www.mdmercy.com/hospitalservices/mediarelations/profiles/rosenshein.html

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