ESSURE (and hello, btw! )
Hey everyone. It has been eons since I posted here and I apologise profusely for just jumping right in with a questoins for you all, but I am needing some opinions I know I can count on.
So I am ready for permanent birth control. I am so done having kids that, well, I'm done. That is not the part I am wondering about.
What I am wondering about is this: have any of you had Essure done or know anyone who has had this done?
It sounds ideal, but it is relatively new (less than a decade old) and I woudl hate to have it fail me and get pregnant at 45 or to have it cause some horriffic ailment later on down the road.
For background, I am TERRIFIED of general anesthetic and have very low blood pressure so it is doubly (is that a word?)risky for me. So the tubal is not the best choice for me. My husband WILL NOT get fixed. I have tried EVERYTHING, and he won't do it because, well, because he is a wimp about needles and pain.
So here is the info on Essure: Http://www.essure.com
what do you all think?
And HI everyone, I have missed you all! : )
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on the birth control tip, but I sure do miss ya!
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It was presented along with tubal ligation in our birth control class.
And, while your husband may be a very nice guy, may I point out after bearing his children, the LEAST he could do is go through a vasectomy, which is a much more minor operation than the essure. It really bugs me when men think that is too much of a procedure (it is outpatient, requires no general anesthesia)after their wife / partner has had babies.
Sunflower the unflower
Sunflower the unflower
Risks of the Essure procedure
* Perforation, expulsion, or other unsatisfactory location of the micro-insert
* Pregnancy & theoretical increased risk of ectopic pregnancy
* Risks associated with anesthesia
* Pain, cramping, vaginal bleeding, menstrual pattern changes
* Nausea/vomiting, or fainting
* Vasovagal response
I don't know, it is risky. But much better than geting your tubes tied.
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Unpleasant discharge?
the nausea and the voimting and fainting are from anesthetic, which I will refuse. They soemtimes give you a valium to calm you donw, but I woudln't do that.
And what the heck is vasovagal response?! I remember the vagal having something to do with blood supply to the brain, but I've forgotten what it is exactly... that sound s a little creepy... doesn't anyone here want to be a guinea pig for me? huh? : )
I looked at the website, and the part I found vague was this: "during the first 3 months following the procedure, your body and the micro-inserts work together to form a tissue barrier". I wish they were more specific about what your body is doing. What sort of tissue? I suppose I just have negative associations with blockages in pipes of any sort, to say nothing of "tissue growth". However, I would definitely prefer this to getting my tubes tied. No incisions is a huge plus. In either case, what happens to the eggs that the ovaries presumably are still releasing? do they get reabsorbed by the body, or do they become a part of that "tissue"? I'm probably really showing my ignorance here...
I hadn't heard of this procedure before, so I'm glad you posted about it. I may consider it down the road. My husband is another vasectomy refusnik, and if it makes you feel better about yours, I only wish his excuse was being a wimp. When I suggested it, he said "what if, god forbid, you and the boys should die. I would want to be able to have children again" Sheesh -- glad you've got all your bases covered.
Anyway, good luck with your decision.
I'm in the same boat: enough kids; chicken husband.
I'm tempted by essure, as I got a big runaround from different offices, trying to get a tubal. My fear is the "tissue" is scar tissue. When does it stop forming? I am afraid of endometriosis.
I have an appt. next week for a 10yr iud. When it expires, I will research essure again, and see if there are any unexpected side effects.
Sacr tissue and enodmetriosis are two very different thigns... endo is a build up of uterine tissues. Scar tissue is tissue that forms when there is an injury sauch as a small metal thingie stuckinto a sensative place on your body... I had thought about the IUD, too, but It seems just as creepy to me as the essure.. The woman teaching the BC class I went to said that Essure has been used successfully in Europe for over 15 years,but I couldn't find any evidence of that on the website.
I still don't know...
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I honestly have never heard of essure. Have you considered an IUD? I am the queen of unplanned pregnancies, and my doc showed me the stats on accidental pregnancy with IUD use, which is actually lower than with sterilization (I have no idea how that works, but the numbers are pretty convincing). I love mine. I, too, have a partner who's a big wuss about vasectomies - this seemed like the easiest option to work with.
I also agree with Sunflower - it just KILLS me that after giving birth vaginally and having a c-section that this would be an issue. But there you go.
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