This is Essure, a relatively new non-hormonal birth control device (been around about five years). It is placed in your Fallopian tubes and over time, it creates scar tissue which will block the eggs from being available to sperm.
They tout this as being a better alternative to getting your tubes tied. There’s no incision and the recovery time is minimal. You go in during a doctor’s visit, they stick a tube with a camera up your vagina, through the uterus and up into the tubes. Then they place the device in each tube. Three months later you’re tested to make sure the barrier is complete. The process is not reversible, so you better be darned sure before undergoing this procedure.
I was a little weirded out when I got my IUD, but I am surely not ballsy enough to have them film it and show it on national TV like Dove, a 32-year-old mother of two, did last week on The Doctors.
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Do you think this is a good option? Would you consider using this?
So wait…I’m confused…what’s the difference between this and getting your tubes tied? How is it any different, because there is no incision? I thought you had answered my prayers since I had to get my Mirena removed but if the docs won’t let me tie my tubes, they wouldn’t let me do this either! Blah lol
I think with getting your tubes tied, they actually cut and burn your Fallopian tubes. With Essure, it’s just creating a bunch of scar tissue that will block the eggs. Make sense?
Yeah I get it, even though I can get it :-/
I am seriously contemplating this when I’m ready to permanently shut things down, but I’ll be following the research on it over the next few years. I enjoyed my IUD so much I plan to head right back to it since it worked so well for me.
Hummm… this is interesting. I don’t know how I feel about it yet. Well, not that I am thinking about closing the baby factory any time soon, but I just don’t know. Like a previous commenter, I think I’d have to follow it and see how it works out for women in the long run. I guess an alternative to having to be cut is good, but… I just don’t know, lol.
I hate to put a damper on the IUD supporters, but my bestie just had to have major surgery from complications from doctors improperly inserting it. Don’t quote me but it was placed in her uterine wall or something and caused toxic build-up…anyway she is not in good shape right now
I don’t even like taking birth control pills, so I have no idea how to stop from becoming a baby factory once I marry lol. I refuse to get the shot and am not disciplined enough to be consistent on the pill…*sigh*…
Oh and to answer the question…nope, intentially creating scar tissue as a form of blockage doesn’t sit right with me.
@ Jonsei – I hope your friend is okay and has a quick recovery.
Yup, I’ve heard about all the risks associated with the IUD, but I was willing to take it. I’ve been through every other form of birth control (other than the shot) and I didn’t want something I’d have to worry about every day or every month or a few times a year. I wanted the baby factory to be over so I chose something a little more long term. There are pros and cons to everything but I can’t do nothing. I’m sooo done with being pregnant. LOL.