Getting my Tubes tied

[nuttychick]

Damn these tossers with the ads are getting annoying..
Wish they would all bugger off and find some other site
to put their utter crap on lol

[demonbuttercup]

Also.. who's gonna pay for the surgery?
I mean I don't know how much it is.. but I would doubt that insurance would pay for such an elective surgery at such a young age.. hell my insurance barely paid ANY on my BC pills! but that's another rant all together! lol
I agree w/ the rest... do something like an IUD that is long term but not permanent... and don't let your mom sway you. Of course she's not wanting you to become a mother now.. but I am sure her opinion will change in say 5-7 yrs!

[LustyLisa]

Look into Mirena, it's a more temporary solution and can be either emoved or replaced in 5 yrs depending on what your feelings are down the road. Most Dr's in the states won't do a permanent sterilization on women under 30 who have never had a child or they have health issues that makes pregnancy unsafe.

[KMB]

I just read that article on the Main Page of the site, I'm having second thoughts on getting my tubes tied, I'm worried I'll get pregnant anyway and it may turn into something so negative. But I'll still think about it, just saying that just hit me that getting your tubes tied doesn't always work.

[Brandye]

I doubt that any doctor would perform a ligation on an 18 yo in the absence of other medical conditions making pregnancy dangerous. (Full disclosure: I have never been married and had my tubes tied in my early thirties.) The iud could be a good choice but there are doctors who will not put one in for a very young non-parous woman. This old rule of thumb is being relaxed somewhat. The most effective, and reversible and most commonly used contraception for an 18 yo woman, are the hormonal methods - pill or ring.

You need to see a counselor at Planned Parenthood or discuss this with your doctor so that you are certain you have considered all available methods. Parents pushing ligation for an unmarried daughter? I cannot imagine such a thing.

Remember getting your tubes tied is generally considered permanent. Both the failure rate of the ligation and the success rate of repairing it are overstated in the article on the opening page. The failure rate is closer to one percent of one percent (one in 10000) and the success rate of repairing the damage varies tremendously from study to study.

[lnt1103]

I still urge you to tell your mother what she can do with herself, and not make any permanent (or even mostly permanent but maybe not) decisions at this stage of your life.

[EvilEvilKitten]

STOP

Do NOT get your tubes tied.
You most likely will NOT be a terrible mother.
You also most likely will NOT be with your current boyfriend when you do finally decide to have children esp since you two have only been together for a year and a half.

STAY on the BCPs and finish college and then get on with building a rich satisfying individual life for yourself. You have to have that BEFORE you can invite anyone else to share it with you.

Your current focus upon your reproduction is PREMATURE to say the least.
You should be discussing your career opportunities, not possible babies.
Career, marriage, kids - there's a reason behind the order. See paragraph 2 above.

[ValCleand]

Bonjour to all of you, I'm new on that forum. Thankyou for being a part of so nice community. SeeYa.

[MissCarmen]

Oh gosh, that is a terrible suggestion from your mother. Just take birth control like the pill or like someone said, mirena and you will be fine. You are too young to do such an extreme thing. Shame on her for suggesting such a thing! Good luck young lady!

[KMB]

I'm on the Birth Control pill, and man I'm so excited, even though it's scary loosing your virginity sometimes I think it's Fearless and sacraficing if you love someone so much. Me and my beau are ready. About time!! lol