Salpingectomy

[Anonymous]

Strongly considering a bilateral salpingectomy, only thing stopping me is my immense fear of general anesthesia.

Share experiences, please! Would love to know about downtime, pain, scarring, and if it affected your cycle at all (which it's not supposed to).

[Anonymous]

Bumping this up

If you search DCUM for “tubes tied”, there are a few threads posted, for example:


https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1091442.page#23676588

[Anonymous]

Nope. Don’t do it. He can get a the snip.

[Anonymous]

My sister and SIL got their tubes tied during their C-sections. I had vaginal deliveries and my husband got a vasectomy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Don’t do it. He can get a the snip.

This. For him it's a 5 minute procedure in the doctors office. I sat next to and watched my DH vasectomy it was so fast and easy.

[Anonymous]

I had this procedure several years ago. I have a strong family history of ovarian cancer, which often isn't caught until it's very advanced, and recent studies have shown that the most aggressive forms almost always start in the tubes. So mine was due to this reason and not for birth control. Surgery was easy and recovery was as well. It's a laparoscopic surgery where gas is used to inflate your abdominal cavity, and the most uncomfortable part of recovery for me was waiting for all of that gas to exit. I had had a laparoscopic surgery before and this one was similar. I did get a UTI following the surgery, which was likely due to an error or lack of sterility when my catheter was inserted (which happened after I was already under anesthesia, so I have no memory of it). That was the most annoying part of the entire experience.

Overall I'm very glad I did it. No notable changes in my cycles since. No scarring either (silicone scar tape works very well).

[Anonymous]

Same as 12:13, I had mine out due to a family history of ovarian cancer which is thought to start in the tubes. No complications other than the fact that I was on my period for like, 6-8 weeks afterward. Kind of like after you give birth. So I’d advise not doing it in the spring or summer because I don’t think you’re supposed to wear a tampon after.