Hello! After giving birth to my third child (husband and I have 7 children all together), we had decided that we were done having children. I visited my ob gyn and went over my options. He recommended the ‘Essure’ . As you didn’t have to be completely put under and wouldn’t need to be cut or go through laser. I agreed. It stated it was 99.9% effective. I did as I was told.
After I had the procedure done, I did the depo shot as birth control for 3 months and condoms. After 3 months I went in and had them do a scan to see if the Fallopian tubed had scar up around the Essure coils. My results came back stating my tubes were blocked and the procedure was a success. It was great. Until about a year later, we found out I was pregnant. We were devastated . I have per-menopausal symptoms. The doctor could care less with the situation.
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