I had the Essure procedure done on June 29, 2012. Since then, I can feel pain when I sneeze or cough, my periods are longer and heavier than normal, as well as all over the place (occasionally every three weeks, then every four, etc), and what scares me most; upon my last two ultrasounds, the stents could not be located. I am 36 with two beautiful children and an on-going history of problems. I had the Essure done as a means to lessen periods and prevent pregnancy. Now I find myself in more frequent discomfort/pain and wishing I could have a complete hysterectomy done! The whole idea behind this was to prevent the removal of hormones at a ‘young’ age while still preventing pregnancy. My family, and myself, have a history of an inability to use birth control pills and my husband and I knew we were done having children. I regret not looking more into this before making the decision to go through with it. I trusted my doctor completely (and still do as I believe he may find himself as blindsided as the rest of us!), but still should have done my own background search on this.
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