In 2012, 8 weeks after my daughter was born I had the essure procedure done at the age of 27. I had a boy, a girl, and a dog, plus miserable pregnancies with multiple hospitalizations for severe ‘morning sickness.’ For 4 months after the procedure I had the worst, most painful, and heaviest bleeding period I’ve ever had, for 4 months straight. Finally, after all of that plus the 40 pounds in 4 months I put on, the doctor did an ultrasound and discovered the essure coils had come out and started to implant in the side of my uterus. They rushed me to surgery the next day. I had to have a D&C, have the coils removed, and then my tubes were tied the ‘old fashioned’ way. It took almost a month to recover, with a 5 month old and 4 year old at home to take care of to. Since then, my periods are still extreme every month, I still have trouble with my weight, my hair is falling out and I’m always hot. But for one week a month, I’m immobilized with pain. Don’t do it!
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