Hello my name is Melissa and I am 34 years old. Two years ago I decided to get a permanent birth control due to the fact that I have four kids and I stop breathing doing birth. My doctor then talked me into getting the essure simply because it was a reiable birth control. She told me it was an inoffice procedure and that I would feel hardly anything ! She told me it was less down time verses an hysterectomy! Well the day of my procedure, I felt everything! The pain was so unbearable! I screamed and cried cuz it hurt so bad! My husband picked me up and I was givin pain meds! It didn’t even touch it! As time when by the pain was so unbearable and I began to get infections after infections! I finally wnet and say another doctor and he tried putting me on a low dose BC pill to see if that would help any! The answer was no it didn’t help any at all! The last resort was a hysterectomy! The surgery took 5 1/2 hours and he had to take everything but my overies! after surgery I past numerous blood clots to both of my lungs! Which bout took my life ! I was admitted to the hospital were I had to stay for 3 weeks to get my blood thinner levels right! From that point my life was turned upside down! I lost so much was my lungs are damaged from the blood clots and they will never be 100 percent anymore ! So as a woman, mother, friend, and a stranger please rethink about getting an essure! If I knew then what I know now I would have never gotten it!!!! Please think about every detail every decision before even considering getting it