My friend had this done 6 months ago, and just miscarried her 8 week old bub - apparently the failure rate has to do with the procedure being done with a caesarean, not just if its done with clamps.

As for recovery, she was on constand bedrest for 14 weeks prior to bub being delivered prem, so her recovery wouldn't be the same as yours, so I won't comment on it.

HTH!