Having tubes tied during a caesarean.....

[aussienic]

ah see thats what I don't want to read. but in all seriousness I have read your body can heal itself same with a vastectomy.

Another pg wouldn't upset us. It isn't in our plan to have another but we figure if it happens then it happens. This was just our choice for contraception over the pill or condoms as my Dh didn't want me putting chemicals into my body for however long it took me to longer be fertile kwim?

[~Raven~]

I did enquire about this while PG with my 4th. I thought if I needed a c/sect then I could get it done at the same time and my OB refused. He quoted a 1:100 chance of the tubes rejoining if done at the time of a c/sect but a 1:600 chance if done 6 months post PG. It's due to everything being bigger and swollen due to the hormones and being stretched by the PG

[raindrops]

OMG, all this info is so interesting.
I feel we were so illinformed about the tube tying. we didn't even know it was an option during the c-setion until 39 weeks and then the ob didn't discuss it with us. I was so tired of being pregnant (huge belly this time) i was just focusing on ways to bring on labour and avoid a 2nd c-setion. so i didn't reserach it. then, as I was off my face on gas and air, and with epidural, the doctors tried to explain things to us about the rates of failure if done in c-section.

the scary thing is not knowing if they have grown back. i don't even know if my tubes are cut or tied. i feel like i have lost control of my body... if that makes sense.

aussienic...we chose tubal ligation for the same reasons too. we have four kids and we can't afford any more! gees! another pregnancy would devesate us cause we couldn't have it. and my mum and sister have/have had endomitriosis, which some pills can make alot worse.

how do you find out if your tubes grow back together? pregnancy the only way? i need to do more reading about this.