Question 1

had sex when i was ovulation he didnt ejaculate inside me plus i have a tubal ligation should i be worried ?

Accepted Answer

Many worries in life: An individual person is considered sterile with zero chance of pregnancy after her tubal ligation. If counting how many women, out of a large group such as 1000 or 10000 women, will get pregnant in their lifetimes after tubal ligation, there might be a rare pregnancy in that large group... but that has no useful meaning for one individual woman, who should just presume she is sterile.

Question 2

ever since i've had my tubal ligation i've been in horrible pain. every time i ovulate or have my period the pain is unbearable. what can i do?

Accepted Answer

Talk to your doctor: While you could have some scar tissue from the tubal ligation causing pain, it is more likely that your previous contraceptive was treating the pain and your problem now isn't the surgery but the fact that you have stopped that contraceptive. Your doctor should be able to make some suggestions for treating the pain. Hope this helps.

Question 3

is it normal to spot during ovulation of you've had your tubes tied?  i had a tubal ligation 13 years ago and i just started spotting recently.

Accepted Answer

Spotting w/Ovulation: Some women spot with ovulation . It does not matter if you had a tubal ligation. The hormonal change can trigger this. You may also have something else going on, so see a provider and check this out!

Question 4

how good is a tubal ligation?

Accepted Answer

Depends: It depends on the type of tubal ligation.  If you had your tubes cut and tied at the time of a cesarean delivery, it fails about 1 time in 400. If you had a clip placed on the tube it is usually around 1:300.  The newer tubal ligations where we put a coil or plug in the tubes are better and fail really rarely.

Question 5

how painful is a tubal ligation?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Upon the procedure you chose. The traditional laparoscopic procedures can be painful for upto 48 hours after. The essure involves some pain as the local anesthetic is administered for about a minute or so and is painless thereafter in my own patient experiences.

Question 6

different type of tubal ligation?

Accepted Answer

Clipping vs scarring: There are two ways of doing this.  The first, more traditional, is to surgically clip the tubes, tying each end so fertilization cannot occur.  A newer way is to insert a coil (example: essure) that causes the tube to constrict and scar down, no longer allowing passage of sperm upward, or eggs downward.  This is usually performed without surgery so it can be less expensive and faster recovery.

Question 7

how badly can a tubal ligation hurt?

Accepted Answer

Everyone's different: If you are worried about pain after sterilization then you might want to consider the essure tubal as I have seen very little pain experenced after it as there is no cutting or burning with it.

Question 8

what is the failure rate of a tubal ligation?

Accepted Answer

Lowest in general: The failure rate of a tubal ligation is the lowest of all birth control methods. Having said that in the CREST study African American women had higher failure rates that non AA women, and younger women (under the age of 27) had a more than 20 fold higher failure rate than women over 35 y/o.

Question 9

what is the general procedure for tubal ligation?

Accepted Answer

Laparoscopy: The best practice is doing the surgery as outpatient using laparoscopic approach 
Tubal resection is preferred over ligation to decrease risk of ovarian cancer

Question 10

are there symptoms after having a tubal ligation?

Accepted Answer

Post T L Syndrome: Some women suffer from post tubal ligation syndrome after having tubal ligation.Can have following symptoms
ectopip pregnancy 
hot flashes
bouts of rapid heart beat
irritability
mood swings and sudden tears
insomnia
loss of libido
irregular periods
itchy&dry vagina
memory lapses
color changes in vaginal area
chronic fatigue
anxiety&depression
osteoporosis
 successfuly treated with reversal of tl.

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