Female sterilization, request for perspectives...

[moominmuppet]

My sister-in-law is looking into the possibility of sterilization, and is looking for people's experiences with it, good or bad, especially anything that isn't covered in the basic fact sheets and info generally available (like PP's info). She's relatively young and childfree, so is especially likely to run into problems finding a provider willing to perform the procedure, so experiences with that particular struggle would be helpful, too.

I'm going to screen comments on this post -- I'll unscreen if you say it's ok, otherwise I'll only share the info with her and my brother.

Thanks!

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[lilyofthewest.livejournal.com]

IUDs are nearly as awesome and it is much, much easier to find a clinician who will provide one of them for a young, child-free woman. My Mirena is less permanent (waah), but actually slightly effective (yay) than surgical sterilization, and considerably more effective than Essure (which I would probably consider over anything with actual cutting).