Dilemma needs fixin'

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bunny
I've had my essure for 10 years with no problems whatsoever. (See other posts.) When I had mine done it was still under general anesthesia, but can now be done out-of-office. I had to pay 3k out of pocket for both it and my novasure (which I strongly recommend getting together) but the hospital just sent me to a payment plan company to pay it off with no interest. In the end I was able to get out of paying most of it due to some kind of thing that happened with medical debts (the exact thing eludes me, it was years ago). I think I only ended up paying my co-pays and about 1k in payments.

The worst part was the tests to ensure that it worked. Like I've said before, they're used to moos on the table, so the concept of an untried cervix seems to be completely absurd to the techs and they couldn't figure why the tube wouldn't go in as they rammed it in there to put the contrast fluid in. Aside from that, I have zero complaints about my essure.

As for failure, I do strongly suggest pairing the Essure with Novasure, to give you double the protection. While Novasure is not considered "birth control" it basically leaves nothing for a fertilized egg to attach to, which means even if the Essure failed, you still couldn't get pregnant. Ablations are the best! No more risk of pregnancy and no more periods at the same time. Can't beat that!

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evilchildlessbitch
I think most of these post vasectomy horror stories are either a very rare anomaly or made up. Men have had them for generations in my family with no problems. This includes my husband. He had no problems other than expected soreness.

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evilchildlessbitch
I think most of these post vasectomy horror stories are either a very rare anomaly or made up. Men have had them for generations in my family with no problems. This includes my husband. He had no problems other than expected soreness.

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yurble
With any medical procedure there will be some people who have problems. So I believe it happens but is rare. (What is true for vasectomies is also true for tubals and Essure; there's no way of getting out of the fact that at least one person in a heterosexual relationship is going to have to take one for the team where contraception is involved.)

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screaming sausage
it's hard to find good unbiased advice on contraception when the likes of Erin Brockovich and Moosnet love a good horror story much more.

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Miss_Hannigan
Yes, get it done and pay in cash, even ask them if you can get a discount for paying up front, rather than making their staff file paperwork with insurance. If it seems like a lot of money, just divide the amount by the number of years you think you'll live to, and see how miniscule the amount is per year. You don't want to be in your 40's and saying, "This is great! I should have done this 20 years ago!" You have the rest of your life to make money. Go for it.