Sterilised during a csection

[worldgonemad72]

Has anyone had this done? im having a planned csection this time around (after 2 x emcs), we dont want anymore children and im seriously considering doing this. Does it affect recovery times and is it effective, ive heard a few stories where people have said it hasn't worked, and have had to either have it redone or use contraception.

Haven't had it done but one of my friends has. She was fine, they'd had 4 children and didn't want anymore. The operation worked and they haven't had anymore children.

I was sterilised during my last c-section, was the best option as I have had 5 sections and in mine and the surgeons opinion the best decision. I don't think it affected my recovery time at all.I was told that it would be very effective as they cut a section out as well as sealing the tubes, so I feel that it would be a miracle to ever be pregnant again, good luck in your decison making!

I will be watching this as I have just signed the consent forms to have my sterilisation when I have my ELCS next week! Apparently it doesn't affect anything recovery wise and 1/200 failure rate, so better than most things i guess. This is my 3rd baby so def no more for me. Am looking forward to not having to worry about contraception anymore (and not to have to wait for dh to have snip)

Thanks everyone, the midwife said she would go into more details about it on my next appointment. This will be our 3rd child and is definately the last but previouly i have had the implant which was very effective and it also meant i didn't get periods

AFAIK it does get done, however the failure rate is higher than if you have it done as a seperate procedure when 'properly' not-pregnant as the Fallopian Tubes which the clips get placed on are still sl swollen/engorged due to pregnancy and shrink a bit afterwards which means clips can fall off.

Get more information at your next appointment. Me, personally, I'd wait and have it done seperately.
If I couldn't persuade DH to have the snip, that is....

I have a friend who had it done after her 3rd c section. She now wishes she could have one more. Her youngest is about 8. I have had 3 sections but not been sterilised even though I have 5 children and had 2 late losses. It sounds strange but I don't want anymore children now but i would cope better knowing I am choosing not to have any more than not having any choice about it. So I have a mirena IUS. It isn't for everyone though!

I had mine done 8 months ago at my 3rd c-sec but was babies 4 and 5, I have 2 sets of twins and the odds with me having more were huge and quite frankly my body said no more - do i regret it ...... hmm sometimes - my eldest is 4, twin girls are 3 and twin boys are 8 months so I KNOW it was the right choice but I still wonder if i would have had another set lol.

Recovery was fine, only thing i noticed for 6 months after were periods were much heavier and painful, but started going back to normal now

Watching with interest. I have also just signed the consent forms to be sterilised during c-section four in a months time. I will have had five children in 6 years and 20 days. Am now 40 and although I would LOVE another baby, my age gaps are too narrow and I prob couldn't cope with another (HGJ, I am, of course, secretly v. jealous of your fertility!!). I don't want to find myself pregnant again at 45. My pregnancies are risky, and we lost dd1, so I think I need to draw a line under my baby-making days. Interestingly, I was told a one in 100 chance of getting pregnant again. If it happened in a year, I would secretly be happy, but like I said, I fear getting over the baby haze, returning to 'normal' life and then finding myself pregnant again.