You may be allowed to go home several hours after an interval tubal ligation. Having a tubal ligation immediately following childbirth doesn't usually involve a longer hospital stay. Your health care provider will discuss management of any post-procedure pain with you, before you go home from the hospital. You may bathe 48 hours after the procedure, but avoid straining or rubbing the incision.
Carefully dry the incision after bathing. Avoid heavy lifting and sex until your health care provider informs you that it's safe to do so. Resume your normal activities gradually as you begin to feel better. Your stitches will dissolve and won't require removal. Check with your health care provider to see if you need a follow-up appointment. If you have any concerns that you aren't healing properly, call your doctor.
Call your health care provider immediately if you have:. Tubal ligation is a safe and effective form of permanent birth control. But it doesn't work for everyone. Fewer than 1 out of women will get pregnant in the first year after the procedure. The younger you are at the time it's done, the more likely it is to fail. If you do conceive after having a tubal ligation, there's a risk of having an ectopic pregnancy.
This means the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, usually in a fallopian tube. An ectopic pregnancy requires immediate medical treatment. The pregnancy cannot continue to birth. If you are having the surgery as an outpatient, arrange for someone to drive you home and stay with you during the early recovery period. What happens during a tubal ligation? Here is what typically happens during the procedure: The surgeon will make one or more small cuts incisions near your belly button.
Sometimes the surgeon makes a small incision in your lower abdomen as well. Gas may be pumped into your belly to inflate it. This gives your surgeon a better view and more room to work. The surgeon will put a narrow tube with a light and a camera on the end into your abdomen. This tube is called a laparoscope. Your surgeon will use long, thin instruments put through the laparoscope or through another tiny cut to find and grab hold of the fallopian tubes.
The tubes may be cut, tied, clamped, banded, or sealed off with an electric current. After surgery is done, the surgeon will close the incisions in the skin, probably using 1 to 2 stitches. He or she will cover the area with small dressings. What happens after a tubal ligation? Here is what you can probably expect at home: You will be able to gradually resume your normal diet.
Some discomfort is normal. Ask your surgeon what medicines to take for pain. You may have shoulder pain for a few days. This is from the gas that was pumped into your belly. Lying down for a while often relieves this pain. Are there any side effects from having a tubal ligation? Can a tubal ligation cause any serious health problems? Reasons why a tubal ligation might not be a good option for you: What happens if I get pregnant after a tubal ligation?
Can I have a tubal ligation after I have had a baby? What if I have had a tubal ligation and I want to become pregnant? What else should I know about a tubal ligation? Where to get more information and support. What is a tubal ligation sterilisation? Illustration of tubal ligation General anaesthetic: a medicine used to make you unconscious.
Need advice now? Visit one of our clinics. Stay informed Get the latest sexual and reproductive health e-newsletter. Tailored for you. These procedures are usually covered by provincial health plans, and there are no costs after the surgery is done. The cost of other birth control methods, such as pills or condoms and spermicide, may be greater over time. Tubal ligation and tubal implants do not protect against sexually transmitted infections STIs , including infection with the human immunodeficiency virus HIV.
To help protect yourself and your partner from possible STIs, use a condom every time you have sex. You must use another form of birth control for 3 months after receiving tubal implants. After a tubal ligation, you will most likely go home the same day. Your surgeon will give you instructions on what to expect and when to call after the surgery. A follow-up examination in 2 weeks is usually scheduled. A tubal ligation or tubal implant placement is a permanent method of birth control. Only consider this method when you are sure that you will not want to become pregnant in the future.
Call your doctor immediately if you have had tubal ligation or tubal implants and you have:. Tubal ligation. Major complications of tubal ligation aren't common. Although fewer complications occur with laparoscopy than with other kinds of tubal ligation surgery, these complications can be more serious.
For example, in rare cases, the bowel or bladder is injured when the laparoscope is inserted. The general risks of surgery are greater if you have diabetes, are overweight, smoke, or have a heart condition. Tubal implants. Most women who have tubal implants don't have problems. Some women do have problems, such as:. About 2 to 3 out of women who have Essure will need another operation within 1 year.
Before you receive implants, you may be tested to make sure that you don't have a vaginal infection or a sexually transmitted infection STI.
If a tubal ligation or implant fails and you become pregnant, you have an increased risk of having an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancies can occur years after the tubal ligation and are most likely 3 or more years after the procedure. Tubal ligation and tubal implants do not change your monthly menstrual cycle. You will still release an egg each month ovulate and have menstrual periods. You will go through menopause at the same time that you would have if you hadn't had the surgery.
Your sexual desires won't change, although you may feel more relaxed about having sex because you don't have to worry about becoming pregnant. Reversing tubal ligation or removing tubal implants requires major surgery, and success rates are very low. If you are considering tubal ligation or tubal implants, be absolutely certain that you will never want to have a biological child in the future.
Some doctors advise a waiting period between the time a woman requests a tubal ligation or tubal implants and the time the procedure is performed. This waiting period allows you to be certain about your decision. Author: Healthwise Staff. This information does not replace the advice of a doctor.
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