Have any of you had a c section and your tubes tied at the same time? Me and husband are thinking about possibly another child but it will be the last pregnancy id be willing to have. Im just curious if anyone has been in the same situation and had a sterilisation done at the same time.
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In same situation, pregnant w/twins so I've been asking my 2 different obgyn doctors about this topic exactly.
Yes it can easily be done at the time of the C-section. Or if you don't then (or deliver vaginally, they can do it a few wks later).
By surgery, I mean either:
take ur tubes out= bilateral salpingectomy (slightly lowers ur future risk of cancer of tubes, as the dr explained to me)
vs tie tubes=bilateral tubal ligation
Either can be done w/ C-section while they're in there already, saving u recovery time & a faster recovery/less pain vs having to undergo separately the delivery & later the surgery. Done at the same time, more cost effective too.
I started asking during my 1st trimester ob dr visits,& I make sure to communicate it to each doctor @every follow-up visit I have w/ them, so it's in the birth plan.
Not sure where u live/type of insurance. But for me, I'll need to sign the surgery consent form AT LEAST 30+ days PRIOR to expected delivery date,per my insur.(Can change my mind later)