It took me 7 years to get something a man can get in 1 week.

Keyhole surgery tubal ligation has been around for a couple of years now

This is news to me but I can also see that some doctors if this is that new do not feel comfortable offering it. Same as with how IUD insertions used to be troublesome because of lack of experienced doctors to do the procedure. I may be dating myself. But yeah I'm menopausal so i'm older than this subreddit skews. Old enough I had no idea they can do keyhole tubal ligations now.

"You have x risk factors which increases the likelyhood of getting y adverse effects"

I was definitely told that for why I couldn't go on any sort of hormonal BC (after my stroke on the Pill at age 35), and why I couldn't get another IUD (copper allergy). My OB/GYN also drilled it into my head if I got pregnant I was high risk and he'd medically mandate an abortion for X reasons. And my OB/GYN definitely schooled my husband at one point, explaining that my risk of having a tubal ligation was much higher than his risk of having a vasectomy.

There's no establised protocol for "how to minimise the likelyhood of a single female over the age of 30 regretting this life choice

When I had these convo's with my OB/GYN I was over 45, and he was just as adamant that I should not get pregnant again. There was never any discussion of life choices. He agreed prevention of pregnancy was important-- it was just a matter of HOW. And there were no easy answers to that.

That was 10 years ago and in the interim I stopped caring and paying attention to how BC options have advanced because honestly it just doesn't affect me anymore! Husband didn't want a vasectomy which I respected; the two of us decided to use condoms and pleasure ourselves other ways which opened up new enjoyments. And now we have no restrictions because I'm post-menopause.

Probably should stay out of this subreddit and stick to Ask Crones. Heh. I know when I was young and fertile it was everything and seemed so important. Doesn't seem so much now.... and ack now I understand how my own mom reacted when I asked her about this stuff and how she dealt with it.

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