How will female sterilisation affect my periods?

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How will female sterilization affect my periods?

Many women find that their periods seem to be heavier some time after they were sterilized. Usually this occurs because they had been taking the pill before they were sterilized and the pill had been masking the problem. Others would have developed period problems later in life even if they had not been sterilized. The question as to whether sterilization is a cause of heavy periods remains unresolved although research tends to show no difference in the incidence of period problems following sterilization whether the female or male partner has the operation.

Related Medical Abstracts - Click on the paper title:-

• The risk of menstrual abnormalities after tubal sterilization: a case control study. (2005-01)

• The risk of menstrual abnormalities after tubal sterilization. U.S. Collaborative Review of Sterilization Working Group. (2001)

• Long-term effects of laparoscopic sterilization on menstruation. (1976)

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• 1 Who can be sterilised?
• 2 What does female sterilisation involve?
• 3 How failsafe is female sterilisation?
• 4 How quickly does female sterilisation work?
• 5 How will I feel after laparoscopic sterilisation?
• 6 What are the risks of female sterilisation?
• 7 What effect will female sterilisation have on my periods?
• 8 Is my partner's consent required before I am sterilised?
• 9 My family is complete and I want to stop taking the pill but my periods were previously heavy. What are my options?
• 10 What is a vasectomy?
• 11 What are the risks of vasectomy.?
• 12 How effective is vasectomy?
• 13 How do vasectomy and female sterilisation compare?
• 14 Which of us should be sterilised?
• 15 Is it possible for my sterilisation to be reversed?
• 16 Support Groups.
• 17 Are there any support groups?

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