Anyone Know About NovaSure Endometrial Ablation

Certainly read everything you can get your hands on! This is a great one because it's what is given to the doctor. http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf/P010013c.pdf

I wouldn't have it done because it says in the link above it is not a form of sterilization and information that pregnancy following ablation is VERY dangerous for mother and baby. Given that no form of birth control is 100% I think that's too dangerous a procedure. In the study I'm looking at 3, of the 19 patients had hysterectomies and 1 had a hemorrhage (you can die from that.)

Tubal ligation also (as a PP said) increases the chance of a hysterectomy by a huge amount. For the tubal, one in four women have a hysterectomy fairly soon ( a couple of years) after the procedure. 25% is a lot- and a hysterectomy can cause a lot of other problems.

Unfortunately NovaSure is still too new to know the long term side effects of this brief procedure.

Have you talked to a dr to see if bio-identical hormones might help? I think Oprah tomorrow is going to discuss that. My OBGYN in Houston Dr Del Castillo specialized in this area.

Hi L., There was an article in medscape within the last few weeks regarding ablation, stating that the procedure increases the chance of eventual hysterectomy by a significant amount. You might be able to find the exact details by searching their site. Good luck.

I had it done almost two years ago. Have never had a moment of trouble so far. I had already had a myomectomy over 10 years ago. This was a piece of cake compared to that.

Hi L.,

I had this procedure done about 1 1/2 ago. It has been awesome and I have had no problems at all. If you are not planning to have children, then I highly recommend it.

Hi L., I had this done 4 years ago and have not experienced any cons at all. I highly recommend it. The one thing to be sure of -- are you done with having a family? Often your periods will not come back and that interferes with fertility. This is not an issue for me but others may plan to have children in the future. It changed my life! Best of luck.

I had the procedure performed 10-12 years ago along with additional procedures at the same time. My down time was only 3 days and back to normal. I had to wear pads for one month and no cycle since. It is wonderful!! I am thankful to be rid of all of the cycle problems and complications I had for most of my life.

Most women do not know of this treatment/option. From what I remember, my ob/gyn had not performed many at the time.

Several years later, my sister had a hysterectomy and had limitations for 3-4 weeks following before she was back to normal.