# Ask the woman who is getting Essure **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622 "2010-11-05T20:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/21 "2010-12-10T18:12:08Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > OP: Do you think the doctor would have refused to do it if you were younger or nulliparous? I’m only 26 and not married, no kids, but I’m interested enough to ask if someone who meets my qualifications would ever be approved for this kind of procedure. It certainly depends on the doctor, but I was 27, engaged, and nulliparous when I talked to my gyn and she was fine with it. She did ask what I would do if I changed my mind in 10 or 15 years, and I said my then-fiance and I were both fine with adoption if we ever (went crazy and) changed our minds. I had a laproscopic tubal instead of Essure, and from **Drain Bead** ’s description, I’d totally do the surgery instead of Essure. There was no pain at all, just some minor soreness the next day and just two tiny incisions. I did take two days off work and then had a weekend to recover, and I was groggy for those two days from the general anesthesia, but I’d still take that over the pain of the actual procedure. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/22 "2010-12-10T19:14:31Z")
I was at work the next day and was fine in three hours. I’ll take 20 minutes of pain to not be placed under general (with its attendant risks) and miss work. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/23 "2010-12-11T00:22:43Z")
Oh no, clearly you made the right choice for you and seemingly for most people. I’m not arguing that for a second. Me, I was put under for getting _my wisdom teeth pulled_ because I have an inexplicably and often pathetically low pain threshold. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/24 "2010-12-11T03:51:45Z")
Congrats! Glad to hear it went well for you. Enjoy activities without worrying about pregnancy 😉 I had mine done about 8 years ago - sounds like things have changed a bit. Or could just be different docs / different countries, etc. But either way - woo hoo and congrats 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/25 "2010-12-11T07:51:52Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Me, I was put under for getting _my wisdom teeth pulled_ So was I. Who wouldn’t want to be? Drain, what hormonal bc are you using? ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/26 "2010-12-11T15:17:51Z")
Most people get local anesthetic right in the doc’s office. I was totally under in the hospital. Cause I’m a big fat baby. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/27 "2010-12-11T19:08:04Z")
Right now I’m on a pill called Errin, a generic for Micronor. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/28 "2010-12-11T19:40:54Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Most people get local anesthetic right in the doc’s office. I was totally under in the hospital. Cause I’m a big fat baby. Sorry, my mistake, mine were still in my gums and had to be cut out. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/29 "2010-12-11T19:43:34Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Well … don’t hold out on us. What _are_ the instructions? I ask half for my own amusement, and half for my own edification, since if getting my parts snipped was the same level of outpatientedness as for dudes, I’d have gotten myself spayed a long time ago. I just learned something new. When did they change this and why? In the Eighties they just blew you up like a balloon, went in through the navel, did the job and sent you home in a couple of hours. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622/30 "2010-12-11T19:47:47Z")
I forgot to say "Congratulations, **Drain Bead!"** It’s a satisfying step to take. Oddly enough, as much as I wanted it, a few months after the surgery one morning it struck me that I was no longer a fertile woman and I went through a short, but significant period of mourning for the life passage. I didn’t expect that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-is-getting-essure/559622.md?page=1)