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A member of the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center message board asks for others women’s reason for deciding to have tubal reversal surgery with Dr. Berger and how their journey began. Other members post their stories and give encouragement to one another. Many women often question their reasons for wanting to have tubal reversal surgery. The message board offers women a chance to talk about their questions and gather information to help them make the best decision for themselves and their families.

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No formal data collection system exists in the USA to collect and collate the number of sterilizations performed annually. The current oft-quoted figure of 500,000 vasectomies performed per year is not an accurate count – it’s an extrapolation of various smaller studies and surveys. However, most people accept that it’s likely to be accurate. It equates to approximately 11% of the population relying on vasectomy as their primary method of birth control.

This new study was undertaken by the Department of health & Human Services. The data was collected in 2002, and the paper was published on November 18, 2005. Basically, it’s in the form of a telephone questionnaire, and there were a total of 174,026 men and women to men and women in all US states and dependencies participating in the study.

Men and women answered differently. Both men and women reported Tubal Ligation equally, men had higher percentages for vasectomy and condom use, and women had higher percentage for the pill, and lower percentage for vasectomy and condom use. The statistics below are a combination of the percentages for man and women by state.

Vasectomy was most used in Washington (25.9%), and least used in the US Virgin Islands (3.7%). Overall, the results for primary method of birth control were:-
Pill 28.3%
Tubal ligation 22.9%
Condom 17.3%
Vasectomy 16.1%

In light of these figures, the 500,000 / 11% figures are likely to be under-estimates. I have summarised the stats here.

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Using the “Male pill” to control unwanted teenage pregnancies? Just looking through some of the recently published studies, and this one caught my eye.

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I came across this story whilst doing a search for vasectomy stories.
Basically, it’s about a group offering alcoholics money to use birth control. Currently they are offering $500 to the first 100 women who have a sterilisation performed. The offer is also open to men.

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If you have been doing research about having your tubes tied before having the surgery, then you are smart. Most women, however, don’t do any research. They just know it’s the most popular form of permanent birth control and just go for it. After all their doctors have told them it’s popular and completely safe. Unfortunately, many of them find out later, after the symptoms start, about some tubal ligation side effects called Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome.

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by Matt Murren

A vasectomy is a sterilization process that men undergo and is considered a permanent method of birth control. A vasectomy reversal procedure is done when the tubes that were cut in the vasectomy are reconnected.

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A member of the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center message board asks for others women’s reason for deciding to have tubal reversal surgery with Dr. Berger and how their journey began. Other members post their stories and give encouragement to one another. Many women often question their reasons for wanting to have tubal reversal surgery. The message board offers women a chance to talk about their questions and gather information to help them make the best decision for themselves and their families.

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by Matt Murren

Those looking for information on a vasectomy reversal are often concerned with what to expect. This feeling is completely natural. They want to know what to expect before the surgery, and what to expect after the surgery. They may also want some information on the procedure itself, though it seems as though most men would rather not hear the actual details. Those that are interested in the details of what to expect before, during, and after a vasectomy reversal should read on.

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A vasectomy is a surgical procedure that offers a permanent solution to birth control. It works by removing all or part of the vas deferens, the tubes that deliver sperm into a man’ s ejaculation, thus making the man infertile. In the U.S. alone, over 500,000 men opt to have a vasectomy each year. Of these men, it’ s estimated that five percent, for whatever reason, want the procedure reversed. For them, the best option is microsurgical vasectomy reversal.

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