Keeping It Sexy & Safe

Sterilization is safe and, because it lasts for life, it is simple and convenient. It allows a woman to enjoy sex without worrying about pregnancy. Many women and men report that they have more sexual pleasure because they don't have to think about unwanted pregnancy anymore.

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Sterilization does not change your hormones. The hormones that affect hair, voice, sex drive, muscle tone, and breast size, are still made in the ovaries. Those hormones still flow through the body after sterilization. It will not cause symptoms of menopause or make menopause happen earlier. And most women who have been sterilized will still have normal periods.

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Sterilization may be right for you if

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• You don't want to have a child biologically in the future.

• You have concerns about the side effects of other methods.

• Other methods are unacceptable.

• Your health would be threatened by a future pregnancy.

• You don't want to pass on a hereditary illness or disability.

• You and your partner agree that your family is complete, and no more children are wanted.

• You and your partner have decided that sterilization is better for you than vasectomy is for him.