Re: Infertility & Adhesions

From: klischma@foxinternet.com
Mon Jan 20 22:22:13 2003


Dear Amanda, I had a Dalkon Shield IUD inserted for contraception in 1970, when they first were available. Around 1973 I started to episodes of terrible pain (which now I realize was adhesions). When I tried to conceive in 1977, it was discovered that my fallopian tubes were not open and the fibria (on the ends, the finger like things that are supposed to catch the ovum were all adhesed together. I had reconstructive surgery that was unsuccesful. We instead adopted two children, one from Korea and one from Mexico. There was a class action lawsuit against the Dalkon Shield around 1986, because many women became infertile because of it, some conceived while using it and delievered children with birth defects, and several women died. IUD's are still being inserted into women but I don;t know why!!! My suggestion to you if you already know you have adhesions is to avoid ANY surgery because it could likely cause more adhesions and much bigger problems than infertily. Mary Lou

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mary lou

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