At Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Tonya Fleming wrote:
>
>Mary Lou,
>
>Are all IUDs bad now? I am going in for a procedure called NovaSure to
>cotterize the inside of my uterus and then my doctor wants to put in an IUD
>to make sure I don't get pregnant. (The chances of getting pregnant are
>very slim with the NovaSure procedure, but if you do for some reason, it can
>be very complicated and will always end in miscarriage or necessary
>abortion. The baby wouldn't live anyways and could cause major problems for
>the woman.) I am concerned about IUDs because my mom had one at age 45 and
>she had horrible cramps and pain from it. But that was over 20 years ago.
>Are they any better? Just wondering...
>
>Tonya
>
>>From: klischma@foxinternet.com
>>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
>><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>>Subject: Re: Infertility & Adhesions
>>Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:23:28 -0600
>>
>>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
>>
>>--
>>mary lou
>>
-- mary lou