Why do a lot of doctors either refuse to tye your tubes before a certain age?!


Question: Why do a lot of doctors either refuse to tye your tubes before a certain age.?
I had a lot of my friends say that the their doctor refused to tie their tubes. One doctor gave the excuse you are not married and only have 2 kids. She was 24 at the time what gives.?

My doctor has agreed to tie my tubes, I am 22 and married and this is my third child. He completely understands that financially having more kids would be difficult not having a college degree. Which I am going back to school to get first my associates and eventually my Masters.

Other women at 21 with 2 or 3 kids asked their doctor to tie their tubes but the doctor refused saying they were either to young or didn't have enough kids in order to tie their tubes.

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The reason is because at 21-25 years of age, most women change their minds drastically about if they want kids or not and how many kids they want. Doctors do not want to perform surgery only to have women turn around and say "ohhh...I want to have another kid" in 5-10 years time.

Your situation is a bit different...you are married and now have 3 kids. He knows that you know that you simply cannot afford to support another child. That makes you a more perfect candidate for surgery than someone who is not married, does not have any kids (or, in some cases may have 1-2 kids), etc.

It would be like a 22 year old who wants to have a hysterectomy...most doctors probably would not perform the surgery because:
a) the woman is young
b) the woman has lots of time to change her mind about wanting a kid
c) chances are the woman is not married

Many factors are considered when any drastic surgery is wanted.Health Question & Answer

Doctors do this to protect themselves. They don't want to be sued because a woman changed her mind later and then claims that she didn't understand what she was giving up.

There are other methods of birth control that are also effective and reversible. Health Question & Answer

BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT MAY BE ONE DAY THEL MEET THERE HUSBAND AND HE MIGHT WANT KIDS AND THAT LATTER DOWN THE LINE SHE MIGHT WANT MORE KIDS OR HE FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A DECISON LEFT TO MARRIED COUPLESHealth Question & Answer

god forbid an accident takes one or more children you cannot have any more i lost a gran daughter drowned so that is why i think Health Question & Answer

Clearly, doctors have different opinions. Doctors who do this kind of work also see women who want to have another child and cannot. They see that often, and don't want it to happen to you. If you are not married, as your friend is not, say, a wonderful guy might not want to marry her if she cannot have his child. Maybe the doctor feels that if he were single he would not want to marry a woman who could not have his child.

If you are sure of your decision to have your tubes tied, you should just do it. Usually it is done when you have the baby. It is harder later. also it is easier for a man to get a vasectomy than to tie a woman's tubes unless she is having a baby, so that is what many couples choose.

It may be that the doctor that you consulted thinks that your unmarried friend just wants to have her tubes tied so that she can go around having sex all the time with anybody, or else be a harlot. He might not want to enable her to do that, because that is very unhealthy physically, socially and emotionally.

It sounds like you are very concerned about your children and that is the right reason to have your tubes tied. also if your husband agrees, that would help the doctor to agree.Health Question & Answer



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