What are the alternatives to female sterilisation?
How effective is sterilisation? Do I have to stay overnight? Is it painful? How long will it take? Can I bring anyone with me? What do I need to bring with me? What should I leave at home? Do I have to take time off work afterwards? What else must I do? How soon can I have sex after the operation? How safe is it? Is sterilisation reversible? How will sterilisation affect my body? When can I stop using contraceptives? What is sterilisation? Sterilisation is a permanent method of contraception for women. It is suitable for those who are sure they never want children or do not want more children. How does it work? Female sterilisation involves blocking, cutting or sealing the fallopian tubes that carry eggs from the ovary to the uterus. This stops the egg and sperm meeting and pregnancy occurring. Who can be sterilised? It doesn’t matter if you are single, married, divorced, widowed, childless or with a family. Any woman can have a sterilisation, regardless of her circumstance – the choic
