Well, that was some interesting research.
Jul. 7th, 2003 04:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonFor some reason I'm continuing to think about the childlessness/sterilization thing, and ended up calling the Essure information line out of sheer curiosity. The woman I talked to was super nice and told me the names/numbers of two doctors who do the Essure procedure and are convenient to my part of the Boston area... no, let me rephrase that, they're a four-minute bus ride from where I'm sitting right now. Dear God, I love living in this area. A brand-new procedure and I can choose from a decent-sized handful of doctors, all available by public transit. :)
I went on to ask, far more nervously, about whether I was likely to have trouble convincing a physician to do the procedure on me, and she really wasn't able to say much because it varies by doctor, and that they try to avoid post-sterilization regret, which is more common when a woman has not had a child or children before the procedure. I said I understood. She asked my age and whether I had children, and so I had to do my "I have a biological child that I made with infertile friends of mine, and it's all open, and I've met her blah blah blah, and we're doing one more so she can have a sibling and then I'll feel like I've done my bit for the species" talk with an "um, I understand that open egg donorship is statistically unusual and I sure hope the doctors understand" ending tacked on. She said she enjoyed hearing that--I bet she gets to hear a hell of a lot of great stories with a job like hers. It still isn't clear how much trouble I'll really have, but I'm hoping that if I go in armed to the teeth with snapshots of me and the biobrats, and possibly even a letter from the psychologist I have to see anyway before the next egg donation, it will go okay. Maybe they'll just be so confused they won't know how to tell me no.
I went on to ask, far more nervously, about whether I was likely to have trouble convincing a physician to do the procedure on me, and she really wasn't able to say much because it varies by doctor, and that they try to avoid post-sterilization regret, which is more common when a woman has not had a child or children before the procedure. I said I understood. She asked my age and whether I had children, and so I had to do my "I have a biological child that I made with infertile friends of mine, and it's all open, and I've met her blah blah blah, and we're doing one more so she can have a sibling and then I'll feel like I've done my bit for the species" talk with an "um, I understand that open egg donorship is statistically unusual and I sure hope the doctors understand" ending tacked on. She said she enjoyed hearing that--I bet she gets to hear a hell of a lot of great stories with a job like hers. It still isn't clear how much trouble I'll really have, but I'm hoping that if I go in armed to the teeth with snapshots of me and the biobrats, and possibly even a letter from the psychologist I have to see anyway before the next egg donation, it will go okay. Maybe they'll just be so confused they won't know how to tell me no.
Re: I'm surprised it would be that hard to find someone to do it...
Date: 2003-07-07 01:56 pm (UTC)(And every single one of the happy testimonials on the Essure page is from a woman with 2+ children. Sigh.)