Scar Tissue And Laparoscopy Posted: 12-02-05 09:42am
Hello, I am a 32 year old female with four
girls. I recently had my last little
addition. I have had three c-sections
and tested positive for a std when I had
my first child. I didn't know I had the
std so it went undetected for some time
(my ex-husband was very unfaithful and
gave me a std, flowers would have been
better). When my last baby was delivered
I was told that I had too much scar tissue
to be able to have a tubal ligation done,
now leaving me worried that I can get
pregnant at any time. I was told a
laparoscopy was not suggested because the
amount of scar tissue was too much and it
was too much of a risk for me to take just
to have the tubal ligation done. My
doctors told me it is too dangerous for me
to be pregnant again. The delivery of my
last child was very complicated, I was
told the doctor had a very hard time
getting the baby out, which could have
been because of the scar tissue. There
aren't many choices of birth control out
there that I feel are safe, leaving me
with the decision of getting the iud. My
question is... Is there such thing as too
much scar tissue that a laparoscopy can
not be done or too dangerous to be done?
I have heard stories of women who have
been told the same about them and yet have
had the laparoscopy done. At the moment
I do have a lot of discomfort on my
ovaries and a lot of cramping that the
doctor says is from the scar tissue. I
don't want to go living my life having to
adjust to the pain because there is no way
around it.
