Services & Procedures

Permanent Birth Control

When you know that your family is complete, the most minimally-invasive way to "tie your tubes" requires no incisions, has minimal recovery and can be done in minutes right in our office.  The Essure method of tubal sterilization is a system where our physician uses a small camera, called a hysteroscope, to place a small flexible coil in the opening of each tube.  Those coils cause the tubes to close and prevent pregnancy permanently.  The coils can not be felt by the patient and contain absolutely no hormones.  They do not affect your periods or how you feel in any way.  No anesthesia is required, however, we do offer patients IV sedation to maximize comfort during the procedure.  Most patients go home within an hour with minimal or no cramping.  The next day all patients are back to work and all their normal daily activities.  Three months after the procedure one of our physicians will meet you at Norwalk Hospital to perform a HSG (hysterosalpingogram), a special x-ray that will confirm proper placement and function of the coils.  We recommend continuation of other birth control methods until that test is performed.