“The regret is overwhelming… Never do anything permanent, when nothing is permanent in this life.”Katherine Lawson is still coming to terms with the loss of her baby girl, Imogen, who tragically died at two months old. But on top of her heartbreaking grief, the Perth mother is also burdened with haunting regret.
She decided to have her tubes tied immediately after birth.
The 28-year-old chose to have the contraceptive procedure at the same time as giving birth to her third child via caesarean section.
“Imogen was our final piece of the puzzle. Our family was complete,” she told Kidspot. “I (had my tubes tied) because I was already open on the surgery table.
“That decision still haunts me as much as everything else.”
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This is such a sad story and I am so sorry for the loss of your precious baby Imogen.
I wanted a tubal ligation after my third baby was born as I was having a planned caesarean.
My obstetrician/gyno strongly advised against this and would not perform the procedure.
He advised me to wait at least 18 months first, because of the risk of cot death.
In the meantime it was so much easier for my husband to have a vasectomy, as it was performed in the GPs surgery and he was back at work that afternoon.
Vasectomies are reversible with good outcomes of success being able to conceive again if needed.
It should be made compulsory for Medical Officers/Obstetricians to inform all patients of the risks of cot death and to refuse the procedure.
While sad, her story is irrelevant to the woman who wants a tubal and is denied, in fact her story just keeps the old stereotype of women regret permanent birth control, when fact is most dont
It actually sounds to me she needs to deal with her grief and not seek to replace a child