MALE AND FEMALE STERILISATION

Sterilisation works by stopping the egg and the sperm meeting by blocking or cutting the fallopian tubes in women or the vas deferens in men.

Sterilisation is only for people who are sure they never want children or do not want any more children. Sterilisation is a permanent method of contraception. There is an operation to reversible, but it is complicated, expensive and may not work.

There is a small risk that the operation will not work. The tubes that carry the perm in men and the eggs in women can rejoin after sterilisation.

Male sterilisation (vasectomy)

The tubes (vas deferens) that carry sperm from your testicles to your penis are cut or blocked.

Female sterilisation

Your fallopian tubes are cut, sealed or blocked by an operation. This stops the egg and sperm meeting.