Well I figure women go through so much, with periods every month for about 40 years of there life then childbirth then taking birthcontrol pills, patch etc. I feel that most men are unsympathetic to those facts. Then they expect the wife to have the tubal TOO! I really wanted to get off of the pill, after having been on it for almost 17 years (water retention,nausea,spots on my face, that extra ten pounds). But there was no way in hell my husband was going to have the vasectomy, so I gave in and had my tubes tide about three years ago. I have had terrible cramping every month, more spotting in between and for the last six months or so two periods a month w/ spotting here and there. When they tied my tubes they took out a tiny section, cauterized each end and when I was coming out of it they could'nt seem to get my heart rate up, it took three hours to bring it back to normal. Good times. But anyway, yesterday Iwent to get some x-rays for lower back pain that I have never experienced in my life, except when I had back labor. So the tech says; mmm, do you have any metal in your panties and he showed me what looks like some sort of saftey pin or clamps just floating there. Were they suposed to left there?