Essure Permanent Birth Control

Essure is the first and only FDA approved permanent birth control procedure to have zero pregnancies in clinical trails. With Essure, Dr. Goodyear inserts spring-like coils, called micro-inserts, through the body’s natural pathways (vagina, cervix, and uterus) and into your fallopian tubes. There is absolutely no cutting or burning of your body during this procedure!

During the first three months following the procedure, your body and the micro-inserts work together to form a tissue barrier that prevents sperm from reaching the egg. After these three months, Dr. Goodyear will perform an Essure Confirmation Test, a special type of x-ray to confirm that your tubes are completely blocked and that you can rely on the Essure micro-inserts for birth control.

The benefits included:

- No cutting into the body so there are no unattractive scars.

- 99.80% effective (based on 4 years of clinical data)

- Quick return to normal activities

- This procedure is performed in-office with minimal anesthesia.

- No hormones or silicone to interfere with your body

o Unlike birth control pills, patches, rings, and some forms of IUDs, Essure does not contain hormones to interfere with your natural menstrual cycle.

o Your periods should more or less continue in their normal state.

- Peace of mind with the Essure Confirmation Test.

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Essure: A Great Permanent Birth Control Option

If your family is complete and you are considering options for permanent birth control, then it’s time for you to learn about the Essure procedure, a non-invasive permanent birth control option. Essure is a 10-minute in-office procedure and is a great alternative to all other types of permanent birth control, even vasectomy! In this video, Dr. Nathan Goodyear explains the Essure procedure and its advantages.

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Three easy ways to help prevent breast cancer

October is breast cancer awareness month!

Here’s the sad truth about breast cancer treatment. Despite billions of research dollars committed to the cure of breast cancer, the death rates due to malignant breast cancer have not changed. For one-third of women who are diagnosed with malignant breast cancer, the disease will be fatal.

Instead of waiting for breast cancer, how about working to prevent it all together? Treatment is important, but prevention is even more important.  So that’s where we should focus our efforts.  Let’s be proactive about breast cancer and not merely reactive.

Let’s start young.  If a girl starts birth control pills when she is younger than 18, she triples her lifetime risk for breast cancer.  Women who have their first child before 24, decrease their lifetime risk by as much as five times.

Let’s think about nutrition.  Yes, what you eat affects your weight and your risk of breast cancer.  A diet high in trans fatty acids, partially hydrogenated oils, sugar, refined carbohydrates but low in fruits and vegetables provides a favorable environment for cancer growth.  Additionally, high exposure to Xenoestrogens (pesticides and hormones) in non-organic foods can provide a favorable environment for cancer growth.

Let’s talk about “estrogen dominance.” When a woman stops ovulating, the decreased progesterone in her body will promote unregulated breast tissue growth. Decreased progesterone leads to estrogen dominance. It occurs in menopausal women, overweight women, women with the rapidly increasing diagnosis of polycystic ovaries, and all young girls in their first 2-3 years of menstruation.

These are three easy steps women can take to avoid letting their bodies become a favorable environment for breast cancer.

1. Proper nutrition and use of organic foods
2. Elimination of birth control pills except for contraception
3. Correcting estrogen dominance with progesterone

Let’s be proactive, not just reactive.

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Help! I missed my birth control pill!

What should you do? First, of all, don’t beat yourself up about it. If and when you miss a pill, follow this simple chart.

One missed pill: take missed pill as soon as possible and take next pill at usual time.

Two missed pills during first two weeks: take two pills as soon as possible, then two pills the next day, then return to normal schedule with additional barrier contraceptive for the remainder of the month.

Three missed pills in the first two weeks: immediately start a new pack (without a pill-free interval) and use back up for 7 days.

Two missed pills in third week: immediately start a new pack (without a pill free interval) and use back up for 7 days.

Many couples use regular back up methods to be safe.