Hello -- I don't know if this is the right area to post this, but I hope someone can give me some information. I am really tired of all this birth control business, and I am considering getting sterilised (having my tubes tied), but it is a but frighteneing,and I don't really know what to expect. I've just turned 39, and I know I don't want children. I've kept expecting that the urge would turn up, everyone said, it'll hit you when you're 30, or 35, and now they say wait until 40, but definitely nothing happening! All I can see is the amount of trouble and mess and expense of hacing children. So now that I am older I am going to have to come off the pill, i've been on it off and on for more than 20 years now (probably about 16 years altogether, that is something like 3,500 little pills). So I would like to find out if there is going to be any effect, for instance on my sex drive or general hormone levels and how I feel? I guess it is different for everyone, but I would be very interested to hear if this is something that other women recommend. I probably have another 10 years or so before the menopause and I want to make the most of them! I have been in a relationship for about 3 years, although i'm beginning to think that it might not last much longer. Anyway any advice on this issue is appreciated, it's a pretty big decision!