Definitely patronizing!

Not only that, but even when a woman is in obvious pain and having issues which only a hysterectomy will solve (ovarian cysts) - if she is under 30 or so, they won't give it to her.

My wife and I made the decision not to have children a long time ago. In the meantime, she's had times where she went into the hospital ER for pain caused by ovarian cysts. She attempted to inquire about a hysterectomy from her doctor after these episode, only to be rebuffed about "what about having children later", etc.

To this day she still has problems, but it has waned greatly now that she's approaching menopause. She'd still like to do it just to stop having a period, but it's no longer the crazy amount of pain that it was.

I found it frustrating for her that as an adult, she was being restricted from making choices about her own body to improve her health and quality of life.

Stupid question but why would a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) prevent cysts from forming on the ovaries? The ovaries are the hormone producing organs.

well technically she can make choice about her body, but nobody can force doctor to perform the procedure, so unless she can do it by herself then bad luck

and yes i am aware you could sue such doctor or hospital, bit it's just too much have to force someone to do something they don't wanna do

Many won't but many also will. There are lists floating around the net of "childfree friendly physicians."

Really? I went to a clinic that specialized in it, and there was no problem at all. No patronizing, very comfortable, made sure I was aware of the difficulty of reversal, but made no effort to dissuade me. The operation itself was very professional and fast and other than a few days of soreness during recovery, there were no adverse effects after a week.

Though this was in a major urban area.

how much it cost in US? though i am from EU but i would be curious if it's covered by insurance since it has nothing really to do with my health and it's just my wish for my own convenience, i should really talk to my own general doctor i haven't seen in almost 20 years or maybe i should contact some reproduction clinic

i am more worried about cost of freezing sperm since i am relatively young and you never know

It was about $1k. I am not sure whether it's covered by insurance or not but I didn't try.

Have you tried? I got one fairly easily at the age of 22. I was actually armed to the teeth with debates and arguments for my doctor, but when I asked him to perform it, he shrugged and said "Okay, I can fit you in two weeks from now"