[Characteristics related to the first and last cesarean delivery among women from a Campinas University Hospital].

Objective: To study the association between first and last caesarian sections with tubal sterilization; to determine length of reproductive life after the first delivery.

Methods: From February to October 2001 in a university hospital, interviews were carried out with 653 women having had at least two pregnancies. Of these women, 172 had a first caesarian section; 294 had a last caesarian section.

[Intrapartum and interval tubal sterilization].

Background: Brazil is a country with a high prevalence of tubal ligation, which is frequently performed at the time of delivery. In recent years, an increase in tubal reversal has been noticed, primarily among young women.

Objectives: To study characteristics correlated with the procedure, determine frequency of intrapartum tubal ligation, measure patient satisfaction rates and tubal sterilization regret, in a sample of post-tubal patients.