7 Healthcast: No more periods

Alanna Fickes is 34 years old, and she'll never have a period again.

Alanna Fickes, 34
"The pregnancies were wonderful, our lives are wonderful, so we're complete."

She completed her family, and now with four kids, has decided to stop her heavy periods.

Alanna Fickes, 34
"My first three days were very heavy and then I would spot for seven days which would get really old."

Her OB-GYN recommended she look into this new method of endometrial ablation.

Dr. Dennis Eisenberg, OB-GYN
"This is just a new technique that makes it more simple, much easier on the patient and the doctor."

The new procedure is for women who don't want children, or don't want to have any more children.

Performed in a doctor's office in 90 seconds, cells on the lining of the uterus are burned.

Seventy-five percent of patients never menstruate again -- the others may experience light spotting once a month.

Dr. Dennis Eisenberg, OB-GYN
"They'll still maintain their same hormonal fluctuations but they won't bleed with their cycles."

And that's good news for women like Alanna.

Alanna Fickes, 34
"I took some medicine, went to bed and woke up in the morning and if I had a job, I could have gone to work the next day."

And now with that time of the month behind her, Alanna can now focus fully on her two little girls.

Frances Rivera 7News.

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