I have had severly heavy bleeding since my last pregnancy. That was 16 years ago. I have had to have 2 blood transfusions because of it. I am on Iron supplements, daily vitamins with iron, and flintstones with iron(3x daily). I have gone for my testing to see if there is anything that could be causing this heavy bleeding. They assume it is because of scar tissue from having 3 c-sections. I just wanted to have the utereus removed and keep the ovaries. The doctor says he needs to take the ovaries because there is going to be alot of scar tissue he is going t have to get rid of and there is a chance he will damage some other internal organs. Great, so now I am freaked out about that. Has anyone had any complications with having a hysterectomy. What about having to take hormone supplements what are the side effects? My surgery is scheduled for Dec. 3. My sisters birthday and the day my oldest son has to go to court.