Vaginal is the way to go if you have a competent surgeon and no other risk factors. Of course, this depends on "why" you're having a hysterectomy. When I had mine, it was for fybroids from hell. I'd had them removed several other times over a period of about six years. In the year prior to my hysto, I bled heavily (hemmoraging) for nine and a half months straight. Life sucked!

In 1996, the internet just became part of my life. I was scheduled for a laproscopic hysto and did a little research and scared myself to death. All I could find info on was gall bladder procedures and there were many reports of deaths and complications. Apparently, early in laproscopy, the docs were trained by the medical device companies.

So, I changed my mind and had the abdominal incision instead. It was a good decision. I had more than 20 fybroids, the largest was the size of a grapefruit. They were inside my uterus, growing through the uterine wall. And a bunch of them were on stalks. One wrapped around my bladder and another went down into my intestines. My doc said if she'd done the laproscopic procedure she wouldn't have known that (they didn't show up on any of my pre-surgical scans) and I could have died.

My sister had a laproscopic procedure six months after my surgery and her recovery was super-quick. In less than two weeks she was able to resume all her normal activities.

Now, the big question I had was about intercourse. I'd read mixed reviews about whether or not women lost their sex drive and/or sensation and/or the ability to orgasm post-surgery. I'm happy to report that none of that happened to me. Actually, my sex life improved because I was no longer sick and bleeding all the time.