If you're a woman who's decided not to have any more children and heavy periods are interfering with your life, then help might be available.

Jennifer Fletcher is just days away from undergoing a procedure that's going to stop her heavy monthly periods. "I'm looking forward to it because I'm miserable."

Jennifer's solution is something known as Novasure, its an outpatient procedure that ends up helping Jennifer without the awkwardness and embarrassment that heavy bleeding can cause.

Gynecologist William Rincon says "After we've determined that the abnormal uterine bleeding is not from anything from cancer or hormonal, and the patient just continues to bleed despite any medical treatment we give, then we give her the option of having Novasure."

Dr. Rincon explains that this is all done by permanently removing the lining of the uterus through the brief application of electrical energy. "It's a 90 second procedure, very short, it's an outpatient procedure, we put the patient under anesthetic, it's done quickly. It avoids a hysterectomy."

Jennifer says "And it's to stop my periods or to slow them down to just a light flow or just a little spotting."

12-months after the procedure, more than 92% of women treated with Novasure say they were satisfied with the results.

It's estimated that 1 in 5 women experience unusually heavy menstrual bleeding.