A young mother-of-two is 'desperate to have another child' after making the 'foolish' decision to be sterilised after the birth of her second child.

At 23 Ashton Snowden had her hands full with her son, Brodi, three, and daughter, Maddilyn, two – and made the decision to have her 'tubes tied' so she would never become pregnant again.

Now 27 Mrs Snowden, a hairdresser in Newman, 1200 kilometres north-east of Perth, and her husband Brett, a miner, 32, are now desperate to add to their family.

Ashton Snowden, 27, Brodi Snowden, 6, Brett Snowden, 32 and Maddilyn Snowden, 5. Mrs Snowden regrets having her 'tubes tied' when she was 23.

The young mother from Newman in Western Australia 'was stubborn' and thought she would never want more children - but now regrets that

She wants to have one or two more children with her husband Brett

'I just woke up one morning and decided I wanted to have my tubes tied – and wouldn't listen to anyone who told me to think about it,' Mrs Snowden told Daily Mail Australia.

'I think I must have been having a rough week with my two who were two and three – the worst ages at the time and just thought I couldn't handle any more.

'Looking back 23 is just so young to be making that decision – I mean at 23 I could have broken up with my husband and wanted to start a new family with someone else.

'Now I wish I had never done it and want to warn other mums to think about it properly so they don'e end up here.'

She now believes she was 'too young' to make the decision and thinks women 'should have to wait til they're 35' to choose the permanent form of birth control.

'If I was told that I wasn't allowed to have it done I wouldn't have to go through this reversal,' she said.

'My doctor had told me he could try the Mirena birth control again – but because I became pregnant when I was on it, I didn't want to risk having three babies under three.

The hairdresser thinks she was going through a rough time with two toddlers when she made the nearly-permanent decision to have her tubes tied

The young woman had her tubes tied after becoming pregnant with the Mirena

The hairdresser's husband works in the mines, she says she sometimes felt alone while he worked 13 days straight ans she looked after their children

'My husband was working thirteen days straight at the mines at the time and I just didn't think I could do it, so I decided to have my tubes tied.'

The 27-year-old has to fly to Perth from her 'tiny town in the desert' everytime she see a doctor – and is afraid she won't become pregnant once the procedure is reversed.

'The doctor said we can try a month after it has been done – but if I don't become pregnant within 12 months I will have to consider IVF.'

The path to a new baby is a frightening one – with Mrs Snowden's risk of ectopic pregnancy increased because of the scarring in her fallopian tube from where they were sealed shut.

Maddilyn was two when her mother decided two children was enough

Brodi is keen for more siblings - he is six - the mum said she felt like she had made the wrong decision as soon as he went to school

'When you want something so bad and it isn't guaranteed it is pretty scary,' she said.

'I don't want to obsess about it – it is all I think about at the moment.'

The mother admitted to Daily Mail Australia that she went against the advice of her mother-in-law, grandmother, sister-in-law and best friend when she had the initial operation.

'They are all telling me they ''told me so'' – which hurts because I know they are right.

'I first felt like I might have made the wrong decision a few weeks after my operation – then when my son went to school and I was managing everything at home better I was like ''oh my god, what have I done'',' she said.

Mrs Snowden, right, with her daughter and sister-in-law Beth and Beth's daughter. Mrs snowden ignored her sister-on-law's advice not to have her tubes tied

The mum didn't want to have 'three children under three' and was sure she just wanted her two children

'I always wanted to be a mum and I am an only child so was always excited to have a few children – I just wish I had thought it through more,' she said

Mrs Snowden's husband was one of the people who was nervous before the first operation.

'He was nervous about it then and he is nervous about it now,' she said.

'I always wanted to be a mum and I am an only child so was always excited to have a few children – I just wish I had thought it through more.'

The 'regretful' mother now believed women should not be able to have the procedure until 'they are older'.

'I understand if they have medical reasons for getting it done – but if they are young and healthy like I was they shouldn't be allowed,' she said.

The mum wants to warn other mums against having the procedure and believes she was 'too young' to make the decision

Her husband Brett was nervous at the time of the original operation and also wants more children

If she doesn't become pregnant within a year the family will look into IVF – but hope it doesn't come to that.

'Living so far away from Perth makes that hard. We would have to look at the family situation and if we could go down there for that long.

'Newman doesn't even have a hospital where babies can be delivered – you have to be out of town by the time you are 36-weeks pregnant.'

The mother posted her concerns to the Midnight Mums Facebook group asking for advice – some mothers revealed they became pregnant after sterilisation while others had been told they were 'too young' even aged 30.

The mother was shocked after hearing most women were told they couldn't have the surgery because of their age and said her doctor agreed to do her operation immediately.