| There are many factors which will need to be taken | | | | play a part in how soon you can get pregnant and |
| into consideration by a woman after tubal reversal | | | | what your chances of getting pregnant are. |
| surgery has been carried and she is looking to | | | | How long since the tubal ligation surgery was carried |
| conceive. Certainly for some women once the | | | | out? - Unfortunately the longer a woman waits in |
| procedure has been carried out they find they | | | | order to get her tubal ligation procedure reversed will |
| become pregnant quite quickly afterwards, but for | | | | greatly reduce her chances of being able to conceive |
| others it will take some time. There are a number of | | | | easily. This is because the longer they wait the more |
| different factors a woman will need to consider in | | | | damage will have been caused to their fallopian tubes, |
| relation to her pregnancy after tubal reversal actually | | | | which in turn reduces the chances of the operation |
| being successful. | | | | actually being successful. |
| Probably the first thing to consider when considering | | | | Is Tubal Reversal a better option than IVF? - In a |
| getting pregnant whether having had your tubes tied | | | | number of studies that have been carried out over |
| or not has to do with age. Even if a woman has not | | | | the years relating to this matter, many women have |
| undergone a tubal ligation, the older she is the more | | | | found that having tubal reversal surgery rather than |
| likely it will be that she will have a problem conceiving. | | | | under going IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment has |
| This is just a fact of life, though you will have heard | | | | been more successful. |
| of some women getting pregnant at what some | | | | One such study from the Chapel Hill Reversal Center, |
| would consider an advanced age. It just boils down | | | | where they keep excellent track of their patients, it |
| to the younger you are when having your tubal | | | | was discovered that the women who had the tubal |
| reversal surgery, the higher the probability of getting | | | | reversal done, instead of the IVF treatments, |
| pregnant after tubal reversal is done. | | | | conceived more easily. In addition, the number of |
| A twenty-something woman will find her chances of | | | | actual babies born after they became pregnant, was |
| conceiving after tubal reversal is about 77%. As you | | | | higher for the tubal reversal surgery than for those |
| get older the probability drops as we stated before. | | | | who underwent IVF. Even better is that the reversal |
| A female that is between thirty-five and thirty-nine | | | | surgery is done generally on an outpatient basis with |
| finds the probability falls to 62%. For a woman over | | | | only about an hour in surgery thus lowering the cost |
| forty, the conception rate falls even further to 34%. | | | | of this treatment versus the IVF treatment which |
| The next factor that plays a part in getting pregnant | | | | can take many tries. |
| after a tubal ligation reversal procedure is how long | | | | All these items above need to be considered when |
| the fallopian tubes were left from the original tube | | | | you are making your decision concerning tubal ligation |
| tying procedure. The more the doctor has to work | | | | reversal. Keep it all in mind when you are looking at |
| with the better the chances are. Some will find they | | | | pregnancy after tubal reversal as any of the factors, |
| conceive quickly but others will take five years or | | | | or indeed all of the factors, could have an impact on |
| more. The condition of the fallopian tubes, the length | | | | your ability to conceive and have the child you are |
| they were left and thus what the doctor has left to | | | | dreaming of. However, the factors affect you, this |
| reconnect, and how well they are reconnected all | | | | could still be your best bet. |