| When a woman decides to have a tubal ligation, it is | | | | fertilization is the best option, however IVF is very |
| usually because she is quite certain that she is | | | | expensive. The average cost per cycle is $10,000 to |
| finished having a family. Perhaps she has had all of | | | | $12,000, so many families cannot afford to continually |
| the children she desires to have or maybe she thinks | | | | try cycle after cycle. Because the success rate of |
| she never wants any kids at all. No matter what the | | | | IVF is quite low at about 35% per cycle, it can take |
| reason, tubal ligation is supposed to be a permanent | | | | months or even years before a couple sees success. |
| form of female sterilization. However, sometimes | | | | Some couples will never get pregnant using IVF, yet |
| women decide that they have made a bad decision in | | | | will use all of their money trying the IVF method. The |
| having the surgery and start to wonder if it is | | | | good news is that there is another, better way. |
| possible to get pregnant after tubal ligation. | | | | Tubal ligation reversal is a simple surgery that is done |
| The short answer to the question is yes, it is | | | | by a few surgeons throughout the United States. It |
| certainly possible to have a baby even after | | | | involves reattaching the fallopian tubes to allow a |
| sterilization. How is this possible? First of all, there are | | | | woman to conceive naturally again. The procedure is |
| a small number of cases, as low as 1% to 2%, that | | | | less expensive and has a higher success rate of |
| may experience an accidental pregnancy after tubal | | | | about 70%. There are no hormone injections required |
| ligation. Obviously, these are cases that are not | | | | and a woman can try to get pregnant after tubal |
| meant to happen. When a woman actually wants to | | | | ligation as many times as she desires. The |
| get pregnant, there are options available to her. | | | | unfortunate thing is that many times doctors do not |
| First, the doctor will most likely say that in vitro | | | | tell women that this open is available. |