| For most women, having a tubal ligation is the end of | | | | of being able to get pregnant naturally, the doctor |
| their reproductive years. Generally speaking, when a | | | | may recommend that she gets more assistance from |
| woman makes the decision to undergo this type of | | | | a reproductive specialist. However, if she is still within |
| permanent female sterilization, she has no plans to | | | | her fertile years then a tubal reversal might be the |
| have additional children in the future. However, for | | | | best case scenario. |
| some women the idea of having more children does | | | | |
| become a reality when they decide that they've | | | | The doctor will also look at what kind of tubal ligation |
| made a mistake having the tubal ligation performed in | | | | she had originally because that will make a difference |
| the first place. These are the women that will be | | | | in how the reversal will be handled. In addition, the |
| asking the question of whether or not pregnancy is | | | | doctor will want to look at the woman's original |
| possible after tubal ligation. | | | | surgical report so that he can see what kind of tubal |
| | | | | ligation was performed as well as how long her |
| The great news for these ladies is that pregnancy is | | | | remaining fallopian tube lengths are. If the ligation |
| definitely possible after having your tubes tied. There | | | | surgeon removed too much of the tubes, then it can |
| are many factors that a surgeon has to consider | | | | pose a problem to having a successful reversal |
| before he can perform a tubal reversal procedure. | | | | surgery. Once the reversal surgeon takes all of these |
| While this procedure is not well known among many | | | | factors into consideration, he can give a woman a |
| patients and even their doctors, it is a great | | | | good idea of whether or not she will be successful. |
| alternative to the expensive in vitro fertilization | | | | |
| process. IVF is not only expensive but has a very | | | | When a woman is questioning whether she can |
| low success rate per cycle. | | | | become pregnant after tubal ligation, she needs to |
| | | | | seek the expert assistance offered at the Chapel Hill |
| Tubal reversal is a much better option for most | | | | Tubal Reversal Center. Their website |
| women as long as they meet a certain set of criteria. | | | | Tubal-Reversal.net offers a wealth of information |
| First of all, the doctor will want to investigate a | | | | including forums and success stories for women who |
| woman's fertility based upon her current age and | | | | want to get pregnant after tubal ligation. |
| health status. Obviously, if she is outside of the range | | | | |