| Each year, many women around the world choose | | | | changed and resulted in them wanting more children. |
| the option of having a tubal ligation surgery in order | | | | Whatever the reason, there are options for women |
| to prevent future pregnancies. Tubal ligation, | | | | who want to get pregnant after tubal ligation. For |
| otherwise known as having your tubes tied, is | | | | one, there is the option of in vitro fertilization, |
| considered to be a female form of sterilization. The | | | | otherwise known as IVF. However, IVF is a very |
| tubes are cut, clipped or even cauterized in order to | | | | expensive procedure at about $10,000-$12,000 per |
| prevent the egg from traveling from the ovary into | | | | cycle. Also, the success rate is quite low at 35% for |
| the uterus for fertilization. While some of these tubal | | | | each cycle tried. It also requires hormone injections |
| ligation procedures fail, about 98% are successful | | | | to harvest as many eggs as possible. |
| resulting in permanent sterilization. Most women will | | | | The other option that is becoming more popular is |
| never wonder how to get pregnant after tubal | | | | called a tubal reversal surgery. This surgery is |
| ligation. | | | | permanent which means that the couple can try to |
| Although the majority of women who have that | | | | get pregnant in any month they want and it is much |
| procedure done are happy with their decision and | | | | less expensive. The surgery itself only costs a little |
| move on with life, there are a group of women who | | | | less than $7000 in most cases. In addition, there are |
| will come to decide that they've made a mistake. | | | | no hormone treatments necessary after surgery in |
| These women may regret having a tubal ligation in | | | | order to be able to get pregnant. For women who |
| the first place and want to get pregnant again. For | | | | want to get pregnant after tubal ligation, they are |
| these women, the emotional toll is extreme as they | | | | happy to find out that tubal reversal has about a |
| wonder what would've happened had they not had | | | | 70% success rate overall. |
| their tubes tied. Life circumstances may have | | | | |