| When a couple decides that they are having their last | | | | start to lose their fertility as they get older. They are |
| child, often the woman will have a tubal ligation. This | | | | born with a certain number of eggs and once those |
| is commonly known as having her "tubes tied". | | | | are gone, she cannot make more. Therefore, she will |
| Sometimes, however, circumstances change and the | | | | be fertile only until a particular age. |
| woman later decides that she wants to begin trying | | | | If she has a tubal reversal surgery done in her late |
| to conceive another child. | | | | 30s or early 40s, she may be prevented from |
| Most doctors would tell her that the only way she | | | | getting pregnant simply by virtue of her hormonal |
| can conceive after having a tubal ligation is by using in | | | | levels at that time. However, a good family doctor |
| vitro fertilization. However, this is not necessarily true | | | | will check her hormones before she goes through the |
| because there is another option for a woman who is | | | | surgery to see what the possibilities are. |
| trying to conceive after a tubal. | | | | Another factor that determines whether or not a |
| When a woman has her tubes tied, in essence this | | | | woman is able to get pregnant after tubal reversal is |
| prevents the egg from going from the ovary to the | | | | how the original tubal ligation surgery was done. Many |
| uterus. This is because the fallopian tubes are cut so | | | | women do not realize that there were several |
| this cannot happen. Most doctors these days are | | | | different ways of doing a tubal ligation. Researchers |
| being trained that in vitro fertilization is the option of | | | | have found that the chances for trying to conceive |
| choice. They are being taught this in medical school | | | | after tubal reversal are based upon how the original |
| and during their training in hospitals across America. | | | | tubal ligation was done. |
| However, there are a handful of doctors who do a | | | | Tubal ring or clip reversal shows a 75% chance of |
| procedure called a tubal reversal. | | | | pregnancy after reversal surgery. However, if the |
| For a woman who is trying to conceive after tubal | | | | doctor used tubal coagulation, known as burning, the |
| reversal, there are a couple of factors that will | | | | chances of pregnancy are reduced to 66%. Finally, if |
| determine whether or not she is likely to be | | | | the doctor used a resection method, known as |
| successful. One factor is her age at the time of the | | | | cutting, the chances are reduced again to 63%. |
| reversal. It is important to remember that women | | | | |