| Many women opt to have permanent sterilization | | | | He will have also screened her to make sure that |
| after having what they consider to be their last child. | | | | she's an appropriate candidate for the procedure in |
| Most women will go through a tubal ligation right after | | | | the first place. |
| delivery of their baby. However, many women come | | | | Just as with any other woman who is trying to get |
| to regret that decision later when they decide that | | | | pregnant, younger women typically will have better |
| they do want to have more children. Trying to | | | | success rates than older women. Recent studies |
| conceive a baby after tubal ligation is impossible | | | | have shown that the pregnancy rate after surgery |
| without having tubal reversal surgery or another | | | | for women under 30 is about 80% while the |
| intervention such as in vitro fertilization. | | | | pregnancy rate for women 40 and older after |
| Very few doctors in the United States are trained to | | | | surgery is about 31%. |
| do tubal reversal procedures. The surgery is actually | | | | Two other factors that will affect the outcome of |
| a lot less expensive than in vitro fertilization and gives | | | | the surgery are the method of tubal ligation that was |
| the woman a permanent method of restoring her | | | | used in the first place and the lengths of the |
| fertility. However, many doctors are not trained to | | | | remaining tubes. A skilled surgeon will know how to |
| do this procedure and erroneously instruct their | | | | make the most of the remaining tubal lengths, but it |
| patients that the only option would be IVF. | | | | can impact the success rate after surgery. |
| After a woman has had a tubal reversal procedure, | | | | Trying to conceive after tubal reversal surgery can |
| there are several factors that she needs to consider | | | | be challenging but it's definitely doable. A woman will |
| when it comes to getting pregnant. An experienced | | | | want to have a lengthy consultation with her doctor |
| surgeon will have given the woman advice on how to | | | | to understand all of the things she needs to do in |
| increase her odds of getting pregnant after surgery. | | | | order to maximize her chances of success. |