| Every year in many different parts of the world | | | | per cycle attempted yet only has about a 35% |
| thousands of women undergo a surgical procedure | | | | chance of success in any given cycle. Many women |
| called tubal ligation. This is where the doctor severs | | | | find that they can't afford to have multiple cycles of |
| the connection between the fallopian tubes and the | | | | IVF so they give up in desperation. However, for |
| uterus. It prevents the eggs from traveling down | | | | those women who have had their tubes tied, many |
| from the ovaries into the uterus for fertilization. | | | | times it is possible to have that procedure reversed. |
| Because it is commonly thought and intended to be a | | | | Of course, there are only a handful of doctors |
| permanent form of female sterilization, many women | | | | qualified to do a tubal reversal in the United States. |
| have no idea that they could potentially have their | | | | These doctors do the procedure on a regular basis |
| tubal ligation reversed with a simple outpatient | | | | and know what it involves. |
| procedure. | | | | Before having a tubal reversal, a woman will undergo |
| Tubal ligation reversal is a procedure that isn't often | | | | testing with the surgeon to make sure that she's a |
| offered by normal gynecologists. In fact, when a | | | | good candidate. He will want to see her original |
| woman comes to her doctor to ask about the | | | | surgery report from the ligation to see what type |
| possibilities of having a baby after ligation, she's | | | | she had whether it was done with coagulation, clips |
| commonly told that in vitro fertilization is really the | | | | or even rings. The type of tubal ligation does make a |
| only option. Thankfully, this just isn't true. In fact, IVF | | | | difference in the overall success rate. He will also |
| is a very expensive procedure with quite a low | | | | want to know how long her remaining tubal lengths |
| success rate. | | | | are as well as determine her current state of fertility |
| IVF costs anywhere between $10,000 and $12,000 | | | | because of her age or other factors. |