| Suppose you had a tubal ligation and like so many | | | | average of three tries that mess up your body for |
| women every year, you decide you want to have a | | | | the whole time with all the drugs you have to take |
| baby. What are your choices? Most likely they will | | | | for a grand total of $36,000. Understand that some |
| be either a tubal reversal or IVF. But you will have | | | | doctors will charge a whole lot more than that. |
| questions about which choice you should make. | | | | With a tubal reversal, you will pay $8,000 to $9,000 |
| Let's start with these three below first. | | | | per treatment on average. The good news is that |
| My Doctor Has Never Heard of Tubal Reversal and | | | | one does the trick, if you get the right tubal reversal |
| Pushes IVF. What's Going On? | | | | surgeon. Please choose one who is very |
| Of course it could be your doctor has heard of tubal | | | | experienced. Don't let someone who has done |
| reversal but still pushes IVF, or in vitro fertilization, | | | | maybe two surgeries in three years operate on |
| anyway. Why would he do that? There are a | | | | you. Chances are he will cost you a whole lot more |
| couple reasons. First, if your doctor has not heard | | | | money as well. |
| of tubal reversal it could be that didn't receive training | | | | Now the success rate of tubal reversal are pretty |
| in it. Because most insurance won't pay for tubal | | | | good as well. There is one website online that |
| reversal, unless you have a specific rider, this means | | | | publishes statistics from their own patients where |
| you have to pay for it yourself. Hospitals charge big | | | | you can check them. So we will use those as our |
| bucks to have the surgery done. Therefore, most | | | | guide. The average success rate, which means a |
| don't do it very often at all which means your doctor | | | | pregnancy, is 69%. You should know, though, that |
| probably never saw it done during his training. If | | | | this will vary up to a high of 82%. The rate |
| you don't see something done, you may think it's | | | | depends upon your tube length, type of tubal ligation |
| impossible. | | | | and age. That last brings us to the next question |
| Unfortunately even those specializing in reproductive | | | | many women ask. |
| endocrinology will be lucky to see a tubal reversal | | | | I'm XX Years Old. Will This Matter? |
| done. What they will see, including your doctor, and | | | | Hard as it can be to hear, yes, age matters. If you |
| know most about is IVF which is our second | | | | are over 35, your body is already beginning to lose |
| reason. If you wonder why that might be, let's take | | | | the ability to get pregnant. If you are over 40, you |
| a look at the next question. The answer is there. | | | | know that even for someone not tubally challenged, |
| How Does a Tubal Reversal Surgery Compare to | | | | you have a much lower chance of getting pregnant. |
| IVF? | | | | |
| You might be surprised to know that IVF is | | | | So how does that play into getting a tubal reversal? |
| expensive. OK, maybe you aren't surprised. These | | | | If you are under 30 when getting your tubal reversal, |
| procedures cost an average of $10,000 - $12,000 per | | | | you have an 82% chance of getting pregnant. |
| cycle. You usually have to expect an average of | | | | Again, I am using the statistics from the site |
| three cycles before you get the hoped-for | | | | mentioned above that publishes their client success |
| outcome. This is because each cycle, which last | | | | rates. However, if you are over 40, your chances |
| from three to eight weeks, only has a 10 to 30% | | | | go down to 41%. But even at that, your chances |
| success rate. The average per cycle is 28% | | | | are better than with an IVF. At least the way I see |
| because more eggs are usually implanted which ups | | | | it. |
| the odds. Now do the math and you get an | | | | |