| <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: | | | | health status and age are a great factor in her ability |
| 0.08in } --> | | | | to get pregnant. A woman's fertility naturally declines |
| Most people have heard to term getting your "tubed | | | | as she ages. If she has stopped ovulating, for |
| tied". This refers to the procedure called tubal ligation | | | | instance, there is no reason for a woman to get her |
| where a woman is permanently sterilized. Even | | | | tubed untied. Looking at all of these factors, the |
| though this procedure is meant to be a permanent | | | | doctor should be able to give a woman a good idea |
| block to getting pregnant, there are accidental | | | | about her own chances of success. A tubal reversal |
| pregnancies in about 1-2% of the cases. Aside from | | | | generally has a 70% success rate. |
| that, there are also women who later change their | | | | |
| minds and wonder if it is possible to get their tubes | | | | A woman may decide that she wants a tubal |
| untied so that they can get pregnant again. The | | | | reversal surgery for a number of different reasons |
| answer is yes, it is absolutely possible! | | | | from getting remarried to losing a child. No matter |
| | | | | the reason, a woman deserves to know her options |
| The most important part of assessing whether a | | | | are not just limited to expensive procedures like in |
| woman can have her tubed "untied" is knowing | | | | vitro fertilization. Instead of participating in invasive |
| exactly what procedure she had in the first place. | | | | procedures each month, a woman can have her |
| The surgeon will need to see her original operative | | | | tubes reversed and try to get pregnant naturally |
| report that will show whether the woman had her | | | | again. |
| tubes clipped, cut or cauterized. It could be a mixture | | | | |
| of methods were used in her surgery. All of these | | | | For more information on how to get pregnant after |
| can be reversed when being operated on by a | | | | tubal ligation, visit the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal |
| specialized surgeon. It is also important to know how | | | | Center website at Tubal-Reversal.net. They have a |
| long the remaining tubal lengths are as well. | | | | lot of great information as well as forums and |
| | | | | success stories from others who were able to get |
| In addition to these factors, a woman's current | | | | pregnant after tubal ligation. |