| How many times have you heard the story of a | | | | necessarily the case as often a tubal reversal surgery |
| woman who has had her tubes tied thinking that she | | | | will do the trick. |
| has had her last child only to change her mind later? | | | | Recently, a study was done which looked at over |
| Thankfully, getting a tubal reversal after having tied | | | | 5000 women who had had tubal ligation reversal |
| your tubes is actually a pretty successful treatment. | | | | procedures at the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. |
| Let's talk about the chances of getting pregnant | | | | One thing that was noted in this study was that as |
| after tubal ligation reversal. | | | | age increased, the percentage of pregnancies which |
| Women have their tubes tied for a variety of | | | | resulted in births went down. In other words, there |
| reasons. Often, however, they choose to have this | | | | were more miscarriages as a woman aged. In |
| procedure reversed because they get married a | | | | addition, the the overall ectopic pregnancy rate was |
| second time, they lose a child or for a host of other | | | | higher than that found in the general population |
| reasons. While many people are very aware of the | | | | because of the tubal ligation procedure these women |
| procedure of permanent birth control, not everyone | | | | had previously. |
| knows it is possible to reverse that sterilization | | | | As far as the chances of getting pregnant after tubal |
| procedure. | | | | ligation reversal, the success rate was partly |
| Just as a man can have a vasectomy reversal, a | | | | dependent upon the method of the original tubal |
| tubal reversal is a strong possibility for a woman who | | | | ligation. Those that were done using tubal clips had |
| has changed her mind and does want to have | | | | the best outcome with a pregnancy rate of 75%. |
| another child. It is typically a one-hour outpatient | | | | Second to that were those who had tubal rings |
| surgery which is fairly low in cost. Some doctors | | | | which resulted in a 72% success rate. Women who |
| mistakenly believe that in vitro fertilization would be | | | | had longer tubes left after surgery had better |
| required for a woman who wants to have a child | | | | chances of getting pregnant than women with |
| after having her tubes tied. However, this is not | | | | shorter tubes. |