Pregnancy After Tubal Ligation And Tubal Reversal
While birth control pills are the number one form of birth control in the U.S today and its effectiveness varies from about 92% to 99%. There are many factors that play into just how effective it is. So at some point, many women decide they are done having children and want a more permanent form of birth control which does not include having to remember to take a pill every day at the right time. For this and many women turn to tubal ligation.
However there remains the question of how effective getting your tubes tied is as well. Is there a chance of you having a pregnancy after tubal ligation?
To actually answer this question, we have to break the answer down by groups and so to speak. What this means is that there are the women who are afraid of and do not want a pregnancy. Then there are the women who change their minds for whatever reason and decide they do want to get pregnant again.
For the first group and the results of a CREST study gave the chances of a woman becoming pregnant following her ligation surgery as 1.43 in 100 or 1.43%. That's because out of a group of 10,000 women in the study and 143 became pregnant. So even though you don't have to remember to take the pill or put ON the patch any more and you do still have a chance of becoming pregnant.
Unfortunately, if you do become pregnant after getting your tubes tied and there is a much greater risk of it being an ectopic pregnancy. If you START having symptoms of being pregnant following your surgery and get to a doctor quick. An untreated ectopic pregnancy can be life-threatening.
Now should you be desirous of a pregnancy after tubal ligation and then your answer becomes, Yes and you can have a chance of getting pregnant again. You will need to have tubal reversal surgery to repair your fallopian tubes as best as they can be. In a study done by one leading tubal reversal (and tubal surgery for women wanting tubal blockages removed) clinic and women have ON average a better than 2/3 chance of getting pregnant following the tubal reversal surgery. This is much and much better than the alternative of IVF.
One thing you should know is that this varies according to your age and the type of tubal ligation you had done (the amount of damage done to your fallopian tubes), and the amount of tubes left after the damage is removed and the tubes reattached. If you fall just right in those categories and your chances of getting pregnant can be as high as 87%. Those are pretty good odds for a pregnancy after tubal ligation.
If you are in the second group and do want a pregnancy after tubal ligation and then you will be in great hands with the team at the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. Learn more about tubal ligation and tubal reversal at the website at http://www.tubal-reversal.net/. They are simply the best in the world at bringing your dream of another child into reality.Sandra Wilson is the author of this tubal reversal article and several others ON the subject. She works with Dr. Gary Berger to bring much needed information ON the subject to those who want to bring more blessings back into their lives.
