Tubal Ligation: Wanting Another Baby

For those women that have had a tubal ligation and now desire another child or children you are far from alone. Many times a change in life circumstances will cause a woman to rethink the decision she made to have the previous tubal ligation.

Tubal ligation reversal is a way in which a woman can have a child or children after a tubal ligation. Many people think the only way to have a child is to have to go through with IVF and this is not always the case.

Of course there are factors involved with tubal ligation reversal. Your age and the type of tubal ligation that the surgeon performed will have some bearing on the success.. In Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center’s Pregnancy Statistics you are able to see the success rate for both your age and the type of ligation that was performed.

It is no surprise that as we age the pregnancy rate tends to decline due to our eggs getting older. There isn’t anything we can do to avoid this and we can’t turn back time.

The pregnancy success rate tends to surprise many women who are researching tubal ligation reversal. Many times they have never even heard of this and thought that IVF was the only way to go.

If you are interested in tubal ligation reversal the CHTRC website has a lot of information and there is also a free video/DVD that you can have mailed right to you so that you are able to view it and show others.

For those who are looking for support or would like to check out things that other tubal ligation reversal patients have been through be sure to check out the tubal ligation reversal message board. Many times women feel as if they are alone on this journey and are hesitant to tell others about it.