Tubal Reversal Does Not Work As Birth Control

The title of this article is right. I bet anyone reading this is asking why I would even write something like this. No, I haven’t lost my mind. Although there are days I may be close to it!

The title of this article was done on purpose. It was done to point out a pretty ridiculous fact. There are actually physicians telling patients the reason NOT to have tubal reversal surgery is because it will not work as birth control. That is NOT one of the better pitches I have heard against reversal surgery. It is a very well-known fact that many physicians try to persuade couples to use IVF and not tubal reversal. When, in reality, it has been proven that tubal reversal surgery actually has a better pregnancy success rate over IVF.  Fact is, many physicians have never really studied the success of tubal reversal and will continue to push women towards IVF in order to have a child following a tubal ligation.

For a doctor to persuade a couple not to use tubal reversal surgery to have fertility restored because birth control will be needed after is ridiculous. Do doctors think that many of these couples have not already thought of this? Isn’t the reason why they are having reversal surgery is to “undo” the birth control? Seems to me these couples have already thought of these things. They want to reverse the ligation to have another child. They do not want the birth control in place. And, many of these couples will go on to have more than one child after the reversal surgery.

Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is in the process of doing a blog series on tubal reversal myths and facts. Dr. Monteith is taking on each myth and fact and dispelling the rumors that seem to fly around. He is taking each and every one and explaining why some things are true while others are not. Taking the time to do this helps couples who are searching for the real truth.

All too many times a couple will visit a fertility specialist to have questions on tubal reversal answered. Once in the doctor’s office they are told that tubal reversal doesn’t work and to use IVF. Not only is the couple more confused they are feeling betrayed. Why do they feel betrayed? Because the surgeon they went to see advertised that they do tubal reversal surgery. This happens more than you think.

For more information on tubal reversal and to learn the true facts visit the Tubal Reversal Blog at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. A message board full of couples and videos are also available. 

Reversal of Tubal Ligation

Tubal reversal is the surgery in which the fallopian tubes of a woman that has undergone a tubal ligation. Often, I woman will have a tubal ligation because she is not in a good relationship and does not want to bring any more children into the situation. Once the relationship dissolves the woman may find a new partner and regret the tubal ligation that was performed. The new couple wants to have children and may not be able to afford IVF or what is known as in vitro fertilization.

Is there another way to have a child naturally? Yes, there is and it is less expensive than the treatment of IVF. This is where tubal reversal surgery comes in. The process in which a surgeon repairs the fallopian tubes so that the sperm and egg can unit and pregnancy can take place. 

When a couple begins to research reversal it can be hard to find information. Many doctors inform their patients to look into IVF. Couples may also be mistakenly led to believe that IVF has a better success rate. This is not true and is proven with the study performed known as the Tubal Reversal Pregnancy Report 2009. With the data collected from over 5000 tubal reversal patients, this study has been used by many in the medical community. This is also a great resource to those who want to understand reversal of tubal ligation better. 

Over the years IVF has taken the center stage. Although the pregnancy success rates are better with ligation reversal, most are pushed towards IVF. This may not make sense to some but there are a couple of reasons for this. The first is that the medical students studying now just do not get to see the procedure and are not given the information on it. The second is that many physicians do not go into this field of expertise because they have not been exposed to it. It is amazing the number of medical personnel that vaguely know about this procedure and its success. 

Now that this procedure has become more popular more and more couples are experiencing the great results of tubal ligation reversal. Many of the couples are going on to not just have one baby but more than one. These are the same couples that were afraid they would never be able to have a baby naturally again. Many times the surgery works so well that that couples are pregnant shortly after surgery and are pleasantly surprised and shocked. 

For more information on tubal ligation reversal visit: Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center