Talking to Your Doctor About a Tubal Ligation Reversal

Many, many women in the US decide every year that they are finished having children or do not want children in the first place. Most often they will decide to have their tubes tied through a tubal ligation surgery. However, within five years about six percent of those women who have undergone the surgery will decide they do want a child after all for whatever reason, but most often due to a partner change. These women then look at having a tubal ligation reversal done so they will have that child or children they now want.

However some women will opt to have tubal ligation reversal surgery not because they want children but rather to help stop the effects they experience and which are commonly referred to as "post tubal ligation syndrome". A woman who suffers from this particular syndrome will suffer from a number of different health problems.

A woman may discover that she is suffering from effects often connected with menopause and that this is happening much earlier than is normal. A woman's libido could be severely deflated with a sex drive that is barely there. Any effects they used to have before a menstrual period could be worsened as well. Some might even have hot or cold flashes, sleeping problems and erratic mood swings.

However, before a woman can know if the tubal ligation reversal is going to be successful, there are certain things which must be taken into account. Among these the first factor is just what kind of procedure was done originally in order to have her tubes tied.

Secondly a woman's age will need to be taken into consideration when she is thinking about having her tubal ligation procedure reversed. In fact for women over the age of 40, they should actually spend some time discussing the matter with their doctor in order to see what their chances of the procedure succeeding are. Certainly the actual amount of damage that has been caused to a woman's fallopian tubes during the tubal ligation surgery can have a serious effect on whether the reversal procedure will be a success or not.

What the surgeon will look for, to see how high your chances are for success, is an original procedure that only removed a very small piece of your fallopian tubes. Likewise, if the original surgery used clips or rings to facilitate having your tubes tied, that is easier to have undone and more likely to be successful when doing the tubal ligation reversal surgery.

Therefore before a doctor or surgeon can decide and advise you as to whether tubal ligation reversal will be successful for you, they need to have had a review of your medical notes from when the original procedure was carried out. After this review, it is important for the woman to discuss her situation with her doctor or surgeon in order to determine whether she should go for tubal ligation reversal surgery or use IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment.

While having this consultation with your surgeon he will discuss the good and bad points for going through with your tubal ligation reversal. Unfortunately, it is possible that due to your age or damage done to your tubes, that a tubal reversal just might not be the best thing for you to achieve your ends.

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