Tubal Reversal Blog ‘in vitro fertilization’

The tubal reversal doctors at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center performed the first reversal procedure after Adiana tubal sterilization on February 6, 2009. Today they report the success of the operation as confirmed by a positive pregnancy test submitted by the patient,Tina D., via her Pregnancy Report Form. Read the rest of this article and comment on it. »

Tubes reversed and tubes untied. This was the plan of Lisa and Marshall in January of 2009 that brought them to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.

I had the pleasure of meeting the couple for a pre-operative visit to discuss tubal ligation reversal surgery. Initially, Lisa and Marshall chose to attempt pregnancy through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and  Lisa underwent a single cycle of IVF, which was not successful.

After their IVF cycle, Lisa and her husband, Marshall, made the decision to have her tubes untied and reversed so they could attempt to conceive naturally.

Together they traveled to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center from Orlando Florida (FL) for a tubal ligation reversal. Here is their story… Read the rest of this article and comment on it. »

This is the ninth article in our series of Tubal Ligation Reversal After 40 written for  patients of  Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center who are considering corrective tubal surgery for blocked tubes or tubal ligation reversal to reverse tied tubes.
This series can be educational, however, for all woman trying to decide between tubal ligation reversal or in vitro fertilizaiton (IVF). This article discusses Issues and Risks of IVF.

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Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center specializes in tubal ligation reversal and surgery to repair blocked fallopian tubes.

We want our patients to be well informed, and we have started this series for women over the age of 40 who have had a tubal ligation and want to become pregnant again. The information contained in this series may be helpful to all women considering the alternative treatments of tubal reversal or IVF.

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In Vitro Fertilization Overview

IVF is a procedure designed to by-pass the natural environment where conception occurs – the fallopian tubes. High dose hormonal medications are given to promote the growth of a large number of eggs. The eggs are then retrieved from the ovaries and fertilized in a laboratory.  After sufficient egg division, the fertilized eggs or zygotes are then transferred into the uterine cavity through the cervical opening. If they implant successfully, then conception has occurred.

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Preparation for tubal ligation reversal surgery is the same for all patients regardless of age.  Any person considering  ‘untying tied tubes‘ should read this article to understand how to arrange and schedule a tubal ligation reversal.

This is the sixth article in a series dedicated to women considering alternatives for pregnancy and tubal ligation reversal after the age of 40.

The previous article describes the risk of having a tubal reversal surgery and the first article of our series is  Tubal Ligation Reversal After the Age 40 | Introduction.
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This is fourth in a series of articles for women wanting to become pregnant after tubal ligation reversal and who are age 40 and older.  This article describes the multiple benefits of tubal reversal compared with IVF (in vitro fertilization).

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If a woman has had her tubes tied (tubal ligation) and wants to have more children, then she has three options:

Adoption
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Tubal Ligation Reversal

The blog article is part of a series of articles about tubal reversal after age 40. The first of this series is Tubal Ligation Reversal After the Age of 40| Introduction.

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Tubal ligation reversal is very successful at allowing women who have had their tubes tied to become pregnant again. In general, 70% of women who have their tubes untied at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center become pregnant after  reversal of tubal ligation. This overall statistic is based on all patients, but there is variation depending upon an individual’s  age and method of tubal ligation.

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Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center specializes in reversing tubal ligation and repairing damaged or blocked fallopian tubes. We perform over 800 tubal repair surgeries per year and have patients who travel to us from around the world and across the United States to have tubal surgery at our center.

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