Tubal Reversal and Vasectomy Reversal: His and Her Reversals
We are pretty surprised to be pregnant after 3 years of nothing. I have PCOS and we’ve both had a reversal (tubal reversal and vasectomy reversal).
Praying this baby is where it’s supposed to be!
Patient age: 38
Tubal ligation type: Tubal rings (bands)
Patient hometown: Pueblo West, Colorado
Tubal Reversal and Vasectomy Reversal: ‘His and Her’ Reversals!
Occasionally couples will get together and both of them have had sterilization procedures. To have another child they will need to consider having in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments or tubal reversal and vasectomy reversal. This can often be a very difficult choice for many couples because both treatments are expensive and neither treatment has a 100% guarantee.
IVF. A single cycle of IVF costs $14,000 and averages 38% chance of pregnancy success. If the man has had a vasectomy then he will need to get needle aspiration of sperm from his testicles during the IVF treatment cycle. This additional procedure is required when a man has had a vasectomy and it will add $3,000 to $5,000 on to the cost of a cycle of IVF. This brings the total cost to IVF to $19,000 if the man and woman both have sterilization procedures. If the first cycle does not work…then you pay all over again for a second cycle. The second cycle is usually cheaper if they harvested enough sperm to freeze.
Tubal Reversal and vasectomy reversal. Tubal reversal costs around $6400 at A Personal Choice and average chance of pregnancy success rate is 65%. The cost of vasectomy reversal at A Personal Choice is similar to tubal ligation reversal. So the total cost of a ‘His and Her’ reversal is close to the cost of a single cycle of IVF. The benefit of reversal of sterilization is that pregnancy can happen more than once.
The biggest predictor of success for female reversal is the type of tubal ligation being reversed and the age of the women. All types of tubal ligations can be reversed but clips and rings are the best methods for reversing. Age is the biggest issue for many women and it is much harder to become pregnant after the age of 42.
The biggest predictor of success for male reversal is the number of years since the vasectomy procedure. Vasectomies less than 5 years old are the best for reversing but success up to 10 years after is possible and good.
More information: Cost of vasectomy reversal
More information: Cost of tubal reversal
