What about Tubal Ligation Reversal - What to Know?
Any woman wanting a tubal ligation reversal will find she is not alone. Almost a million women a year want to have their tubal ligation reversed. That's almost 25% of the women who get their tubes tied.
Knowing that there is such a large number of women wanting to have a tubal ligation reversal, it should not surprise you that there are any number of places online where you can find information about untying your tubes. Additionally, thanks to the power of the Internet, you now have places where you can "meet" other women wanting to have reversal surgery just like you. One such place that is a fount of information and support is the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center's message board. Seek it out.
As you begin your search for information, you will find a lot of disinformation as well. This can sometimes be from people who just don't know better. Surprisingly, sometimes those people are doctors. Why you may wonder would a doctor not know the right information?
I recently read in a newsletter that it can take 15 years for information regarding treatments to get from it being found to being something that your doctor will tell you in his office. When you add that to the fact that doctors these days are just not being trained in tubal ligation reversal surgery, not even most reproductive endocrinologists, you can understand why a doctor might not have the right information.
For more about the lack of training, you can check out Dr. Charles Monteith's early blog posts (spring '08) on the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center's website. In it, he tells of his journey to becoming a tubal reversal surgeon and his training which did not cover the surgery. In fact, he tells the story of how he was enlightened by a doctor he was doing rounds with when he was shocked by the mentor's recommendation of tubal ligation reversal surgery to a patient. It is an eye-opening account about the lack of training for this field.
That is one reason why it is so important to make sure as you continue doing your tubal reversal research that you look into the qualifications and training of any surgeon you are considering. Just because a doctor has done one such surgery in the last year does not make him your best choice for your surgery. Ask about his credentials and the number of surgeries he has done.
Going back to the information you can find on the Internet now is a report of a study done on the efficacy of the operation. It's the only one of its kind that provides this further information to help you with making your choices. In it, you will learn that tubal ligation reversal surgery has a 66% chance of resulting in a pregnancy overall. There are factors that can alter that for you so it is well worth looking into the study and seeing what the potentials are for you with tubal ligation reversal.
Knowing that there is such a large number of women wanting to have a tubal ligation reversal, it should not surprise you that there are any number of places online where you can find information about untying your tubes. Additionally, thanks to the power of the Internet, you now have places where you can "meet" other women wanting to have reversal surgery just like you. One such place that is a fount of information and support is the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center's message board. Seek it out.
As you begin your search for information, you will find a lot of disinformation as well. This can sometimes be from people who just don't know better. Surprisingly, sometimes those people are doctors. Why you may wonder would a doctor not know the right information?
I recently read in a newsletter that it can take 15 years for information regarding treatments to get from it being found to being something that your doctor will tell you in his office. When you add that to the fact that doctors these days are just not being trained in tubal ligation reversal surgery, not even most reproductive endocrinologists, you can understand why a doctor might not have the right information.
For more about the lack of training, you can check out Dr. Charles Monteith's early blog posts (spring '08) on the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center's website. In it, he tells of his journey to becoming a tubal reversal surgeon and his training which did not cover the surgery. In fact, he tells the story of how he was enlightened by a doctor he was doing rounds with when he was shocked by the mentor's recommendation of tubal ligation reversal surgery to a patient. It is an eye-opening account about the lack of training for this field.
That is one reason why it is so important to make sure as you continue doing your tubal reversal research that you look into the qualifications and training of any surgeon you are considering. Just because a doctor has done one such surgery in the last year does not make him your best choice for your surgery. Ask about his credentials and the number of surgeries he has done.
Going back to the information you can find on the Internet now is a report of a study done on the efficacy of the operation. It's the only one of its kind that provides this further information to help you with making your choices. In it, you will learn that tubal ligation reversal surgery has a 66% chance of resulting in a pregnancy overall. There are factors that can alter that for you so it is well worth looking into the study and seeing what the potentials are for you with tubal ligation reversal.
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