Looking for tubal reversal doctors is usually your first task after deciding the surgery is right for you. So how can you find surgeons who will do the operation? Below are a few tips to help you with your search. 1. What most women will do is to ask her family doctor or ob/gyn for a referral. This is the way medical things have been done for years. You are relying on the knowledge of your doctor to find you someone who is good. Let's just hope he can satisfy all the other factors you should consider before the final selection. You can find those other factors in other articles by this author and maybe even on this site. 2. Another method you can use was not available too long ago. Now you can use your own favorite Internet browser and do a simple search for tubal reversal doctors. This should give you a lot of websites and articles to review and you can learn about different surgeons and clinics as well. 3. Do the same search at Google Maps, but add your town or state to the search. This will add a map showing the locations of different clinics and doctors. 4. The next thing you can do is find message boards online that talk about tubal reversals. This way you can talk to women who are doing the same as you, find out who they have chosen or even talk to women who have already had the surgery done. You can find out if they are happy with the doctor they chose. 5. Lastly, check out sites that rate doctors. When you get to the site, search for tubal reversal doctors and see what other women have to say. One like RateMDs.com has four different areas to rate a doctor and his staff as well as space for patient comments. Check out the top rated or most commented on doctors, too. Take these tips and go find several to put on your list. Then you should compare each to the other criteria in hopes of making the best decision for you and your family in getting a successful tubal reversal surgery.
Many women who have had a tubal ligation have been told it is a permanent form of birth control. When they change their minds about wanting another child, their doctors usually counsel having an in vitro fertilization or IVF. What these women usually don't know is that tying their tubes can be reversed with an operation. So you are left wanting to know about IVF vs. tubal reversal and which is best.
A tubal reversal is a micro-surgical technique of repairing the fallopian tubes where they were cut. The preparation is minimal for the surgery including some review of your tubal ligation operative records. If you have a BMI greater than 30, it is suggested you get it down for your own surgical safety. You can check out this page to determine your BMI if you need to: www.tubal-reversal.net/body-mass-index-bmi.php
To undergo the IVF process, you will need to have a series of injections. Some will be subcutaneous which means just under the skin but some have to be put into the muscle. For each drug you get, you will have to go in each day for a few days to receive the shots. This is just to prepare your body such as stimulating it to produce more eggs at once than normal.
Next will be the removal of your eggs. Of course, the doctor will need to be sure of the right time to do so and will do this by monitoring to be sure to catch the eggs at the right time. Your system has been stimulated to produce many more eggs than normal. You will get another shot before ovulation is due. Then, when all is ready, the doctor will use a needle to remove the egg. Ouch again!
Once the eggs are withdrawn from your body, they will be fertilized and left to develop for some time in the lab after they reach the correct maturity. One reason they overstimulated your body to produce more eggs is so more than one can be put back into your body after fertilization. You will most likely get two or three. The rest will generally be frozen and can be used if this cycle does not produce a viable pregnancy. Oh, yes, and you get more injections.
Will all this be successful? That depends on several things which can include something as "simple" as how careful your doctor is and whether or not he rushed the implant procedure and if he put the embryo in a good place. At any rate, you will need more injections now to help sustain things and make your chances better. With all these shots, you should be aware that there are some dangers not only to you but to your child as well, if you should be lucky enough to carry to term. Look around the web to see what the potential dangers are from IVF.
Add to all of the above the success rates of each individual course of treatments. Depending upon where you look it is from a 10 - 30% chance you will get pregnant. Higher percentages for more embryos being implanted.
You will need to learn more about IVF in order to make the best decision but you can see that a tubal reversal surgery just might be a better choice. Starting with success rates for tubal reversal you will find it varies with the doctor you choose. Actually most will only give you the industry wide statistics because they don't collect their own nor know them. However, when looking at a center such as Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, you will find their success rates posted on their website. Overall the success rate for them for tubal reversals is 69%. Take a look at the charts to see where you with your specific circumstances fit in. But, barring any other problems, after the surgery you get to try and try again to conceive all for the same cost.
And that's the last thing to cover. One session, or cycle, of IVF will cost on average $10,000 to $12,000 with most patients being told to expect to undergo at least three cycles. That's like $30,000 or more. Some doctors charge even more. Now compare that to the average cost of a tubal reversal which is $8,000 to $9,000 in the U.S. So what do you think about IVF vs. tubal reversal now? Which choice will be the best for you?
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