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Having a child is the whole reason you are considering undergoing tubal ligation reversal surgery or have already done so. Now you are looking to find out what affects pregnancy after tubal reversal. Below we will cover some different things which can affect how soon and what your probability of a successful pregnancy is given certain factors.

The first factor you will need to look at when hoping to conceive a child is your age. Whether a woman has undergone tubal ligation or not, we all know that age plays a part in getting pregnant, or otherwise we would not be hearing the old clock ticking, so to speak. For a woman who is considering undergoing tubal ligation reversal, she will find her chances of getting pregnant are enhanced the younger she is.

For women who are under the age of 30 the chances of them getting pregnant after this procedure is around 77% but the older the woman is the chances of them conceiving are greatly reduced. For those women aged between 35 and 39 the chances of them getting pregnant drops to 62% and for women over the age of 40 their success rate is only 34%.

The next factor that plays a part in getting pregnant after a tubal ligation reversal procedure is how long the fallopian tubes were left from the original tube tying procedure. The more the doctor has to work with the better the chances are. Some will find they conceive quickly but others will take five years or more. The condition of the fallopian tubes, the length they were left and thus what the doctor has left to reconnect, and how well they are reconnected all play a part in how soon you can get pregnant and what your chances of getting pregnant are.

How long since the tubal ligation surgery was carried out? - Unfortunately the longer a woman waits in order to get her tubal ligation procedure reversed will greatly reduce her chances of being able to conceive easily. This is because the longer they wait the more damage will have been caused to their fallopian tubes, which in turn reduces the chances of the operation actually being successful.

Something else you may have considered, or are considering, is using in vitro fertilization, or IVF, instead of undergoing the reversal surgery. Your doctor may even push this option. However, a number of studies found that women having the tubal ligation reversal are more successful in conception than those undergoing the IVF treatment.

Speaking of studies,there is one study that was conducted by a renown reversal center, Chapel Hill, that showed that there was a higher number of conceptions in women who have the tubal reversal surgery versus women who underwent the IVF treatments. Even better was that the number of children actually born was higher for the women who had the surgery versus the women who did the IVF. When you consider that the surgery generally takes, for Chapel Hill, one hour and is done on an outpatient basis, this lowers the cost compared to IVF. Most women undergoing IVF will have to do it over and over again at a goodly sum each time.

Think about what we have written about in this article. Any of these things, maybe even all of them, can and will have an affect on the outcome of such a surgery. Conception will take time but the more the factors are to your benefit, perhaps the less time it will take for pregnancy after tubal reversal surgery and the sooner you will hold that darling infant in your arms.