April 24, 2008

Keeping Track of Your Cycles After Tubal Reversal

by Sandra Wilson

Some women may have questions about their cycles after tubal reversal surgery not be sure what will happen and how fast they can get pregnant. They have been told by their tubal ligation reversal surgeon that they may have to stick around one or two days after surgery to be sure there are no immediate post op complications and that the incision looks good. They are also told that they must restrict their activity to only light exercise for several weeks while allowing their bodies to heal internally. But knowing just what to expect from their cycles after tubal reversal and how soon they can get pregnant is something that many forget to find out about.

While being in a rush to get pregnant right away, women having gone through the tubal ligation reversal surgery really should wait till they have had at least two complete cycles to try. It may seem like everything is back to normal quickly but still it is best to wait. It takes about 4 to six weeks for all the incisions both inside as well as outside to heal completely.

Some women are lucky, however. They find themselves pregnant almost immediately at the first cycle. Others, better than six cycles after tubal reversal surgery, still find they can't get pregnant.

Often if a woman has found that she has not been able to conceive in 6 months after having the reversal operation carried out, then further checks will need to be done in order to see if there are any other underlying problems. Normally with women who find it much more difficult to conceive after having their operation reversed, it is because they had the original operation some time ago. Therefore a woman who has had the operation say only a couple of years ago compared to someone who had it 10 years ago may find it much easier to get pregnant.

What a doctor will do, if after 6 months and the woman is still having difficulty actually getting pregnant, is inspect her fallopian tubes again to see if they are fully open and nothing untoward has happened since the procedure took place. If they discover that these are okay, then there may be some other underlying cause which is preventing the woman from getting pregnant. Women who are worried or become anxious because they are not getting pregnant as soon as they would like will often find it much more difficult to conceive than those that don't.

Sometimes they find that just because they have a period, it doesn't actually mean that ovulation is taking place. What this means in the end, is that even if they are late, it doesn't necessarily mean they are pregnant. Any woman with enough years knows that even the smallest upset in patterns and schedules can throw your system and cycles off.

Many doctors once a woman has become pregnant after they have had tubal reversal surgery will want to keep an eye on their patients in case they suffer from tubal pregnancy. This is very rare and only around 3 to 5% of all women who have this particular form of surgery are likely to suffer from an ectopic (tubal) pregnancy.

Knowing when you are ovulating, and when you may actually have conceived, it is best to utilize an ovulation prediction kit in the cycles after tubal reversal surgery. Lastly, if you find you are late by two days, go get a pregnancy test done by your doctor.

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