Hundreds of thousands of women decide each year to have surgery such as tubal ligation to keep them from having more children. Most of these are quite happy with their decision. But there is a minority, about 6%, who will decide due to changes in circumstances that they do indeed want a child. For most of this group, having the chances of having their own child again can be increased by having another surgery done. This surgery is called a tubal ligation reversal.

Although having a child is the reason most women seek out a tubal ligation reversal, some seek it as a means to provide relief to the side effects of their original surgery to "tie their tubes". A woman who suffers through these side effects, called the post tubal ligation syndrome, may being go through any number of health problems.

Among the various problems these women encounter you will find some suffering form menopausal symptoms long before they should encounter such. These will include not only the hot flashes associated with such but cold flashes and trouble sleeping. Their moods become erratic. Other women suffer from a reduced libido. Yet more will find their PMS symptoms will become much worse.

Unfortunately there are certain factors which would need to be taken into consideration and which will determine whether tubal ligation reversal will be successful for a woman or not. First, the surgeon will need to know what kind of tubal ligation procedure was originally performed on the woman in order to determine if the reversal procedure is actually going to be successful or not.

Secondly a woman's age will need to be taken into consideration when she is thinking about having her tubal ligation procedure reversed. In fact for women over the age of 40 should actually spend some time discussing the matter with their doctor in order to see what their chances of the procedure succeeding are. Certainly the actual amount of damage that has been caused to a woman's fallopian tubes during the tubal ligation surgery can have a serious effect on whether the reversal procedure will be a success or not.

Women who have had only a very small section of their tubes removed will have a better chance for success in a reversal surgery. Those who had surgery that used clips or rings stand a better chance as well.

Therefore, before a doctor or surgeon can decide and advise you as to whether tubal ligation reversal will be successful for you, he will need to have had a review of your medical notes from when the original procedure was carried out. After this review, it is important for the woman to discuss her situation with her doctor or surgeon in order to determine whether she should go for tubal ligation reversal surgery or use IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment.

He should have an initial consultation with you after reviewing the notes and together you will weigh all the pertinent factors such as those discussed above. Hopefully you will find out that having a tubal ligation reversal surgery will help alleviate your problems, if that is why you wanted the surgery, or will bring a bouncing bundle of joy into your life.

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