Thread: Had my tubes burnt off and now I want more kids..

Hi - the first thing you need to do is look at your health insurance situation - most policies would consider the reversal procedure to be unnecessary (voluntary) and therefore you will not be covered. The reversal procedure involves microsurgery and therefore I can only imagine it is very expensive.

You could also look into the option of conceiving via IVF (in vitro fertilisation) - where your own eggs can be taken direct from ovaries, fertilised with your partner's sperm in the lab and then some or all of the resulting embryos implanted into your uterus. This obviously bypasses the need to reconnect your tubes, though some people have ethical concerns with the fact that many embryos may be created but only a few used. Another issue is that multiple births are common from IVF.

IVF in your situation is also likely to be considered voluntary and would also be expensive.

There is quite a lot of information online if you search 'tubal ligation reversal'.

It appears that there is no 'norm' for success, success rates vary from between 20% success and 70% success, depending on the nature of the original operation and the state in which the tubes were left.

You need your medical records - you need to know whether your tubes were cut or clipped, if cut how much, what the state of the cut ends are, and so on and so forth.

So, to summarize:
1. Check insurance coverage for tubal ligation reversal and / or IVF.
2. Get your medical records about the tubal ligation in order.
3. Bring your records to your doctor (or to a new Ob / gyn) and discuss your options for tubal ligation and / or IVF.

Good luck with whatever you decide.