Many women with fertility problems do not know that tubal surgery is an option that can be used other than IVF. They simply aren't told and do not do further research unlike you. Although there are many reasons for infertility, tubal surgery, rather than IVF can definitely be worth looking into.
So where does tubal surgery come in? Many times a woman finds out her infertility problems are due to some type of tubal blockage. This can be devastating to her and her spouse. But this is the type of infertility problem where tubal surgery can shine.
Consider these interesting facts using the New York Times and CNN and resources. A course or cycle of IVF can cost you around $10,000 to $12,000. The time involved in one cycle can be three to eight weeks while they try to boost your hormones to cause you to super ovulate. When you do, you will produce several eggs which will be retrieved in order to do fertilization outside your body before being implanted in your uterus.
However, some women are too old to have viable eggs and have to use an egg donor. This was the story in a NY Times article about a 49 year old woman who had recently gotten married and they decided they wanted children. The eggs for her came from a 20-something Romanian woman. So there was not only the procedure but the cost of the egg donor.
No matter what hell you may go through in order to become ready, whether to produce your own eggs and carry a fetus or just to carry the fetus, you may not be lucky enough to maintain the pregnancy. Usually this seems to be a case of implantation not taking place.
Now you have to go through it all again who knows how many times. You have to pay for each cycle you will go through. Usually you can count on more than one cycle with all the cost, time and potential damage done to your body.
Tubal surgery, however, goes in and removes the section of blocked tubes. The rest of the tube that is not blocked is sutured together giving you a good chance to become pregnant again. This is the same surgery done in tubal ligation reversal where the burned or clipped area is removed and the good sections sewn together. One surgery and you don't have to pay any more for failures to get pregnant in any one month.
One surgeon, Dr. Berger, did a study on his own patients and has an up to 87% success rate with tubal surgery. How does that compare to IVF? Most women using it have to do more than one cycle of IVF to get one pregnancy. There is only a 30% chance of getting pregnant on any one cycle. When you are ready for another child, you have to go through it all over again. With tubal surgery, you get to try as many times as you want for as many children as you want. With tubal surgery, trying to conceive is half the fun. Not so much with IVF. - 15995
So where does tubal surgery come in? Many times a woman finds out her infertility problems are due to some type of tubal blockage. This can be devastating to her and her spouse. But this is the type of infertility problem where tubal surgery can shine.
Consider these interesting facts using the New York Times and CNN and resources. A course or cycle of IVF can cost you around $10,000 to $12,000. The time involved in one cycle can be three to eight weeks while they try to boost your hormones to cause you to super ovulate. When you do, you will produce several eggs which will be retrieved in order to do fertilization outside your body before being implanted in your uterus.
However, some women are too old to have viable eggs and have to use an egg donor. This was the story in a NY Times article about a 49 year old woman who had recently gotten married and they decided they wanted children. The eggs for her came from a 20-something Romanian woman. So there was not only the procedure but the cost of the egg donor.
No matter what hell you may go through in order to become ready, whether to produce your own eggs and carry a fetus or just to carry the fetus, you may not be lucky enough to maintain the pregnancy. Usually this seems to be a case of implantation not taking place.
Now you have to go through it all again who knows how many times. You have to pay for each cycle you will go through. Usually you can count on more than one cycle with all the cost, time and potential damage done to your body.
Tubal surgery, however, goes in and removes the section of blocked tubes. The rest of the tube that is not blocked is sutured together giving you a good chance to become pregnant again. This is the same surgery done in tubal ligation reversal where the burned or clipped area is removed and the good sections sewn together. One surgery and you don't have to pay any more for failures to get pregnant in any one month.
One surgeon, Dr. Berger, did a study on his own patients and has an up to 87% success rate with tubal surgery. How does that compare to IVF? Most women using it have to do more than one cycle of IVF to get one pregnancy. There is only a 30% chance of getting pregnant on any one cycle. When you are ready for another child, you have to go through it all over again. With tubal surgery, you get to try as many times as you want for as many children as you want. With tubal surgery, trying to conceive is half the fun. Not so much with IVF. - 15995
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If blocked tubes is the reason for your fertility problems, check out tubal surgery from Dr. Berger as an option for you. It's cheaper and you don't have as much aggravation to go through. Tubal surgery could be the best answer for you.
