Tubal Ligation Reversal News

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51) Most Popular Message Board About Tubal Reversal Surgery
The Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Message Board has been in existence since January 2002 and has a total of over 11,000 registered members from all over the US and the world. These members have posted over 337,000 messages. This volume of membership and posting indicates how widespread interest is about tubal reversal surgery. Anyone who has had a tubal reversal procedure performed by Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith, or who is planning on having a reversal procedure, will find the Tubal Reversal Message Board to be an excellent resource. A member recently writes, "Someone mentioned that we need to start a thread for those of us who have or are going to have TR in October so I decided to start one! This is a place we can all keep up with each other and give support to one another! I think it is a great idea so I will be happy to start it and keep it going!" The message board of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center allows prospective, current, and past patients of Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith to share information with each other and the staff regarding any issue related to tubal ligation reversal.

52) Tubal Ligation Reversal by Dr. Berger
Tubal ligation reversal surgery has been simplified by tubal reversal doctor, Dr. Gary Berger, to make it easy for women to have their tubes untied. This 3 minute video clip gives a summary of Dr. Berger's tubal reversal technique in a newly added page to the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center web site.

53) Working With Excellent Staff When Considering Tubal Reversal Surgery
Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith ensure the staff of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center are experts in answering patient's questions regarding tubal reversal surgery. Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center offers a free phone consultation with an experienced tubal reversal nurse to individuals inquiring about tubal reversal. Our nurses are eager to help you find the information you need. A nurse consultation can be obtained by calling (919) 068-4656. They'll be happy to assist you with any questions about tubal reversal, our surgical center, or payment options.

54) Is Natural Pregnancy Possible After The Age of 40 And Tubal Reversal Surgery?
Any woman attempting to conceive naturally could have difficulty with ovulation (not releasing eggs) and pregnancy miscarriage. These two problems become more common with advancing maternal age and can make it more difficult to become pregnant. Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is proud of all of our patients who become pregnant and we especially love to share stories of women who have special pregnancy success. We recently had a 46 year-old patient who underwent an unsuccessful cycle of IVF. She then had a tubal reversal, naturally became pregnant, and gave birth to a healthy tubal reversal baby boy in January of this year!.

55) How to Talk With Your Doctor About Tubal Ligation Reversal
Women who come to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center for tubal reversal surgery sometimes say it is difficult to discuss their decision with their local ob/gyn doctor who performed their tubal ligation. Tubal Reversal Message Board members, as well as Dr. Berger, Dr. Monteith, and Tubal Reversal Center staff think that the best way to talk with your local doctor is to be direct and not feel that you have to justify your decision to have your tubes untied. Some doctors may be judgmental or try to talk you out of having more children, while other doctors will be supportive about having tubal reversal surgery. The decision about whether to have more children through tubal reversal is a personal one for couples to make. It is really not up to friends, family, or other doctors. If your doctor is not supportive and helpful, then finding another local physician is recommended.

56) Scheduling Tubal Ligation Reversal is Easy at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center
Whether a patient is inquiring about operative reports, prepayment accounts, preop labs or anything else about tubal reversal surgery, the knowledgeable nurses at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center are available to assist you 365 days a year. One of the missions of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is to have patients be well informed and well prepared before, during, and after their tubal reversal procedures. This makes scheduling your reversal procedure easy to do.

57) You Can Get a Tax Reimbursement for Tubal Reversal Surgery
One of the ways to help finance tubal ligation reversal is with a tax deduction. This is especially helpful in these tough financial times. The IRS website states that medical expenses to overcome an inability to have children - including surgery to reverse prior tubal ligation - are a valid tax deductions. A member of the Tubal Reversal Message Board advises saving all medical/dental receipts to be able to show that the combined medical expenses add up to 7.5% of gross income to be eligible for this tax savings.

58) Bringing Children For Reversal Surgery At Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center
Most patients who come to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center have children and will enquire about bringing their children with them for their reversal surgery. Due to the need to discuss and understand critical post operative instructions and limited space in the waiting room area, Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith advise patients not bring children to the surgical center. Children can remain at the hotel as long there is an additional, responsible adult to directly supervise them while patients are having reversal surgery. These steps help to ensure your reversal surgery and recovery are as easy as possible.

59) Positive Feedback Three Years After Tubal Reversal Surgery at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center
Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center receives testimonials everyday from patients who have given birth to their tubal reversal miracles. Dr. Berger, Dr. Monteith, and the staff of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center are happy to hear this wonderful news as we remain in contact with our patients. We invite patients to send us updated photos and news on all their reversal babies.

60) Successful Tubal Reversal Surgery When Tubes Have Been Burned
After undergoing a tubal sterilization by having her tubes burned, a potential tubal reversal patient of Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith, seeks information on having her tubes untied. Women who have already had tubal ligation reversal surgery at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center share their success stories on becoming pregnant after having a previous tubal cautery procedure. Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith are the only doctors in the US dedicated solely to the practice of reversing tied tubes. They keep detailed statistics on patient outcomes and pregnancy rates following the tubal reversal procedure at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. For patients undergoing tubal ligation reversal after a previous bipolar cautery sterilization, pregnancy rates average 66%, but can be as high as 78% depending on a woman's age and the length of the fallopian tubes following the sterilization reversal.

61) Guilt And Regret Over Having Tied Tubes: Tubal Reversal Surgery Offers Hope
Tubal Reversal surgery offers a chance for women who have changed their minds and desire more children after having their tubes tied. The message board at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center offers women a place to share their feelings and receive support from others who are experiencing feelings of regret or guilt over their decision to have their tubes tied. Tricia, a member of the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center Message Board, shares her story and desire to have another baby after losing her son to cancer. Fortunately, Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith offer a low-cost, outpatient procedure that has given thousands of women the chance to add to their families by restoring their fertility with a reverse tubal ligation procedure. Tubal Reversal Nurses are available 7 days a week to help patients desiring to get started on the tubal reversal journey.

62) Essure and Adiana Tubal Sterilization Methods
Essure and Adiana are new tubal sterilization procedures that are performed through hysteroscopy. These 2 new tubal ligation methods have recently been approved for use in the US. Since they do not require surgery, they can be performed in the doctor's office with reduced cost. They avoid having a surgical incision and do not require general anesthesia. As more women choose these types of tubal ligation procedures, the tubal reversal doctors at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith, have started receiving requests from women for Essure reversal and Adiana reversal.

63) Essure Reversal and Adiana Reversal
Essure and Adiana are newly available hysteroscopic sterilization methods. They are simpler for the patient in order to have their tubes blocked to prevent pregnancy, but they are more difficult to reverse than other methods of tubal ligation. Essure reversal and Adiana reversal are possible using the technique of tubouterine implantation. Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith, the tubal reversal doctors at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, recently reported the first successful Adiana reversal resulting pregnancy.

64) Traveling To North Carolina To Have Your Tubes Untied
After having her reverse tubal ligation surgery in Chapel Hill, NC with Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith, a member of the of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center Message Board shares her excitement with other message board members. "They treated me like I was a princess and I know they cared for me. They are all so good and made me feel at home. It was such a good experience, I can't thank [everyone] enough. They made this trip to NC one of the best ones of my life....", shared Gretel. Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith have developed the outpatient technique for tubal reversal surgery. They have performed more than 8000 reversal procedures and have acquired the greatest experience with untying tubes of any surgeon worldwide. Their tubal reversal techniques optimize the outcome and reduce recovery times and costs of the tubal reversal surgery. Most women find that it is less expensive to fly to North Carolina for surgery with Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith than to stay locally for the procedure. These are a just a few of the reasons women travel from across the US and from around the world for tubal reversal surgery at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.

65) Choosing The Best Tubal Reversal Doctor
A potential tubal reversal patient asks members of the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center Message Board about a tubal reversal doctor she is considering to untie her tubes. Women who have had their tubes untied by Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith respond with details about why they chose the doctors with the most experience repairing tied tubes, including thedesire to have surgery at the only facility in the country dedicated to the tubal reversal procedure. At Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, the most frequently asked - and most important - question regarding tubal reversal surgery is, "What are the doctor's success rates". Since pregnancy and its outcome are the primary concerns of most women who choose the reverse tubal ligation procedure, the answer to this question should be based on accurate statistical data. On the Internet, claims about tubal reversal pregnancy rates are often made without supporting information or documentation - such as a description of the patient population, study method, and follow-up interval. At Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, Dr. Berger and his staff collect and report tubal reversal outcomes on an ongoing basis. This allows them to remain informed about the number of pregnancies achieved and what their outcomes were after the tubal reversal procedure.

66) Update on All of the Tubal Reversal Babies
Tubal Reversal Message Board members share information about their babies born after reversal procedures by Dr. Monteith and Dr. Berger at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. There are over 1000 babies who have been born after tubal ligation reversals performed by the tubal reversal doctors at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. Some of them are also included with photos in the Baby Testimonials section of the website - http://testimonials.tubal-reversal.net.

67) Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome: Past and Present
The medical experts at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center are publishing a series of articles dedicated to Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome. This is article 2 of a 14 part series describing PTLS symptoms, current medical understanding, and underlying medical conditions that can mimic PTLS. Case histories of patients who have had tubal ligation reversal and have experienced improvement in their physical and mental symptoms will also be presented.

68) How long should I wait before having a Hysterosalpingogram after Tubal Reversal Surgery?
Dr. Berger and Dr. Moneteith at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center recommend that their patients wait for at least 6 to 12 months after their tubal reversal procedures to have a hysterosalpingogram (HSG). It is best to give one's self a chance to become pregnant rather than rushing to have an HSG. Most patients will conceive within this time frame and therefore avoid the need for an unnecessary, costly, and uncomfortable test to confirm that their tubes are open. and possibly misleading and harmful procedure.

69) Traveling From The UK to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center
Jamie and Jan M. from Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK write: "Our tubal reversal was on 10 July 2008 and until we held our precious baby in our arms it still did not seem possible. Travelling from the UK to North Carolina for the tubal reversal, at times we thought we must be crazy, but last week when Indie came into our world every mile we travelled and every penny it cost was worth it a million times over."

70) Tubal Reversal Surgery and The Staff of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center: We Are Here For You
Dr. Gary Berger, Dr. Charles Monteith, and the staff of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center are available to offer assistance and advice to those who are considering tubal reversal surgery. While friends and family may not understand your desire to have more children and your decision to have a tubal ligation reversal, Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center offers advice without being judgmental. We are available to answer any questions and address any concerns that may arise when making this very important decision.

71) Pregnancy After Tubal Reversal Surgery is Not Myth... It is Reality
Tubal reversal surgery patients post positive notes every day on the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center message board. These frequent posts serve as sources of inspiration to women trying to conceive after tubal reversal. They offer proof that pregnancy is possible after reversal of 'permanent' sterilization. Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center receives reports of pregnancies on a daily basis. Dr. Berger, Dr. Monteith, and the staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center are always excited to hear of reported pregnancies and the birth of miracles.

72) Tubal Reversal Surgeons Reverse Adiana Sterilization
(PRWEB) October 11, 2009 - Julia Smith, RN, Nurse Administrator at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, today announced the first successful tubal reversal procedure to repair the fallopian tubes in women who have undergone the Adiana method of tubal sterilization. This is the first pregnancy after Adiana reversal for the newly approved sterilization system.

73) From the UK to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center
We would like to announce the arrival of our special little boy, Indie Alexander born 2 October 2009. We are absolutely delighted with our little angel made possible by all you special people at Chapel Hill - especially you, Dr Berger. When we set out on our TR journey in July 2008 travelling thousands of miles from our home in the UK for a week round trip, at times we thought we were crazy. But last Friday when we held our precious precious gift in our arms, every mile and penny spent was worth it a million times over. Anyone out there thinking of embarking on this tremendous journey then we have a message for you - GO FOR IT!!

74) Early Pregnancy Monitoring for Tubal Reversal Patients
When patients of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center become pregnant, we recommend following our early pregnancy protocol. The pregnancy protocol involves early notification of a patient's doctor as soon as a home pregnancy test becomes positive. This will allow early evaluation of the location of the pregnancy. The patient's doctor can monitor the early pregnancy with quantitative serum HCG (pregnancy hormone) test twice a week (at 2-3 day intervals) and schedule a vaginal ultrasound exam when the patient's HCG level reaches 1500. When the HCG level reaches 1500, a vaginal ultrasound will show a gestational sac within the uterus in a normally developing intrauterine pregnancy. If the the vaginal ultrasound does not reveal a gestational sac in the uterine cavity then the HCG level and the vaginal ultrasound should be repeated within 2 or 3 days. Depending upon the quality of the equipment and experience of the person performing your US examination, the gestational sac may not be seen until HCG is about 2000.

75) Pain After Tubes Tied: A Symptom of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome?
Most doctors have been taught that no such entity as Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS) exists, much to the exasperation of women who are suffering from symptoms that began after a tubal sterilization. At the request of many women who are members of the Tubal Reversal Message Board, a blog series has been started about PTLS that will allow individuals to report about their personal experiences and case histories. Then, articles from the medical literature will be reviewed and discussed. Hopefully, this approach will help explain the discrepancy between what individual women have experienced and what medical doctors think about this complex subject.

76) Hot Flashes After a Tubal Ligation
Many women report the onset of hot flashes following their tubal ligation. This is one of the various symptoms of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS). Many women discuss this symptom on the Tubal Reversal Message Board. One of their major frustrations is that most doctors and nurses are not familiar with PTLS and are not helpful to them. In an ongoing PTLS Study at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, approximately 90% of women report improvement in their PTLS symptoms after tubal ligation reversal surgery. This initial report from the PTLS Study has been published in the Society for Reproductive Surgeons (SRS) Newsletter: 1 (1) 2008, page 5.

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