When a woman decides that she does not want to have children or does not want to have anymore children, she may decide to have a tubal ligation.
During this procedure, the fallopian tubes are cut and tied.
This prevents the woman from becoming pregnant ever again.
What happens if she changes her mind? What happens if she decides that she would like to have more children? In that case, this surgery can be performed.
Tubal ligation reversal allows women to become pregnant again.
A woman who does not have any children may have a change of heart and decide to have children after all.
A divorced woman may marry again and decide to have children with her new husband.
A husband and wife may decide that they want a larger family and are not done having children after all.
Regardless of their reasoning, many women are having their tubal ligation procedures reversed in the hopes of getting pregnant again, and it is possible.
After this surgery, it is not uncommon for an ectopic, or tubal, pregnancy to occur.
It generally happens with the first pregnancy following the procedure.
After that, future pregnancies are generally successful and result in a live birth.
After having two children - a boy and a girl, my aunt and uncle decided that they did not want anymore children.
My aunt had a tubal ligation to prevent future pregnancies.
After a few years, they decided that they wanted another child after all.
My aunt had to go out of town to have her tubal ligation reversal, as the procedure was not very popular at that time, and it was not performed in any of the local hospitals.
She became pregnant, but suffered a miscarriage.
Her second pregnancy following the procedure resulted in my cousin's birth.
Now, the procedure is very common, and it is being performed in hospitals all over the country.