While you might think that IVF is the only answer to your infertility problems, you might be surprised to learn that tubal surgery can also be of help. While the best solution for you depends upon the type of problems you have, you should look further into tubal surgery.
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.
To best compare to tubal surgery, let's learn a bit more about IVF. Using various resources around the web including the NY Times and CNN, you can find that one cycle of IVF will be $10,000 to $12,000. During this cycle, you will be given a course of drugs to boost your egg producing ability and to prepare your body. The eggs are gathered and then fertilized. At the appointed time of development, they are placed in your uterus where you will hope one or more implants itself.
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.
The bad news is that, with all you go through to do even just one cycle of IVF, it may not work. You will not maintain the pregnancy or the eggs will not implant for whatever reason. So you will have to go through all of this again.
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.
So how good is the success rate of IVF to tubal surgery? Let's use the study Dr. Berger did on his tubal surgery patients. He had a success rate up to 87%. You can check out his site yourself to see the various factors that play into the success rate and how it varies. Looking at one cycle of in vitro fertilization, you will find that there is only a 30% success rate. As we said before, you usually have to go through more than one cycle of IVF and this is why making tubal surgery a much better option for women who have infertility due to tubal blockage. - 16650
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.
To best compare to tubal surgery, let's learn a bit more about IVF. Using various resources around the web including the NY Times and CNN, you can find that one cycle of IVF will be $10,000 to $12,000. During this cycle, you will be given a course of drugs to boost your egg producing ability and to prepare your body. The eggs are gathered and then fertilized. At the appointed time of development, they are placed in your uterus where you will hope one or more implants itself.
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.
The bad news is that, with all you go through to do even just one cycle of IVF, it may not work. You will not maintain the pregnancy or the eggs will not implant for whatever reason. So you will have to go through all of this again.
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.
So how good is the success rate of IVF to tubal surgery? Let's use the study Dr. Berger did on his tubal surgery patients. He had a success rate up to 87%. You can check out his site yourself to see the various factors that play into the success rate and how it varies. Looking at one cycle of in vitro fertilization, you will find that there is only a 30% success rate. As we said before, you usually have to go through more than one cycle of IVF and this is why making tubal surgery a much better option for women who have infertility due to tubal blockage. - 16650
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If blocked tubes is the source of your fertility problems, check out tubal surgery from Dr. Berger as a choice for you. It's cheaper and you don't have as much aggravation to go through. Tubal surgery could be the right answer for you.
