Did you know there is an alternative to IVF and that it is tubal surgery? Whether this type of an operation will work for you depends upon the reason for your infertility. However, you should definitely be aware that IVF is not the only recourse for infertility. Tubal surgery can be your answer instead.
What type of infertility problems does tubal surgery help with? One of the leading causes of infertility is tubal blockage of some type. Many times brought on by disease, the tubal blockage prevents the egg from reaching the uterus. Tubal surgery will remove the blockage.
Why would you consider tubal surgery over IVF? Using a couple articles, one from the New York Times and the other from CNN, as well as other resources, you should know that one cycle of IVF can cost you $10,000 to $12,000 or even more. This cycle can take anywhere from three to eight weeks while your body is being made to produce more than one egg at a time. These eggs are then retrieved, fertilized and hopefully implanted in your uterus.
While most women don't wait till their late 40s to want children, it does happen. In that case, you will also have to find an egg donor as well as do what is needed to prepare your body to carry the eggs, if they implant, to term.
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.
Failure of one cycle means another cycle if you are using IVF. You are going to pay for another cycle. You are going to go through at least some of the drugs again. Who knows how many times you will go through this and who knows how much it will cost in the end?
On the other hand, tubal surgery can remove the parts of your blocked tubes that are causing your infertility. This is the same type of surgery that is done for women wanting to have a tubal ligation reversal, meaning they want to untie their tubes which they had "tied". The surgeon removes the part of the blocked tubes where the damage is and then reconnects the good healthy pieces back together.
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. - 15683
What type of infertility problems does tubal surgery help with? One of the leading causes of infertility is tubal blockage of some type. Many times brought on by disease, the tubal blockage prevents the egg from reaching the uterus. Tubal surgery will remove the blockage.
Why would you consider tubal surgery over IVF? Using a couple articles, one from the New York Times and the other from CNN, as well as other resources, you should know that one cycle of IVF can cost you $10,000 to $12,000 or even more. This cycle can take anywhere from three to eight weeks while your body is being made to produce more than one egg at a time. These eggs are then retrieved, fertilized and hopefully implanted in your uterus.
While most women don't wait till their late 40s to want children, it does happen. In that case, you will also have to find an egg donor as well as do what is needed to prepare your body to carry the eggs, if they implant, to term.
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.
Failure of one cycle means another cycle if you are using IVF. You are going to pay for another cycle. You are going to go through at least some of the drugs again. Who knows how many times you will go through this and who knows how much it will cost in the end?
On the other hand, tubal surgery can remove the parts of your blocked tubes that are causing your infertility. This is the same type of surgery that is done for women wanting to have a tubal ligation reversal, meaning they want to untie their tubes which they had "tied". The surgeon removes the part of the blocked tubes where the damage is and then reconnects the good healthy pieces back together.
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. - 15683
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If tubal blockage is the source of your fertility problems, learn about tubal surgery from Dr. Berger as an option for you. It not only is cheaper, you don't have as much aggravation to endure. Tubal surgery could be the right answer for you.