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Re: tubiligation and pregnancy...

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:38:18 -0600 (CST)


At Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Tency wrote: >
>My friend had her tubes cut, tied and cauterized 7 years ago. Last year
>she became pregnant and carried the baby to 8 weeks, then miscarried.
>Her physician would like to do exploratory surgery to discover what
>happened. She does not want to do this as she would actually like to
>get pregnant again. Please tell me, is it possible that her tubes
>reversed themselves?

obviously one or both did. Tubal ligations are not perfet (neither are vasectomies) and the odds of getting pregnant after a tubal are roughly 1 in 300

Or is there some other explanation as to how she >was able to become pregnant...? Thank you.
>
>--
>Tency
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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

author of "Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide"

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