My tubal ligation was done right after delivery, can I be pregnant 10 years later?

Question

I had my tubes tied right after the delivery of my ten year old son and I know that shortly after this they started tubals after 6 weeks after delivery. I was wondering if it is possible to be pregnant. I have swollen and sore breasts, moodiness, a little sick in the mornings and my last period lasted 1 day and wasnt that bad.

I am 31 with 2 boys 13 and 10

Answer 1

Yes it is very possible, My friend had a tubal ligation and she got pregnant 14 years after she had it done. Tank a pregnancy test.

Answer 2

It's not highly probable but possible. I have a friend who had a tubal ligation and then several years later turned up pregnant. Unfortunately, it was a tubal pregnancy, which could have been very serious if it had not been taken care of immediately. Please do not hesitate. Go see your doctor. I had a tubal pregnancy 2 years ago (different situation) and didn't realize it. The tube burst and I started bleeding internally. Take a pg test and/or go see your doctor right away.

Answer 3

The odds of getting pregnant after a tubal ligation are about half of a percent. It can happen, but the risk is very small. Before you start stressing yourself out so much about making decisions, you need to find out if there's even a decision to make. Take another pregnancy test, then make a doctors appointment. If you ARE pregnant, then I don't really know what to say. That's a really difficult position to be put in, and I feel for you. There really isn't a perfect answer. But again, that's just "if". Make sure you are before you continue to stress yourself out!

Answer 4

How old are you? (sorry to pry, but this does have an impact on the answer)

Pregnancy after tubal ligation is indeed possible, it depends on the skill of the doctor who did it and the method chosen.

However, natural conception after a tubal ligation carries a very high risk of an ectopic pregnancy, so see your doctor as soon as you can. Don't mess about with home pregnancy tests.

Answer 5

Hopefully your not, but if you suspect you are you must see your doctor immediately.


Unfortunately woman have become pregnant after tubal ligation, pregnancy after tubal ligation could end up being "tubular" or "ectopic" pregnancy, so they need to see their doctor as soon as possible.

I know someone who became pregnant after tubal ligation, she was lucky and ended up with a little girl, after having had 3 boys.

Answer 6

i HAVE HEARD OF WOMAEN GETTING PREGNANT AFTER A TUBAL LIGATION. YOU'D BETTER TAKE A PREGNANCY TEST.

Answer 7

It depends somewhat on how they did the surgery. I have heard of them coming untied and reattaching themselves. If the ends haven't been sautered, it's possible. You could take a pregnancy test to be sure.

Answer 8

It is unlikely but stranger things have happened. If you think you maybe or are worried about it, I'd say do a test and be sure. Your symptoms do suggest early stages of pregnancy. :-)

Answer 9

I had the same situation. Just make an appointment and go see your GYN. Mine told my it would be highly unlikely and I wasn't.

Answer 10

It is possible and has happened. Might be worth it to do some researching on it. Check the link for more details.




Possibilities for Pregnancy After Tubal Ligation or Tubal Damage

The decision for tubal ligation or having your tubes tied should be considered a permanent decision. Still, it is possible to conceive after this procedure.

A recent study showed that an alarming percentage of women who had had the procedure conceived accidentally. This problem has been remedied by cutting, tying and burning the ends of the fallopian tubes.

If you want to actively reverse this there are two options. The first is to have surgery to rejoin the tubes. This does not have a very high success rate. At best, it is up to 60%. If there are any other problems, such as short remaining tubes, or other damage to them, the rates are quite low. The rate of success is decreased for women whose tubes have been burned, due to more extensive tubal damage. There is also a much greater risk of ectopic pregnancy with rejoined tubes. This is because there is often scarring and narrowing of the tubes where they are rejoined. The ovum may be too large to pass through the constricted portion, yet it can still be fertilized. Success has also been found to depend on the age of the woman, the technique of ligation, tubal length after rejoining, and if one or both tubes are rejoined.

The second option is in vitro fertilization. This also has a low success rate. It can vary with the clinic involved, but generally it is between 10-25%. It also carries the possibility of an increased risk of ovarian cancer. The woman must be given doses of female hormones to stimulate the production of several eggs in one cycle. This large dose of hormones is thought to be the cause of cancer in some women twenty or thirty years after the procedure. The studies are not yet clear on this issue, because we haven't been doing this procedure on enough people to know for certain.

In any case, when the hormones are given, the woman usually produces several eggs, which are removed, from her body via a needle inserted through the vaginal wall. The eggs are fertilized outside the body and implanted in the womb. There is a higher rate of spontaneous termination with in vitro fertilization. When the procedure is successful, there is a higher rate of multiple births. Multiple birth pregnancies, especially if more than three, pose additional health risks to the mother. The likelihood of children born with complications is much higher.

If you decide to explore one of these options further, ask lots and lots of questions of the potential health providers. Check out their credentials; ask for references of couples who were not able to have a child. Check and see if they have any lawsuits filed against them and why (in a high risk field, such as this, do not be alarmed if there are a couple). Check out your state medical board to see if there are any complaints filed against them. Ask them for their success rates. This should reflect the percentages of infant births, not merely fertilizations or conceptions. Find out about the rate of complications in infants. If you are doing in vitro fertilization, find out what the clinic does with your extra fertilized eggs, if you have a successful pregnancy early on. (One clinic owner has faced charges of selling extra fertilized eggs to women who could not produce eggs, without the original woman's knowledge or consent.)

If a woman chooses to do this, she should know the risks. I don't mean to be too cynical, but sometimes the people who do these procedures emphasize the positive and brush over the negative.

Damaged Tubes Preventing Pregnancy
If a woman has problems in her tubes that have not been brought on by ligation, the likelihood of pregnancy depends on the nature and severity of the underlying problem. Things that are associated with lower success rates are: a personal history of previous failed attempts to repair the tubes, a single tube with problems in more than one section, severe pelvic adhesions, if the remaining tube will be less than 4 cm with the problem area removed, and hydrosalpinx (fluid filled tube) with severe dilation and thickening.

IVF has success rates averaging 25% per embryo transfer procedure. But again, the rates vary tremendously from center to center.

A woman may want to find out more about her doctor's estimate based on her particular tubal problem and this doctor's center's rate of IVF success. Post-tubal surgery pregnancy has a higher rate of ectopic pregnancies because the fertilized egg can get caught at the point of repair, which may be smaller due to scarring. She may also want to make sure that she is getting up to date rates from the particular clinic or center, not national averages.