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If a woman has heavy menstrual bleeding, she may be offered a procedure called endometrial ablation at some point. This is where the inside of the uterine lining is removed using either electric current, microwave, freezing or laser. In rare cases it might even be surgically removed. This is typically a last resort for women who have experienced long-term problems with heavy bleeding.

If a woman bleeds too much each month, she can develop conditions such as anemia that can cause further harm to her health. Therefore, for some women endometrial ablation becomes the only option. Typically, these women have also tried things such as birth control pills to lessen the amount of bleeding they experience each month. Unfortunately, some women do not tolerate birth control pills very well due to their side effects.

One of the main considerations that a woman should take into account before deciding to have this procedure is whether or not she plans to have any more children. Often, women are so concerned about stopping the bleeding but they may not think ahead to their desires for a larger family later or to possible changed relationships.

The concern here is that endometrial ablation removes most, if not all, of the uterine lining. For a healthy pregnancy to happen, a woman needs a nice, thick uterine lining for the fetus to attach.  This is why even if an egg is fertilized (and as this happens in the fallopian tubes there is nothing to stop it), a pregnancy can not really proceed.  

Without this lining, pregnancy would be a very rare occurence and usually happens only due to the fact that not all cells or lining are actually removed during the procedure. However, it can happen and there can be some pretty serious consequences if it does.

These pregnancies are considered to be very high risk due to the fact that they can cause the placenta to not adhere normally to the side of the uterine wall. This can later cause hemorrhage before or even during delivery. These pregnancies are also at risk for pre-term delivery as well.

Because of the enormous risks a woman would face if she becomes pregnant after endometrial ablation, she needs to have a thorough conversation with her doctor before making any decisions. Aside from these risk factors in case of a pregnancy, there are also risks to having the procedure itself so it is important to know all the facts.  A tubal ligation may be the suggested course of action.

However, if you do begin having menstrual bleeding after an endometrial ablation, there is a chance of having another child should you desire to do so. If you had a tubal ligation and wish a tubal reversal, you should discuss this matter with the doctors at the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. It would still be a high risk pregnancy. Check out the website http://www.tubal-reversal.net/ or call the staff at (919) 968-4656 for a FREE phone consultation.

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“I had an endometrial ablation.  Can I get a tubal ligation reversal?”

The above is a question that is received over and over at various tubal ligation reversal centers, websites, and forums.  Now why would this question be coming up?  What is an endometrial ablation?

Usually an endometrial ablation is a procedure that is done on women who have excessive bleeding which cannot be controlled by some other method.  It’s the last thing to try to stop the excessive bleeding before a hysterectomy which is a surgical procedure.  What that means is that the ablation procedure does not involve surgery and therefore is a relatively safer alternative to hysterectomy.  Excessive bleeding can cause its own problems which is why such steps may be taken.

What is done during the ablation is that the endometrial lining of the uterus is removed.  Along with that layer, the regenerative endometrial cells are removed as well.  Let’s explain this a tad better.

Every month the endometrial cells regenerate the endometrial lining of the uterus.  As the month goes by, the lining gets thicker.  If you get pregnant, the fetus implants in this lining and this is the way it is nurtured during gestation.  However, if you do not get pregnant, that lining is sloughed off and excreted from the body.  That is what causes women’s periods.

For women who just have too much bleeding, after other things are tried first, an endometrial ablation will be done.  Your doctor will remove the lining and the regenerative cells.  Most methods of doing this fall into two categories.  Either freezing is done or the layer is burned off in some manner with the latter method being the most common.

As there is no longer an endometrial layer to support a fetus, your doctor will strongly suggest you have tubal ligation and most women do.  However, for some reason some women change their minds.  According to the CDC, about 25% of women who have tubal ligation regret the decision and want to reverse it.  How many women who have had endometrial ablation feel this way is not something that we have statistics for.  However, as mentioned above, it is a question that comes in regularly to tubal ligation reversal doctors.

So can you get a tubal ligation reversal or should you?  The answer is, it depends.  Although most of the regenerative endometrial cells are removed, the procedure will not remove all of them.  In fact, within five years, many women will find their periods return.  This means there is a possibility that you could maintain a pregnancy.  Some women never get a tubal ligation after their ablation and some of those do get pregnant and have babies.  The good news is that the younger you are the better your chances of getting pregnant following a tubal ligation reversal after endometrial ablation.  However, there are risks and you should learn more about these.

Learn more about endometrial ablation and how you can get pregnant again following a tubal ligation reversal in the blog series on the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center website at tubal-reversal.net. Visit the message board and get your questions answered.

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