my wife has her tubes tied can she still be pregnant?

jjfire · #1 May 27, 2007, 06:35 PM

my wife has her tubes banded, can she be pregnant?

tawnynkids · May 27, 2007, 06:53 PM

Uh HIGHLY unlikely.

bushg · May 27, 2007, 06:56 PM

when I had mine tied/ burnt 13 years ago I had to sign a paper stating that there was a small chance that I could still get pregnant( I think that this was just a formality, just to cover the doc in case a mircale happened and the grew back together) but I had a aunt that had hers tied and they came loose and she had a couple more children. that was prob. 30 or so years ago.

Myth · May 27, 2007, 07:53 PM

I have seen somewhere in my travels around the web that one in one hundred women will repair a tube within 14 years. How long has she had her tubes tied for?

shygrneyzs · May 27, 2007, 09:04 PM

A pregnancy can happen but it could be an etopic pregnancy. Dr. Donnica Moore is a practicing OB/GYn and here is her website with that very question:

Tied Tubes and Ectopic Pregnancy - DrDonnica.com - The First Name in Women's Health

From what I have read about pregnancies after a tubal ligation, the chances are 1:400 that a woman can conceive.

Tubal ligation

s8xykay · Jun 12, 2007, 04:18 PM

my sister had her tubes tied after she had her second child then about two months after she had it done she got pregnant



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