[shajohnson04]

Five years ago I had my tubes tied. My husband now wants another child, is there anything other that having surgery that I can do to make this happen? I was told that after about 3 years after your tubal its easy to get pregnant and its been five for me.

[J_9]

Once you have had your tubes tied, it is basically impossible to get pregnant. This is a permanent means of birth control.

You can, however, have them untied, but this does not give a guarantee that you will get pregnant and may present you with other problems such as tubal pregnancies that will require surgery.

[DoulaLC]

five years ago i had my tubes tied. my husband now wants another child, is there anything other that having surgery that i can do to make this happen? i was told that after about 3 years after your tubal its easy to get pregnant and its been five for me.

As J_9 said, it is considered permanent. You may have heard about some women getting pregnant after having a tubal, but it is not the norm. Much depends on how it was done if an unplanned pregnancy might occur as rarely it can happen where the fallopian tube reconnects. I wouldn't count on that happening though, so if you decide you want to become pregnant you have two options... surgery or IVF. How the tubal was done will play a role in how successful any surgery would be. There are pros and cons to both procedures.