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The Pregnancy Blog Week in Review May 1-May 6

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Another week has come and gone. The time flies when you are busy growing a healthy baby. Sit back, relax and catch up on The Pregnancy Blog. There’s a lot of great information here about pregnancy, fertility, birth and the post partum period. Forgetfulness is a common issue in pregnancy. Read about it in I’m Pregnant: Why Can’t I Remember Anything? There are some things you can do to deal with forgetfulness during your pregnancy. Becoming a parent changes every aspect of your life. These changes begin in pregnancy and continue for the rest of your life. Read about the … Continue reading →

Vasectomy Reversal

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For many years, a vasectomy was truly a permanent decision. Once done, it could not be undone. When vasectomy reversal procedures were first introduced, they were not very effective. A small percentage could be undone, but most remained permanent. Now the vast majority of vasectomies can be reversed. There are many reasons for wanting a vasectomy reversed. The most common reasons are the loss of a child or remarriage. A man and his ex wife may have made the decision to prevent future pregnancies. If the couple divorces and the man remarries, his new wife may feel differently about having … Continue reading →

Post Partum Birth Control Options

Whether this is your first or last baby, you may be thinking about birth control options. If you are still pregnant, you may not be thinking about it yet. It may be time to start since most health care providers bring up this subject during your post partum visit. You have many options for birth control. The pill is the product most women think of when they think about birth control. There are many other options in addition to the pill. One of the major factors in your birth control decision will be how you are feeding your baby. If … Continue reading →

Can You Really Get Pregnant After Sterilization?

Most of us have heard stories about people getting pregnant after undergoing a tubal ligation or vasectomy. How often does this happen? Should you worry about a pregnancy after choosing a permanent method of birth control? In the vast majority of cases, the answer is no, you shouldn’t worry. However, it is possible. Statistically speaking, vasectomies are said to fail about .25 percent of the time. This isn’t a large number of births, but this adds up to about 1 in 4000 births, according to Harvard Medical School. The cause of vasectomy failure is a process called recanalization. This happens … Continue reading →

Choosing a Surgeon to Reverse a Sterilization Procedure

Approximately five percent of couples who have had a sterilization procedure change their minds at some point in the future. For many reasons, they decide they want another baby. Vasectomy and tubal ligation reversals can be done with some success. The first step is to find a qualified doctor to perform the procedure. These are delicate procedures that require experience in microsurgery techniques. You won’t go to the yellow pages, or even your directory from the insurance company to find a doctor. For the greatest success rate, you want a doctor that is experienced in the procedure and has a … Continue reading →

Reversing a Tubal Ligation

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Over 600,000 women in America undergo surgery for tubal ligation. This surgery is done to permanently prevent future pregnancies. Within a few years, about six percent of these women will decide they want to get pregnant again. Some will attempt to have the procedure reversed to fulfill their desire to carry another child. One factor that will influence the success of the reversal procedure is the original surgical procedure. The type of procedure used in the tubal ligation will impact the success of reversing it. Your doctor will need information about the tubal ligation before agreeing to attempt a reversal. … Continue reading →

Infertility Testing: The Antisperm Antibody Test

The presence of antisperm antibodies can prevent some women from getting pregnant. The immune system sees the semen as an invader in the body and creates antibodies to kill it. Basically, the immune system mistakes the sperm for a virus. Although relatively rare, this is a cause of infertility. Antibodies affect sperm in two ways. They can kill the sperm. The antibodies also affect the motion of the sperm. Rather than swimming, they clump and move in a circular motion. In most cases, they are unable to reach the egg. The antisperm antibody test is used to diagnose this cause … Continue reading →