It is often performed at the time of Cesarean section, or shortly after delivery, where it can be done through a small abdominal incision.
Many reasons lead couples to consider reversal of a tubal ligation.
Studies actually show that a relatively large number of patients will eventually desire a reversal of a tubal ligation. Despite the hype surrounding this advancement, culturing to blastocysts does not necessarily require additional skills or training by the embryo laboratory, since it utilizes the same procedures as culture of earlier stage embryos. At this stage, the embryo can be distinguished by a fluid filled center known as a blastocoele, and has begun to differentiate into two types of cells, cells destined to become the fetus and cells destined to be placenta and other extra-embryonic structures. Probably the main benefit of this procedure is that it allows the embryologist to select the most viable embryos for transfer and thus transfer fewer embryos, reducing the possibility of a multiple pregnancy Shari Olson, Ph.D. - Embryologist Rocky Mountain Center for Reproductive Medicine. The major portion of our practice deals with diagnosis and treatment options of female infertility.