In the Fall of 2008, I was preparing to meet with a patient who was traveling to A Personal Choice from Fort Campbell, Kentucky (KY) for a tubal ligation reversal. The patient’s name was Catrina. She is 33 years old and newly married to, Chris, an Army Staff Sergeant.
Catrina sent us an operative report from a diagnostic laparoscopy (camera surgery), that discovered she had a tubal ligation. During our interview, I asked her why her general gynecologist had done this surgery. I was surprised by the story she had to tell.
Catrina’s Story
“On January 30th, 1998, I had a tubal ligation without my consent. I was having my daughter by by C-section and, while I was under general anesthesia, my ex-husband told the doctor he no longer wanted to have children. My ex-husband signed the tubal ligation consent papers. Without either my consent or knowledge, the doctor tied my tubes. I was never informed of this procedure.
My marriage was abusive and did not work out for many painful reasons: I now will fast-forward about 7 years.
I meet Chris and we could not figure out why we were not getting pregnant. There was nothing wrong with him and, I thought, nothing was wrong with me. I went to my gynecologist to be evaluated for infertility. I had a hysterosalpingogram x-ray (HSG). The HSG showed tubal blockage on both sides.
Of course, I was wondering why in the heck my tubes were blocked. The doctor suggested we have a diagnostic laparoscopy to evaluate why my tubes were blocked. After I awoke from surgery, he told me my tubes were blocked because I had previous tubal ligation. I was stunned. I thought these kinds of things did not happen here in the United States! You mostly hear about these stories in third world countries.
After I got over the shock and denial, I started researching how I could have a baby after a tubal ligation. I had just about all but given up hope when a friend told me about A Personal Choice. After some research into tubal ligation reversal, I was excited and decided to have a tubal reversal. Apprehensive but excited!
On Oct 15 2008, Dr. Monteith and his wonderful tubal reversal team gave me back my life and my dream of having a ton of kids! If I had never gone to see Dr. Monteith, then I do not know what I would have done! In just ten days after surgery, I felt like I had not felt in years. I was so much happier and had so much more energy. Amazingly, everything even looked and smelled better. I felt like I had been reborn.”
Pregnant After Tubal Reversal
We were extremely excited to hear Catrina became pregnant within two weeks of her tubal ligation reversal surgery. Unfortunately while writing this article, Catrina notified us she had a miscarriage and is now physically and emotionally recovering from this event. Since Catrina is not a regular Tubal Reversal Message Board user, we invite readers to leave comments for her on this blog posting.
