As with any type of operation, you want to know what will happen after tubal reversal surgery.
To this end, women find tubal reversal message boards and ask their questions.
In this article, we will go over three common questions and their answers concerning what happens after tubal reversal surgery.
To begin with, other than wanting to know about the ride home, women want to know how long the recovery time will be.
First you have to realize this is abdominal surgery, although if you have your tubal reversal done by the leading specialist, you will not have your muscles cut.
However, the connective tissue will be so the muscles can be pushed aside for access to your fallopian tubes.
Tubal reversal, as done by this leading doctor, is an outpatient procedure with a check up by a nurse or doctor the next day whereupon the patient can go home.
Many women are able to return to their normal activities within a week.
There is a weight lifting restriction in place for a month.
You should not lift more than 15 pounds for that time.
If you have a desk job, you can probably get back to work in just a few days, though one woman did report that sitting upright at her desk bothered her where others with desk jobs had no complaints.
Some may only take off the weekend before resuming work by having the surgery Friday and going back to work on Monday.
The next concern then becomes how fast a woman can begin her exercise routine after tubal reversal surgery.
As in the above paragraph, if weight lifting is part of your routine, you will be limited for four weeks.
In addition, you do have to realize you have had surgery on your abdomen and may need to take it easy for a few weeks so that the incision can heal.
One woman reported not being able to start on her bike for three weeks.
Just listen to your body and don't push till you are fully healed.
A further concern for some women is whether or not this tubal reversal surgery which involves cutting into the abdomen will cause increase chances for having a c-section.
The answer is no.
Tubal reversal surgery does not in most cases do any cutting on the uterus itself.
The only time this does not apply is in the case of an Essure reversal but there have been too few of those, only a couple, in order to determine what affect that will have on the possibility of future c-sections.
More questions about what happens after tubal reversal surgery will no doubt come to mind.
The information is available at the websites of some of the best doctors who perform this type of operation.
Tubal reversal is definitely a viable alternative for women wanting another child after having their tubes tied.
Hopefully this article helped answer a few questions you may have had in regards as to what happens after tubal reversal.