Untying the Knot: Tubal Reversal Stories

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe tubal reversal, the surgery to rejoin fallopian tubes that were tied years before. Writers explain how the first decision was made: straight after a caesarean, under pressure from a husband or in-laws, out of fear after a frightening pregnancy or postnatal depression, or at twenty-two and certain. Then came second marriages, blended families, a woman reversing so she could have a baby with her wife, women going ahead alone, a sailor's wife fitting surgery around a deployment, and parents grieving a daughter or a son. They write from Columbus to Chennai, Malmo to Kingston. Accounts cover saving from cleaning jobs, an eleven-thousand-dollar fundraiser, travelling abroad for surgery, scar tissue from three caesareans, endometriosis found during the operation, a partner's test results, a husband's vasectomy, and a recovery longer than expected. Some were pregnant within three months, and one woman who wanted one more baby had twins. Many outcomes are harder: a miscarriage at seven weeks, ectopic pregnancies in two accounts with warning signs the writers urge readers to learn, only one tube repaired, open tubes and no baby, IVF after the reversal, and women in their forties who tried, stopped, or found a family another way.

Who it's for

For women thinking about undoing a tubal ligation, those recovering from reversal or facing a hard result, and the partners, parents and friends who sit in the waiting room.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts · PDF: 243 pages

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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