Bilateral Tubal Block

Karenwinter · Post by **Karenwinter** » Thu May 01, 2003 11:35 am

Hello, This is my first time on this web site and I just wondered if anyone could help me. I had a laporoscopy on Tuesday 29th April 2003 and I have seen the results wrote down as this:- Normal overies and uterus Bilateral tubal block with thin walled hyrdosalpinx No adhesions I have rung an organisation for fertility and they told me that this means that my tubes are closed up and could be opened up by surgery to achevie natural conception and if that does not work then I will need IVF. Does anyone know if this is true and has anyone heard of this or got this. Cheers Kaz

KathyB · Post by **KathyB** » Thu May 01, 2003 12:47 pm

Hi Karen I too have blocked tubes. I went for the op to have them unblocked (quite a few years ago) and the hospital told me then, that if I didn't get pregnant in 6 months then it probably wouldn't work (scar tissue etc.) It didn't work but at least I knew what the problem was. I didn't go for IVF straight away as my marriage ended, but a few years later I got pregnant naturally and it ended in ectopic because of the blocked tubes.... not nice

. This actually happened 3 times before I decided that I'd had enough. I went back on the pill!!! I'm now re-married to the most wonderful man, and we're preparing for our second go at ICSI in July/August. I think you need to ask your consultant about the risk of ectopic and then decide if you want to go OP or IVF. I hope you're one of the lucky ones and that it all works out well for you

Take care Kathy

Karenwinter · Post by **Karenwinter** » Thu May 01, 2003 1:09 pm

Hi kathy Thank you for your reply. Please can you tell me what ICSI is

KathyB · Post by **KathyB** » Thu May 01, 2003 1:20 pm

Hi Karen ICSI is like IVF except they inject the sperm directly into the egg rather than leaving them do do their "thing" on their own in a glass dish. The resulting embryo's are transferred into the uterus just the same way via a tiny little tube. They only use ICSI if you have poor quality sperm. Your doctor or consultant will do a test on your DH (other half) before any IVF treatment. My clinic has quite a nice wesite which explains IVF and ICSI. It also gives you details on a typical treatment cycle. http://www.fert.org.uk/intro.htm Good Luck

Kathy

tina saxon · Post by **tina saxon** » Thu May 01, 2003 1:23 pm

Hi Karen, I too had a lap and dye test done in Oct 02 and was diagnosed with the same as yourself. I had surgery in March this year and although they got rid of the scar tissue which was blocking my tubes they did tell me that I had a really slim chance of conceiving naturally as the inside of the tubes were badly damaged and also there is a high chance that if I did get pregnant it may be ectopic. I have now been referred for ivf and this should start sometime in July. I would suggest that you give the surgery a try as you just never know, obviously there has been cases where surgery has worked. Good luck

Sarah30 · Post by **Sarah30** » Thu May 01, 2003 1:29 pm

Hello Karen Me too!! My doc said that they wouldn't consider the operation for me because of the of the scarring inside the tubes - he said even if an egg managed to travel into the tube the chance of it getting out the other end was slim and ectopic risk was very high - he said less that 3% success rate for me which is lower than IVF so I opted straight for IVF. I'm on my 3rd IVF and am now 6 weeks pregnant (Yippeeee) Sarah x