IVF Baby Possible after Tubal Sterilization

January 19, 2015

(Scientific American) – Women who want to have a baby after tubal sterilization and undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) are likely to be as successful as their subfertile peers who have IVF, according to a study from Australia. In a paper online now in Contraception, the researchers say there is a “paucity of studies evaluating IVF success in women with previous tubal sterilization. Although IVF studies often include sterilized women in their overall sample, they do not separately report IVF success on this subgroup.