Affordable Alternatives to Tubal Reversal

Are There Any Affordable Alternatives to Tubal Reversal?

Tubal ligation reversal is statistically the most effective way of restoring fertility. But of course everything has its price. Tubal reversal is a considerable outlay of money, whichever way you look at it and however you choose to fund it. For many women the first question to ask is whether there are any affordable alternatives to tubal reversal?

The answer to this is to look at some of the options available and their costs. This will allow you, taking into account your own situation, to make that important decision.

ovum cold color IVF Affordable Alternatives to Tubal ReversalIn Vitro Fertilization

IVF as it is more commonly known, is the main option that will spring to mind when looking at affordable alternatives to tubal reversal. Its high profile media successes have propelled it to the forefront of our minds. So let’s have a look first of all at the direct IVF cost to you.

When you look at the IVF price, you need to remember that it is a cost of many parts. Besides the initial consultation, there is the extraction of your egg and its laboratory fertilization. Added to this there may be a course of hormonal drugs, after care, medication and storage of embryos for future treatments. All in all the average IVF cost is around $12,000-$15,000. This can be compared against tubal ligation reversal cost averaging around $7-10,000.

It is not a pleasant way to look at things, but you do need to look at what in any other sphere would be ‘value for money’. Here we need to see the costs against success. IVF success varies from 30% for those under 35 years old to 3-10% success when over forty. For tubal reversal the figures come in at 80% under 30 and 31% over 40 based on extensive records kept by one tubal reversal clinic.

So in terms of effectiveness, IVF does not seem to be one of the affordable alternatives to tubal reversal. Especially as that cost is per treatment, whether it is successful or not. So you could be looking at around $50,000 if you end up having 4 treatments before you are successful. That is an enormous emotional roller coaster to have to put yourself through.

adoption Affordable Alternatives to Tubal ReversalAdoption

Adoption is used by thousand of US couples every year as a solution to starting a family, whatever the reason. Generally, there are few dis-qualifiers to adopting a child, except where specific adoption agencies decide to use their own criteria. But there are 2 crucial questions you have to ask yourself.

1. Can you provide a genuinely caring and loving family environment?

2. Can you honestly put behind you the longing for your own child to make your adopted child truly your own?

If neither of these are an issue, then let’s have a look at the costs of adoption.

There are 2 main ways to go through the adoption procedure. The first is by using public agencies, whose costs generally come in around $2-3,000. If you decide to go through a private agency or an independent adoption, the costs could inflate to over $20,000. There is also no fixed and firm time line you can be offered. Adoptions can take anything from 1 to five years in some cases.

Looking at these broad figures, we perhaps can say that adoption is one of the least risky and seemingly most affordable alternatives to tubal reversal. The time factor and uncertainty are two of the limiting factors here and you would need to take an overall view on that. After all it may take a while for you to get pregnant after tubal ligation reversal surgery as well.

But, the major bridge to cross is the one posed in question 2 above. If you cannot get over that, then adoption will become immensely expensive emotionally for both you and the child you adopt.

Surrogacy

surrogate Affordable Alternatives to Tubal ReversalSurrogacy is often considered as an easy alternative to adoption, but to take this view would be disastrous. There is a lot more involved in the whole process than meets the eye at first. Here we will be touching on some of the issues, but you should carry out fully detailed research as well, that we do not have time to in this simple comparison on the affordable alternatives to tubal reversal

The first issue is which method of surrogacy to pursue. In Gestational Surrogacy it is your donor eggs and your partner’s sperm that are used. In Traditional Surrogacy, it is the surrogate mother’s egg that is used. This is a personal and mental issue you need to resolve before you proceed. In some instances the use of the surrogate’s egg can also create legal problems as well. What if she decides she does not want to give up the baby at delivery?

Most surrogacies are pursued through official agencies that vet the surrogates thoroughly, but don’t think this is foolproof. Although you don’t have to go this route, which will save costs, it is best not to avoid this as the agencies have vast experience that you can rely upon. After undergoing the appropriate medical and psychological tests for compatibility, each party has to have a specialist lawyer, whom will agree and draw up the surrogacy contract.

The whole process can become quite involved and drawn out and the costs generally reflect this. For traditional surrogacy, the costs can be $50,000 and upwards. For Gestational surrogacy you can pretty much double this. This seems to preclude surrogacy as one of the more affordable alternatives to tubal reversal completely.

Which Alternative Is Best?

So as affordable alternatives to tubal reversal go there seems to be a clear picture that there aren’t any really. For the simplicity, scale of complications and emotional trauma, tubal ligation reversal is superior first choice every time.