"I'm 37 years old, I have three children from my previous marriage. At the time I had the tubal ligation it was at the end of my previous marriage. I didn't foresee a future of being married again, and so I went ahead with the procedure. My life has changed since I had the tubal ligation. I met someone that I just fell madly in love with him and he's very special and we want to have our own children together now. And I'm so excited at the prospect of being able to reverse the tubal ligation."   Deborah Martinez

"Tubal ligation involves blocking the fallopian tubes. when women have this done, it is mean to be permanent, but sometimes their circumstances change - like in Deborah's case - and they want to get pregnant again. Fortunately it's possible to remove the blocked part of the tube and reattach the normal segments of the tube, so in fact, tubal ligation can be reversed. Let's take a look at Deborah's case. each of her fallopian tubes has been closed in two placed so the egg and sperm can't meet and become pregnant. In a woman with her fallopian tubes intact, during ovulation an egg passes from the ovary into the fallopian tube, where it is fertilized by the sperm. The zygote develops for about 5 days in the fallopian tube, and then it is pushed into the uterus where it attaches in the endometrial lining."   Dr. Berger

"The day of surgery, I felt like it hadn't even happened. The next day, I wasn't sure, I was a little sleepy - it was probably from the anesthesia. But I felt really good and even felt so good that the following week I was out doing other things. putting up a fence and literally digging. I guess it was the end of January that I actually got pregnant. my last period was January 26. We went in an did a urine analysis and a blood test and they came back positive and we went right over to the ultrasound because our biggest concern was to make sure the pregnancy was not in the tubes."   Deborah Martinez

"Deborah's pregnancy proves a tubal ligation can be successfully reversed and thanks to the work of a skillful surgeon like Dr. Berger, Deborah and Paul are happily planning the arrival of their new family."