What is Tubal Ligation?
Tubal Ligation is a female sterilization surgical procedure, in which the woman's tubes are cut off, blocked or tied in order to stop the eggs in the ovary to travel to the uterus. In layman term, it means "getting your fallopian tubes tied". Thus it will prevent the male sperm to fertilize the eggs. Although Tubal Ligation is considered as a permanent type of sterilization, it is possible to reverse the procedure using Tubal Ligation Reversal surgery.
An ectopic, or tubal, pregnancy happens when the fertilized egg does not reach its destination – the uterus – and instead becomes implanted in a fallopian tube. An ectopic pregnancy can be life threatening, so when a tubal pregnancy is diagnosed, treatment to remove the fertilized tissue is required.
If you are a woman who finds herself in the exciting condition of being pregnant, and you have vaginal bleeding, abdominal cramping or pain, or pain during bowel movements, you should seek the advice of your doctor right away. These are some of the main symptoms of a tubal, or ectopic, pregnancy.
An ectopic pregnancy is one in which the egg implants anywhere other than the uterus. In most cases, that “other place” is somewhere inside one of the fallopian tubes, so in common language, ectopic pregnancy, tubular pregnancy, and tubal pregnancy are pretty much used interchangeably. If the ectopic pregnancy is located in the cervix, ovary, or some other organ, your doctor will not refer to it as tubal, but it is still called ectopic.
In a normal, healthy pregnancy, the fertilized egg travels to the uterus and implants itself in the uterine lining. A tubal, tubular, or ectopic pregnancy occurs when the egg does not travel all the way tom the womb and instead implants itself in one of the fallopian tubes.
Risk of Having a Tubal Pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy is an abnormal pregnancy in that the fertilized egg attaches itself somewhere other than the uterus – most often in the fallopian tube – thus the common terms tubular or tubal pregnancy. Usually, a woman knows she is pregnant before it is determined that the pregnancy is tubal, as the symptoms of a normal pregnancy and an ectopic pregnancy are the same. The same breast tenderness, missed periods, and nausea that frequently accompany a healthy pregnancy also accompany a tubal pregnancy. Because of this truth, most women who have an ectopic pregnancy are not aware that anything is wrong until several weeks into the gestation period.
A tubular pregnancy, or tubal pregnancy, is also called an ectopic pregnancy, and it is a pregnancy in where the fertilized egg implants itself outside of the womb, in a fallopian tube, hence the common lay term tubal pregnancy. It is possible for an ectopic pregnancy to occur in other places, too, and in that case your doctor would not refer to it as a tubular pregnancy. Other places a tubular pregnancy can occur are an ovary, the cervix, or some other organ in the abdomen. Usually, however, an ectopic pregnancy occurs in one of the fallopian tubes.
