Could I Be Pregnant After a Tubal Ligation??

hcrcae

Hello everyone!

I've been struggling with this for over a week now and I finally decided that I should get some opinions.

I am a mother of 3 - two boys, who are 5 & 7, and my daughter who is 18 months. I had my tubes tied on April 1, 2010. They told me that they snipped them & burned them shut. My period was a little wacky after having the surgery, and I experienced heavy bleeding & cramping for months. I went to my gyno, and he didn't really have any answers. 

My last period was June 6, 2011. Like clockwork, for the last 9-10 months, my period has ALWAYS come on the 6th or 7th of each month. I always had PMS symptoms - crankiness, breakouts, mood swings, etc.

I am now two weeks late getting my period. I have taken 3 pregnancy tests and each have come back negative. Although, the first Equate (Walmart brand) test did have a faint HORIZONTAL line, not a vertical line.

I am experiencing an array of symptoms - feeling "bloated", always tired, nausea, headaches, heartburn, constant itchiness on my legs & breasts, dizziness, and aversions to certain foods, and the two most recent - my boobs have started aching when I take my bra off (they're also not quite "fitting" in my bra anymore) & my urine and discharge have a strange sweet smell, though somewhat ammonia smell??

Any insight? Has anyone gotten pregnant after having a tubal ligation? Am I crazy, or are my symptoms that of pregnancy??

Oh, and my last pregnancy with our daughter....I took 7 pregnancy tests and was almost 8 weeks along before receiving a positive result.

Any insight is welcomed! I'm going crazy!!

greeneyed_bride

It's not uncommon for a woman to occasionally have a cycle where she ovulates late or not at all. Even if you're "always" regular. It happens.

However, yes, it is possible to get pregnant after a tubal ligation. The chances are small (I believe it's 1-2%), but it can happen.

Keep testing once a week, and if you reach 60 days with no period, call your doctor.

vanillacourage

Call your doctor. No reason to sit and worry for a month when they can do a quick blood draw or ultrasound to know for sure.

hcrcae

vanillacourage:

Call your doctor. No reason to sit and worry for a month when they can do a quick blood draw or ultrasound to know for sure.

 

The problem that I'm having with this option is that I lost my health insurance last month. I was debating going to the hospital & applying for Charity Care to cover the cost. 

MommaWest11

hcrcae:

vanillacourage:

Call your doctor. No reason to sit and worry for a month when they can do a quick blood draw or ultrasound to know for sure.

 

The problem that I'm having with this option is that I lost my health insurance last month. I was debating going to the hospital & applying for Charity Care to cover the cost. 

Is there a free clinic in your area that does testing & ultrasounds? That is where I got my first one done at. They were a Christian place, but not preachy till I asked them about it & all the ladies were wonderful. I might look to see if something close to you might offer these services if insurance/money is an issue.

Good luck! :-) 

vanillacourage

hcrcae:

vanillacourage:

Call your doctor. No reason to sit and worry for a month when they can do a quick blood draw or ultrasound to know for sure.

 

The problem that I'm having with this option is that I lost my health insurance last month. I was debating going to the hospital & applying for Charity Care to cover the cost. 

How did you lose it, through job loss?  If so and you have the option for COBRA, you can elect to get it retroactively.  If you have a gap in coverage then pregnancy can be considered a pre-existing condition so I'd want to find out ASAP if I was knocked up, so I could get insurance again ASAP.

hcrcae

I was on state insurance, through an extension from being on unemployment last year. When I went to my recent re-evaluation at Social Services, they told me that my DH makes $75 too much each month & that they will no longer cover the parents. State budgets cuts are the reason that they only cover children now, unless you make very little. (we live in NJ - I'm sure you've all heard about the debt problem we have here) 

 

I'm going to look into a free clinic around here. I don't know of any around here, but maybe Social Services can point me in the right direction.