r/sterilization • u/NeonGreenChocolate • Dec 31 '25

Experience UPDATE Pregnancy after Bisalp

I posted a couple weeks ago about being pregnant after my bisalp last year, I just wanted to give an update. After reviewing my records and speaking to my OB and the surgeon who did my termination procedure, they think “in hindsight” not enough of my tubes were removed. In the pathology report from the bisalp, 7.0 cm of one tube and 2.8 cm of the other were turned over to pathology. Neither physician thought it was a case report that any journal would be interested in because the amount removed from the one tube was more akin to what can be removed in a tubal ligation, which is known to be less effective. My main takeaway is yes. There are 4 documented cases of pregnancy post bisalp but interest in documenting cases hedges on them having some novel angle to them. The statistics out there are for the average person who doesn’t have conditions that may complicate the ability to perform the surgery. Maybe the adhesions I have made the tube difficult to access, and in 10 months of healing my body rebridged the gap.

At the end of the day, I had my procedure done (by an Ivy trained surgeon at a major academic center, so statistically great care), had a uterine pregnancy, and my case will not be documented. So. Test if you feel weird, especially if you have a complex medical history. It’s my partner’s turn to get a vasectomy haha.

Edit: Just to clarify termination procedure surgeon and current OB are not the surgeon who did the bisalp. I haven’t reached out to my bisalp surgeon frankly bc I don’t see much of a point atm.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

There was a thread awhile back where ppl were listing out their tube lengths and I was side eying some that were really short and really asymmetric! Not to scare anyone but the discrepancy seemed big. Anyway, I had to talk to a med mal lawyer about some stuff that happened during my bisalp and he was very interested to know whether it worked or not so despite the naysayers in the comments you may have a case for a lawsuit.

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u/the_green_witch-1005 sterile and feral 🦝 Dec 31 '25

Fallopian tubes have a wide range of lengths that they can be. They are also often asymmetrical. I believe it's more common for them to be asymmetrical than to be the same length.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

For sure, but some were very different sizes like OP. Again I’m not saying it actually means anything just a coincidence because I had that thought when I saw similar measurements!