There are a few diagnostic tools available to detect chromosomal abnormalities after a tubal reversal pregnancy occurs. Many women who had previously chosen to have their tubes closed are undergoing tubal reversal procedures many years later for want of another child or two. When a pregnancy occurs after the tubal reversal, some concerns crop up about conceiving a child with Down syndrome. These tests are not solely done for mothers after a tubal reversal pregnancy. Parents with a history of chromosomal abnormalities in the family are also encouraged to have these tests as well. (more…)

A Quad Screen is a maternal blood screening test that is similar to the Triple Screen Test (also know as AFP Plus, the Kettering test, the Bart’s test, and Multiple Marker Screening). However, the Quad Screen looks for not only the three specific substances evaluated in those tests (AFP, hCG, and Estriol) but also a fourth substance known as Inhibin-A. It is done mainly to determine the risk of the pregnant mother carrying a child with Down syndrome. (more…)

Parental Concerns:

Many women who have had their fallopian tubes ligated are choosing to undergo tubal reversal procedures in order to have one or more children again.  Tubal reversal is a surgical operation that restores a woman’s ligated tubes back to normal and allows pregnancy to occur.  There are some concerns, however, that a woman above the age of 40 who had a tubal reversal has an increased risk of conceiving a child with trisomy 21 or Down syndrome. (more…)