surgery for blocked fallopian tube...

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...anyone had it? just been diagnosed with what looks like blocked tube after ttc no 2 for forever unsuccessfully. am booked in for an ultrasound scan and then if confirmed laparoscopy and either tube cleared surgically if that's possible or else tube tied off pending IVF.
what i'm curious about if anyone's had similar procedure is what the aftermath of surgery is like (have a 3yo ds and dh is away a lot so a bit worried about how much i'll be able to manage in the immediate aftermath)
and also if anyone had the same thing and then IVF, how long did you leave in between? have asked consultant all these questions but not got very helpful answers, just been patronised from an IMMENSE height....possibly my favourite comment was his suggestion that as i already have one dc another child is 'not urgent, is it?'. (and yes, i know how lucky i am to have one, but still...)

Had it, albeit 15 years ago. Didn't help, don't know that there is much evidence that it does. Went on to have 2 ectopic pregnancies. Feel that I should have gone straight to IVF as thats where I ended up anyway, and I would have got there a couple of years earlier.

IMO I suspect that putting women up for tubal surgery might be a process - something to do with funding structures perhaps, rather than medical need. Ask why you can't go straight to IVF - I mean, the wait is long enough anyway and you probably don't want too big a gap.

It was then quite a big op, like a c-section, maybe they can do it keyhole now. If they can't you will be incapacitated for a while. I can't recommend it.

Good luck, good news is I went on to have 2 IVF kids, separate cycles. As my consultant said, problems with the plumbing are the easiest to deal with, and you've had one successful pregnancy so you know you are fine otherwise.