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A member asked:
Why do you still get your period after having a tubal ligation?
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Ovulation: A tubal ligation only blocks your fallopian tubes. Your should still have your periods because your ovaries as well as your uterus continue to function normally after a tubal ligation.
Answered 10/28/2017
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Out of the loop: Normal menstruation depends only on 1) a funtioning endometrium, 2) an open cervix, and 3) a hormonal sequence (estrogen then progestin, then progestin withdrawal) from the ovaries in response to timed hypothalamic/pituitary signals. Thus, a woman with a working uterus, endometrium, ovaries, and pituitary can have a period. Notice the fallopian tubes are not part of the loop.
Answered 8/30/2018
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