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Sep 10th, 2007 - 18:59:21
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Question
Hi, I'm a 29 yr old male who had a vacetomy in the beginning of this year. I was wondering if it's still possible to get my wife pregnant? I have not gone in for my follow up visits. We havn't used any other type of birth control. It's been three months since I've had the procedure done.
I've seen the other questions regarding this, but they said it was YEARS after the procedure was done. Since it's been only 3 MONTHS, I was wondering if it's still the same, or could there still be sperm left in there to get her pregnant?
Thank you for your time.
Terry
Answer
Dear Terry,
Twenty-nine year-old Terry asks if he can still get his wife pregnant 3 months following a vasectomy, admitting he has not seen the physician since his procedure (and presumptively has not done a semen analysis to look for the presence of sperm).
Yes, your wife may get pregnant because sometimes sperm are stored in the prostate or the seminal vesicles and take awhile to clear in spite of many ejaculations. You may feel “safe” only when a semen analysis demonstrates no sperm.
If a person continues to have a few sperm in the fluid even months after surgery and after many ejaculations that person is probably spontaneously reconnecting one of his sides…or has the rarely seen but not impossible third vas deferens.
Greg Polito, MD
Gregory Polito, MD, KM, is President of the California Association of Natural Family Planning.
Dr. Polito is a urologist in private practice with vasovasostomy (vasectomy reversal) as a subspecialty.
He is a Member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, and Chair of Board Quality Committee at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, CA.
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