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Do vasectomies repair themselves after years?

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Vobble · 02/02/2016 18:00

My period is late. Unheard of for me, I'm usually really regular. I'm now about 2.5 weeks late.

My dh had a vasectomy about 8 years ago. What's the chances of this repairing itself and me getting pregnant?

I dunno if I'm just convincing myself I'm pregnant, but I feel it...

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SecretSpy · 02/02/2016 18:03

It's very rare but not impossible. You're going to need to POAS. Would it be a disaster?

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Vobble · 02/02/2016 18:06

Yes, absolutely. My youngest is 10 and I've changed careers to a fantastic job and embarked on a level of study I never could when the kids were young. I couldn't go back to having a baby.

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Vobble · 02/02/2016 18:06

I'll get a test tonight.

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LineyReborn · 02/02/2016 18:09

Yes, do the test. You are very early along the road if you are pregnant, and have choices.

It would be very rare, though.

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scaevola · 02/02/2016 18:21

Yes, they can. And if you are going to google obsessively about it, the term you want is 'spontaneous recanalisation'.

It's very rare.

The headline rate if vasectomy failure is 1:2000, but that includes the early fails (put down to abandoning other contraception before the all clear) which is probably accounts for around half of all failures.

If you are not PG, you may want to get his semen reanalysed to check he is still sterile. (eg £30 at Marie Stopes, discounted to £20 if they arrived out the vasectomy).

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AnyFucker · 02/02/2016 18:28

There is a failure rate with every procedure.

It might be tiny but someone has to be that statistic. I hope you get the result you want.

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Vobble · 03/02/2016 16:52

Thanks all. I didn't get the chance to get a test last night so was going after work today...however my period has arrived!

Now to work out why it was so late. I'm 43, bit too young for menopause I reckon.

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