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Anyone TTC after vasectomy reversal op?

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spamanderson · 20/10/2014 22:06

Hi! Newbie to the forums :) we have 2 children, 7 and 5 and hubby had a vasectomy almost 5 years ago.... Almost as soon as our youngest was born. He realised quickly after that it was a big mistake. We're speaking with our chosen surgeon in a week and booking the reversal, then it's all aboard the TTC train as soon as he's all healed up :) would love to have some buddies along the way :) it's going to be a fairly long journey I feel, our eldest took a year to conceive our youngest took 9 months with a early mc in between.
Sam x

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spamanderson · 24/10/2014 20:00

Hiya! That's ok! I know the feeling!
It went brilliantly thank you :) the Dr did advise us that due to it being almost 5 years, this is where the chances go down plus hubby had it done originally scalpel free and the tubes burnt rather than tied so it's another hurdle. But he had a feel about and was pleased he could find the damage on both tubes so hopefully it'll be an easy repair and hubby has plenty of tube in there to help them reattach etc! He also mentioned that as hubby has one testicle smaller than the other (sorry tmi! But he damaged it as child and has always been smaller) he said the chances are that one doesn't work anyway but we obviously did fine conceiving 3 times (2 births, 1 early mc) etc. once he'd had a feel around he was really optimistic and said he thinks we have a good chance of it being successful. He'll do a biopsy at the same time of both and will confirm if he's right about the smaller one etc. He did point out that the rates of miscarriage are a bit higher after reversal but this is most likely due to the sperm needing time to mature. I got a really good feeling from him, I tend to follow my gut instinct and I'm more than happy for him to do the op. Getting hubby the well an conception tablets tomorrow, already bought him baggy boxers, no more caffeinated drinks etc until I'm up the duff ha ha! We're all booked in for surgery on the 14th November!! My birthday is in December so we will hopefully start trying then :D soooo excited!
How have you been doing?

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mrsstickll · 24/10/2014 17:54

Hope your appointment went well! Sorry not had time to reply properly will reply when kids in bed lol x

spamanderson · 23/10/2014 13:52

Ha ha the same here! I spoke to a new surgeon today who is very experienced, I felt like the other may have been bumping up their figures to look better (claiming 92-97% success rates) plus I went on their website again and read something about finance available, it linked to BMI healthcare and gave an out of date form, different interest rates etc so it gave me a bad feeling. This new surgeon us a tad more expensive but he's squeezed us in for an appointment in Sandringham tomorrow afternoon :D he said it's 3-4 week wait for surgery at the moment so we're looking approx this time next month which is what we were hoping! Did your surgeon give you an idea of success rates etc when you met him? This one sounds quite straight forward and has been doing it since the year hubby was born so he's got a fair bit of experience behind him after 38 years ha ha! He did say that the way hubby had his vasectomy done wasn't the best as reduces the chance if success as he used the machine that cauterises so he'll have to remove a couple of inches of tubing and hopefully there is 'enough slack' to bring the ends back together again.
Yeah everything I read says 2 weeks, certainly wouldn't be sooner than that anyway, I imagine it's young to be agony for a while. I'll be happy as long as we can start trying before Christmas and fingers crossed we both get nice quick BFPs with very sticky beans ha ha!
Do you have any birth children? Have you been considering this for a while? I've been thinking about this since the day he had his op! We went through the adoption process and 'failed' at the end due them feeling our children are too young to cope with an adopted child. And my being incredibly impatient, I can't possibly wait 4 years before starting the process again!

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mrsstickll · 22/10/2014 08:38

Our surgeon is also away at the moment doing charity work, we did meet with a different surgeon but he was so negative explaining all the reasons why it wouldn't work and not mentioning the possibility of it being successful, he also said we should wait 6 weeks until TTC?! I was quite dishartened but the surgeon we decided on was much more positive and advised 2 weeks rest from DTD.
I stopped taking the pill years ago as I felt it messed with my mood.
I just want the operation now so we can tell if it has been a success or not so I can get on with the other worries of TTC lol x

spamanderson · 21/10/2014 20:15

Yay! So similar to us! Our chosen surgeon gets back from holiday at the end of this week so we're hoping to get booked in in December too. It will be 5 years in December since hubby had his done too!
I'm so impatient about it too, I just want it done so we can get on with it ha ha! I've come off my pill in the hopes of getting it out of my system quickly.... The moodswings from withdrawal are delightful ;)

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mrsstickll · 21/10/2014 15:28

Hi,

I've been lurking waiting for a post like this! Hubbys VR booked for early December, it's also been 5 years since his vasectomy. Very impatient and nervous about the success of the operation x

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