Vasectomy reversal success??

Hi Ladies....just to give you all hope. My dh had a vasectomy reversal (it has been renamed in our house as a resurectomy). It was done on the NHS. (I got an early appointment by calling up every week and inquiring about cancellations and finally they got so sick of me that they gave him a much earlier appointment). Afterward the surgery, at the first sperm check, he was told that he had a few non-motile sperm. And then on the second check he was told that there were no sperm at all and that the reversal had been a failure. We were all set to try another reversal privately while doing IVF at the same time. BUT, before we had a chance I got pregnant (on our honeymoon) and a year later got pregnant again. After getting pregnant, I went back to the surgeon and asked why he had told us it was a failure when it wasn't and he said that sometimes the vas swells after surgery and closes up and then over time opens up again (don't know why he didn't share that possibility with us in the first place). Anyway....best of luck to all of you....hope our story gives you hope.

yes terrier any news?

I have worked out that almost to the day - this time 7.9 years ago I conceived my DS

God how I wish it would happen again.

hi all. Terrier, any news on AF ??

Congratulations WL that's the best news !

Take care everyone and have a lovely Christmas

Hi Katie, that does not sound fair at all about the consultant. If they knew it would take a certain number of weeks for the results to come through it was up to them to make the appointment at a date to correspond surely. It does sound like an extra way of fleecing money out of you

Well, went for scan and the baby is doing great
Heart beat nice and srong and was doing somersaults on the screen kicking its arms and legs about. Feel a lot more settled now about things.

Still praying for you all to get your BFPs real soon so we can all go through this together x

Hello
Everyone I need to pick your brains about this please.
I went to see the consultant today about my treatment - £150, now when I get there the first thing he asks for is my bloody tests which I could have done yet because I hadn't had a period, actually am having them done tomorrow.
So he goes through a few things and I'm literally in there 10 mins and then he says I need to book a follow up appointment, another £100 to discuss the blood tests results.
Does this sound a bit unfair as I couldn't have had the results as they take 6 weeks from collection anyway and if he needed them first surely he shouldn't have booked the appointment so quickly DH and I were only there last week.
I kind of get the impression we're going to get milked here, is that other peoples experience.
And the receptionist was a bit sharp when I said I was only in there 10 mins and said that was more than the NHS patients got, well they aren't paying £6k are they.
Honestly I'll be very glad when this is all over.
Looking forward to hearing about the scan Linz, good night all
x

Hi all, I've had to have a slight name change as I was getting paranoid that RL persons might have figured out who I am through the name x

Hope everyone is well. Got nothing to report but wanted to check in. Pink, get the booze down you over xmas and enjoy yourself

Will drop in tomorrow with an update on my scan. Aaaarrrghhhh!!! Very scared today x

Love it, at least we can still laugh

ha ha! an xmas typo "elf destruct" LOL! Obv I meant self destruct

Purpledazzle- welcome to the thread no one wants to be a member of! I will have evrything crossed for you.

KatieDD - you sound as bad as me. I have spent a small fortune of vitmains, supplments and organic food trying to up our odds ( none of its done fuck all but at least you feel like you are actually doing something while waiting

I dont know about you lot but I for one am sacking off the healthy eating and no booze and getting really pissed this xams excuse my swearing but I have just been to visit a colleague today with her 6 week old beautiful baby girl and I could sob for hours wishing it was me, so am an a elf destruct this xmas...cheers ladies

Purple I shall add you to my prayer list and keep everything crossed for you !

It's so hard not to get your hopes up isn't it, but I have heard of one man who went on to have three more after a vasectomy 10 years + so miracles can happen

I suppose it is about time i wrote a message on here as i have been reading the thread for about 3 months now.
My boyfriend has his reversal on 10 october this year and like yourselves hoping for a miracle. a very impressive miracle in my case as i had one of my falopean tubes removed in may.

welshlinz- congrats and you give us all hope that these things do actually work.

I remember the first time i told my mum what we were planning and she just said "you know it doesnt work" which wasnt all that supportive but i think she just doesnt want me to get my hopes up too much. I am 28 so still young but not sure exactly what state my one tube is in and boyfriends initial vasectomy was done over 10 years so I really am praying against all the odds.

Has anybody had acupuncture ? I currently have a basket at Zita West's site full of vitamins, a relaxation CD and i'm considering their telephone counselling service, needless to say DH thinks I've gone mad.

Thank you Babbi, I really appreciate your post, I am getting a bit obsessed with the whole thing now, worrying when I should be relaxing more than ever which is daft isn't it.

Never mind Katie , I was 36 when I fell PG first cycle ICSI with DD ! It can happen quite easily - these (male) consultants are cheeky sods .
Good luck with the scan linz !

hi all,

pink, i'm fine thanks. Was starting to feel much better these last few days but since last night the sickness has come back with a vengeance !! And I've caught Dh's cold so feeling very sorry for myself today

Very nervous and excited about Thursdays scan. Just praying theres a little heartbeat there and everything is ok xx

Hope everyone is ok

KatieDD you're the same age as me - cheeky bugger! as if 33 is ancient! Call me cynical but I dont trust consultants who are making money out of IVF any more than I trust them who are doing reversals...they all seem to say stupid shit like that to get people grabbing their wallets more readily

Any way nice to see it busy on here. How are you feeling linz?

I'm aiming for May/June for my own weird reasons for the first attempt but DH is having his part done asap to ensure his sperm don't get any older.
Was absolutely gutted when he said we didn't have age on our side, I'm only 33

Hi all, great to see you back Terrier x The threads been busy these last few days. Took a while to read through the posts

KatieDD, I'm so pleased that today went well. When will you have your first try ? Crossing everything for you xx

Sunshine, I know exactly how you feel about getting deflated when you came back from seeing the consultant. I somehow expected him to be more positive but found him more or less saying 'you'll be lucky if this works'. The whole experience is a mixture of highs and lows but in my case I've been extremely lucky so far ( fingers crossed ) and I'm so glad we went through with it. Hope all goes well for the op. It will soon come around xx

Katie I'm pleased it went well for you both today

Well today went well, Dh has big enough balls apparently, the nicest thing anyones ever said to him {fhmm]
I'm booked in for tests and blood tests next week.
The consultant wasn't at all concerned we were going straight for IVF, thought it was a good plan, so that was a relief.

wonders if very hot 25 year old's are available in nhs fertility clinics

Oh trust me, my friends very hot 25 year old son said if he can't get you pregnant I'll have a go. It took me a good minute to remember the right answer was no bugger off ;-)